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just what i was saying, it's gotten really bad over the last few years..Toney Freeman is probably doing the best out of all of those guys and he struggles to get into the top 6 at a show like the ironman. Haney, Paris, Christian, Williams, Strydom, Ray, Taylor..they were all threats to just about any pro title when they became pro's except Williams cause he fell off the face of the earth for awhile..now it's a different story. Did the quality of the champs go down? I think so, cook is a prime example. He has loads of potential but he should not be a pro just yet. He's a work in progress. Look at Shawn, he could have stepped offstage at the nationals and walked onto the olympia stage looking the exact same and been top 5, maybe even top 3, same with Taylor and guys like levrone. Martinez took a few years to hit his stride but he's not who I was really tlaking about, more about the supers who are given an overall because they are just big but they get crushed as pro's. Willmore is a very big man but when I looked at the pics from the nationals I don't think he's gonna do any real damage.
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If you have been to any of the Nationals, you would have seen that the victories of most of the overall winners were correct. They were the best that day. One could argue a few decisions like Cook's--but on that night--he was his best ever.