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A regular sumo wrestler would weigh between 200 and 350 pounds, but an obese sumo wrestler would weigh as much as 650 pounds.
There are no weight categories in sumo Wrestling, however the mass of wrestler is not fat, a lot of it is muscle and a strong heavy wrestler has advantages over a strong lighter wrestler. Like many sports sumo wrestlers are getting bigger. in 1953, the average weight of a sumo wrestler was 317 pounds, with an average height of 5' 11''. Today's sumo practitioner is 3.2 inches taller, but 95 pounds heavier.
They can be any weight, there are no specific weight classes in traditional sumo. The heaviest rikishi on record is Konishiki at 280kg.
professional wrestlers weigh from 90-450 lbs.......female are usually between 90-200 and males between 120-450......average thou would be around 220