"zane looks like a swimmer" is just an expression due to the fact he was so small. Zane is one of those guys that in a bodybuilding line up he is just tiny. doesnt really look like a bodybuilder. BUT by himself in certain poses zane is pure perfection. Thats why people have a hard time saying he deserved to be mr olympia. i believe he deserved his victories due to the fact that there were not any real competitors that gave him any real threat in 77 78 or even 79. However 1980 there was and zane wasnt at his best. I believe he ( or walker) deserved second. Dickerson shouldnt of been in the top 6.
No competition? He beat the best bodybuilders in the IFBB during his 3 year win - Robby, Roy Callender, Kal Szkalak, Roger Walker, Dennis Tinerino, Ken Waller, Mike Mentzer, Danny Padilla, Chris Dickerson, Boyer Coe, Ed Corney, Mohamed Makkawy and others. In those days, there were always more competitors in the Under 200 Pound Class and Zane never looked small onstage in that division. It was a different time and he looked fantastic onstage. I saw all three of his wins from 1977-79 and I thought he deserved them all.