but it does: thats why he won 8 Mr. O's and an AC win, neither feats of which dorian could have ever duplicated..
all that matters is that yates beat ronnie during the years DORIAN competed.
also, the arnold wasnt as quite as big back then as it is now, but besides, you can win the arnold 10 times and never an olympia and you will not be recognized as all time great.
all that matters is that yates beat better bbers in the prime than ronnie ever faced. - thats the biggest difference. ronnie was battling gunter and gustavo (AND LOSINGIN THE CHALLENGE ROUND), while yates faced a prime, levrone, ray, wheeler, nasser, etc.
example: randy couture has only 18 wins as a pro fighter. travis fulton (who?, exactly) has almost 200 wins. most of randy's wins are against other top fighters, where as travis fulton wins are mostly against people like yourself.
the total is irrelevant - its who its against that matters.
owned.