Exactly; for selling mags, a more charismatic BB who was white such as Arnold was a no-brainer, they had to back Arnold. Sergio was pushed aside in the early 70s and off the pages of Weider's mag for the most part. No more pics.
Maybe there aren't a lot of pics of Sergio in top shape BECAUSE HE CAME IN OUT OF SHAPE MOST OF THE TIME.
You're just speculating. In the era of his best conditioning-early 70s, then again in the late 70s, he was on the outs with Weider and wasn't featured in Weider's mag. Weider had the best photographers and budget. Simply not a lot of widely available pics taken then of Sergio-he was by then appearing in Iron Man and Lurie mags.
You'll get no argument out of me about 72, he looked great, altough I think Arnold was better. But that is only one year. Arnold was in shape every year.
Do some research, you're inaccurate. In each case there were windows when they were in their peak all-time condition-Sergio '72 and almost as good '71,'73,'74 and late 70s, Arnold '73-'74. At other times, neither had it entirely together. Arnold was not at his best in '72 and '80.
Since you know so much...If Arnold was better, why didn't he come out of the audience to answer Sergio's challenge at the Mr. International? It wasn't a Weider event and Arnold might have lost.