you say it was close.
others who were there live and in person say it was not. many who were there have commented on how ronnie crushed him - search the web, comments are everywhere.
pics corroborate what they say, and show that your opinion that it was close may not be so correct.
perhaps your recollection is a bit foggy. after all, it was a long time ago.
but there can be poor physique assessments based on ignorance.
eg. if I say Kamali was better than dorian or ronnie that is an objective opinion.
but based on proper physique evaluation, it is clearly wrong.
you say it was close.
others who were there live and in person say it was not. many who were there have commented on how ronnie crushed him - search the web, comments are everywhere.
No bodybuilding history and the IFBB judges say it was close , the scorecard says it was close. and more weak logic from you argument ad populum " well a lot of people say it wasn't close , so there for it wasn't close ' you can't supplement your argument with facts because your ' opinion ' contradicts them so you look for comfort in numbers
It's a fact 1998 was a close contest , in fact one of the closest to this day , Ronnie won by just 3 points and he deserved to win but facts are facts and as usual you contradict them.
no, if the professional judges did not have a preconcieved notion of what Flex was going to look like, Ronnie would have scored better at the onset of the contest.
Flex did not live up to the hype that the judges thought he was going to look like.
its human nature. flex was expected to win, the judges knew that, and it influenced their scoring at the beginning. thankfully, they quickly realized their mistake by the nightshow. and Ronnie won. and his later rounds were a lot higher in scoring. why? because the judges realized that Flex was not as good as expected, and Ronnie was 10x better than expected..
The judges had a preconcieved notion of what Flex was going to look like? based on what? the 1997 Mr Olympia which he didn't compete at? If even entertaining your nonsense Ronnie would have been scored lower because Nasser was the previous Ronnie up and he and Flex were the heir apparent to the Olympia thrown , Ronnie wasn't even on the radar
the judges evaluate what shows up the day of the contest Ronnie looked fantastic so did Flex it was a very close contest and that's a fact.