Shawn Ray: As Mike Quinn Remembers Him

[bigbobs]

Others are finally realizing the wisdom behind Nasser's recollection of Shawn Ray in his bb.com interviews.

[Fatpanda]

From the Mike Quinn interview:
T-Nation: Out of all the men you competed with and met, who were the biggest gentlemen and who were the biggest jerks?

MQ: Almost all the guys were real gentlemen back then: Lee Haney, Lee Labrada, Berry DeMey, Mike Christian, Ron Love, and Bob Paris. Toward the end when I was competing, two European guys, both now dead, struck me as being the same way. That was Andreas Munzer and Momo Benaziza.

The only jerk I knew from my day was Shawn Ray. I was standing next to him once when this young kid, maybe ten or eleven years old, walks up with his mom to Shawn. The kid's mom says her son has Shawn’s pictures up all over his bedroom wall and would love an autograph. Shawn just blew him off and walked away. I felt so bad I gave him one of my photos and signed it. Later I got a letter from the mom saying her son had torn down all of Shawn’s pictures and put mine up.

i'm surprised he didn't tell the kid to take 50mg dbol a day 

[HTexan]

Others are finally realizing the wisdom behind Nasser's recollection of Shawn Ray in his bb.com interviews.

what do you think about the iron sheik?

[Relentless]

Others are finally realizing the wisdom behind Nasser's recollection of Shawn Ray in his bb.com interviews.

Nasser should have been crowned Mr. Olympia in 1997.  Without question, this was one of the greatest robberies on the IFBB stage. 

[QuakerOats]

Nasser should have been crowned Mr. Olympia in 1997.  Without question, this was THE GREATEST ROBBERY EVER on the IFBB stage. 

fixed.

[Relentless]

fixed.

Pretty much.  Here are a few other travesties that come to mind:

1972 - Arnold defeats best ever Sergio Oliva
1980 - Arnold wins his 7th, Mentzer finishes 5th
1981 - Franco Columbo (Sausage thighs) wins his 2nd
1982 - Dickerson wins, need I saw more?
1990 - Drug tested Olympia, Haney shows up way off
1994 - Dorian wins with torn bicep over perfect Shawn Ray
1996 - Dorian wins again in less than stellar condition
1997 - Dorian ROBS Nasser
2001 - Jay leads Ronnie after prejudge, but loses
2002 - Ronnie come in flat, beats Kevin Levrone
2007 - Jay comes in terrible shape, Victor 2nd

[the_swami]

Pretty much.  Here are a few other travesties that come to mind:

1972 - Arnold defeats best ever Sergio Oliva
1980 - Arnold wins his 7th, Mentzer finishes 5th
1981 - Franco Columbo (Sausage thighs) wins his 2nd
1982 - Dickerson wins, need I saw more?
1990 - Drug tested Olympia, Haney shows up way off
1994 - Dorian wins with torn bicep over perfect Shawn Ray
1996 - Dorian wins again in less than stellar condition
1997 - Dorian ROBS Nasser
2001 - Jay leads Ronnie after prejudge, but loses
2002 - Ronnie come in flat, beats Kevin Levrone
2007 - Jay comes in terrible shape, Victor 2nd

1996 -  manion, weinberger + yates ROB  Nasser