Joshua Davis had a dream. He dreamt of being
the best. It didn't really matter what he was the best at, he just
wanted to be number one, the big enchilada, to say that he had made it.
This is how it began: Josh was driving through the Mojave Desert one day
when he saw a sign for the American arm-wrestling championship - all
comers welcome. He decided to enter. He came fourth, out of four, but
this was enough to secure him a place on Team USA and the chance of a
show-down with the 'Russian Ripper' at the world championships in Poland
(that didn't end very well either).
But Josh had tasted
the dizzy rush of competition and wanted more. And more turned out to be
the most outlandish contests in the world - from bull fighting in Spain
and backward running in Italy, to sumo wrestling and the World Sauna
Championship in Finland.
Joshua's quest is by turns
hilarious, harrowing and a little insane, but it is also inspiring -
because, after all, every underdog deserves his day.