If Lou hadn't taken up the role of The Incredible Hulk, could he have beaten Frank Zane?
I don’t think he would of Zane was a different direction @ that time after the Arnold dominant era of the better part of the 1970s.
If your just looking @ it physique wise I don’t think he would of beaten Zane in the late 1970s too complete, Conditioned, proportioned and Zane’s prime years.
Lou,s best chance was the immediate years after Arnold retired if Lou had entered in 1976...that would of been his BEST chance other than that..
between 1980-1982 with 3 different guys sharing it around NONE of them in their prime years...Arnold @ 80% in 1980, Franco with no legs and shocking Gyno in 1981 and Dickerson torned biceps and torned chest in 1982,
After 1983 Forget it...he would never of beaten a prime Bannout ditto against Lee Haney in ANY year with the obvious exception of the 1990 Olympia.
Bye the time he did actually come back in 1992...the sport was again heading in a different direction that Lee Haney had set during his reign between 1984-1991 with a different level in physique standards in Yates, Levrone, Ray, etc too his credit Lou IMO was @ his absolute best in 1992 (sans his ridiculous calf implants) and got relegated too 12th if memory serves correctly...12th...at his best.
