Did he advance the sport in terms of muscular bulk? NO sorry Dorian was 257 in 1993 , did he advance the sport in density & dryness while being 257 pounds? NO Dorian did that in 1993 did he advance the sport as far as having near perfect balance & proportion while being hard as nails and dry as fuck at 257 pounds? NO Dorian did that in 1993
notice he still says 2001 Arnold Classic is better than 1999 Mr Olympia and you was smaller albeit harder and drier , you'll cling to this quote from McGough that he advanced the sport but dismiss him when he said on multiple occasions he was better conditioned , Mr Pick and chooses what quotes he wants and tosses the rest , typical hypocritical Hulkster
2001 beats 1999 Mr Olympia and what does Ronnie have to say on the subject? 1998 is his best Olympia showing more specifically because everything was spot-on , which means in 1999 everything was NOT spot-on
stick 1999 up your ass
Talk about clinging to quotes from McGough, you invented that! haha
P.S. Dorian's weight, although impressive, means nothing as it's not how heavy you are that matters. Kovacs is very heavy....does that mean he is advancing the sport?
Ronnie has smaller joints and rounder muscle bellies. Fact. More aesthetic, famously so. Shawn Ray pointed out on here that when Ronnie was competing against Dorian he didn't yet have Teh Chad conditioning yet so there's no comparison there, pure speculation.
Having said this I think for best overall line-up you'd have to go with '96 or one of those years, since Dillet, Clairmont, Matarazzo and all those awesome guys were there.