haney was the best at the time. everyone he stood on stage with up until 1990 he blew away.
his legs were weak, yes, but the only top tier guy that clearly owned him here were ray, strydom, but ray was too small and strydom had no back.
his arms were dwarfed by his torso but, even here, he dominated the top tier. christian could have threatened but didn't have the discipline (prob too many recs killing his motivation). there were a motley crew of guys that had far better arms but those guys (fox, buchanan, quinn, etc) didn't have the rest of the tools ie condition, nowhere close to the level of muscularity and thickness in delts, back, chest (fox was close).
closest haney came to receiving a gift was 1990, but people forget that everyone was off in that comp incl ray and labrada (although they were both in better condition, but condition alone doesn't win an olympia contest).
don't compare haney's dominance to jay's rip off.