Oh he is nothing special, you are right about that but he will get a pro card eventually.
Now skoromnyy is a genetic freak and will end up on the Olympia stage
Yes but you do realise that hype is all what it takes to get pro card these days. Just take a look at pro ranks, low tier pros are fucking disgrace to the sport. It's amazing that 20 years ago incredible bodybuilders couldn't get procards.
For americans procard is yet another step in their career. For Europeans it's all or nothing bet basically. They loose their european contracts the moment they move to pro ranks. If they fail they end up with empty hands.
Overall, current state of IFBB promotes more mediocre americans in pro ranks... Let's face it, new pros are most of the time shit. It's all about money now.