I'll ask one more time, what were Flex's advantages in 98?
I guess this is going nowhere: you still say Dorian is bigger with such certainty when its much likely Ronnie would look just as big as him despite being lighter. You say Dorian kills Ronnie in conditioning and use McGough's word on it when he clearly said "Ronnie was never harder or drier", he never said Ronnie wasn't equally as conditioned or close to it. I know Dorian has the advantage on balance & proportion, but you're ignoring symmetry.
I think it would be close, you think Dorian would win easily.......let's just leave it at that (some people are getting tired of this thread apparently
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I'll ask one more time, what were Flex's advantages in 98?
abs

triceps , proportions , symmetry overall physique harmony , abdominals , intercostals , serratus , lower lats striations , posing , he had plenty of advantages to claim he only had abs is ignorant and a gross overstatement
I guess this is going nowhere: you still say Dorian is bigger with such certainty when its much likely Ronnie would look just as big as him despite being lighter. You say Dorian kills Ronnie in conditioning and use McGough's word on it when he clearly said "Ronnie was never harder or drier", he never said Ronnie wasn't equally as conditioned or close to it. I know Dorian has the advantage on balance & proportion, but you're ignoring symmetry.
yes Dorian at 260lbs ( 1995 ) bone dry & rock hard will look noticeably bigger than Ronnie ( 1998 ) at 249lbs , Dorian at 269lbs ( 93 B&W ) would make him look even smaller , Dorian at 283lbs ( pre-contest 1995 ) I mean get serious , Ronnie at his best is around 247-249lbs max , Dorian at what many consider his best is almost 20lbs heavier ( 93 precontest ) if you don't think I can say with a degree of certainty that Dorian would make him look smaller knowing this you're being silly
I think everyone says Dorian kills Ronnie in conditioning , I honestly don't see anyone of credibility claiming otherwise , in fact Dorian said he had better conditioning when asked if he could beat Ronnie , McGough didn't say a LOT of things what he did say is Ronnie was never harder or drier than Dorian , I think it's obvious who does and I like to be fair and say maybe Ronnie did but only at his lightest 98/01 , it's easy being light and hard much , much harder to replicate at heavier weights
Ronnie 98 his best conditioning , he goes up 7-8lbs in 99 and his conditioning suffers for it , gains another 7lbs from 99 to 00 and guess what his conditioning yet again suffers , see a pattern here? Dorian could get away with being heavier while maintaining this same conditioning , there is a vast difference between being 269lbs hard as nails and dry as the dessert than 249lbs , so lets say the conditioning is a push , Dorians still carrying more muscular bulk with equal conditioning so we're back to the other criteria
balance & proportion , posing & presentation , who's more complete? whose more complete? see where this is going? and symmetry is part if balance & proportion I thought I explained this? Ronnie meets part of this criteria better than Dorian , smaller waist , smaller hips , smaller joints , then factor in the other part of symmetry balance & proportion , Dorian , now seeing all rounds are physique rounds , we must now apply ALL of this criteria at once
Muscular Bulk - Dorian
Density - lets push
dryness - lets push
balance - Dorian
proportion - Dorian
' symmetry ' - Ronnie
posing - Dorian
presentation - Dorian
gyno - Ronnie
take a guess who the criteria favors?
I think it would be close, you think Dorian would win easily.......let's just leave it at that (some people are getting tired of this thread apparently
)
I don't think 1998 would be close at all , maybe 2001 would be maybe 03 , it's all speculation but what we do know if Dorian beat Ronnie 8 times
