You've said several times before that just because two bodybuilders are one place apart does not make them "close." Regardless of what placing Francois and Nasser got, Francois ALWAYS lost from 95 onward. You can poke at semantics all you want to try to deflect off of that point, doesnt' change the fact that Fracois had enough chances but did not and could not beat Nasser once Nasser improved post-94.
To say that Francois MAY have further improved had he not gotten sick is all spculation. Many bodybuilders present their best at a younger age. Nasesr was also 32 in 1997, same age as Francois, but many argue he did not improve after that year either.
When others speculate you call it "excuses" but when it comes to your favourite bodybuilders you speculate and claim anyone who disagrees is ignorant lol.
You've said several times before that just because two bodybuilders are one place apart does not make them "close." Regardless of what placing Francois and Nasser got, Francois ALWAYS lost from 95 onward. You can poke at semantics all you want to try to deflect off of that point, doesnt' change the fact that Fracois had enough chances but did not and could not beat Nasser once Nasser improved post-94.
I agree but we don't know how close they actually were unlike you who likes to pretend to know so. Like Mike just barely beat Nasser

again I'm not making excuses for Mike losing to Nasser he lost and I don't try and rewrite history ( like you ) my point was Mike was still competitive and if not for getting sick would have improved further. Would he have beaten Nasser? who knows but to act like he had his best shot and that was it is fantasy
o say that Francois MAY have further improved had he not gotten sick is all spculation. Many bodybuilders present their best at a younger age. Nasesr was also 32 in 1997, same age as Francois, but many argue he did not improve after that year either.
No it's not it's logic , why? because he was still competitive at the end of his career , he was still young and still only competed a handful of times. Many bodybuilders don't present their best at a younger age I can name many who didn't including Haney whose last contest was his best showing and it isn't the age per sa , it's the experience in competing 9 contest vs 53 , you do the math
When others speculate you call it "excuses" but when it comes to your favourite bodybuilders you speculate and claim anyone who disagrees is ignorant lol.
Wrong as usual. When you ' speculate ' it's excuses on why Nasser was never good enough and an attempt to rewrite history , Nasser was robbed , Nasser was the victim of politics , Nasser was to outspoken so he paid the price , Nasser should have won at least 3 Olympias , you and Team Nasser contradict history , reality and facts all the time , it has nothing to do with speculation
And Mike Fancois isn't one of my favorites at all , but he's better than Nasser even if he never improved , from the back he's eons better , from the sides hes comparable if not better , and from the front he's not as good as Nasser in some poses but he's more complete and better conditioned ALL OVER so he would win
You problem is you decided Nasser is simply more than what he was and even scoffed at the idea of Mike being compared , and I will always be here to remind just how mediocre he really was using facts and history to correct you.