Were you there at an official weigh-in, to confirm Kovacs' weight? Or do you have an official transcript, stating his weight?
In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter. Mass isn't Kovacs' problem; it's symmetry and proportion. Until he fixes that, it doesn't matter how much he weighs ripped. He will continue to place in the pack.
Lou Ferrigno outweighed Dorian Yates at the 1993 Olympia by about 60 lbs. Yates finished first; Ferrigo placed 10th.
You just agreed with my points. Bodybuilding is about muscle volume, balancedly distributed in a symmetrical frame. Kovacs is gigantic because he's tall, with a gargantuan frame. He may walk onstage ripped at 360 lbs, but when you take into account his height and the diameter of his bones, he actually carries far less mass than Ronnie or Dorian. As an example, Gunther and Kickinger come in as heavy or heavier than Ronnie on contest day, but no argues the fact that Ronnie is more muscular. Also, the large joints of big-framed men take away from their visual volume, making them appear smaller than they truly are.
The point of this thread, though, is not about muscularity, but rather sheer size and strengh. If you asked who's the most MUSCULAR human being who ever lived, then the answer would be either Ronnie or Dorian. One of the two. In terms of sheer size and strengh, however, Kovacs dwarfes both Ronnie and Dorian. Kovacs still has visible abs at a weight of 400 lbs and even at 440 lbs, he's still not fat, even though he has no definition at that weight.
Unless you demonstrate that Ronnie can do front military presses with five plates a side for 12 reps, or incline dumbbell press 300 lbs dumbbells for 7, or incline barbell press seven plates a side for 10, or squat 9 plates side for 5 and leg press 2 200 lbs for 25, you have no business comparing him to Kovacs. The only comparison possible is in the dead-lift, at which they are roughly equal in strengh. I don't think many of you guys truly understand and/or appreciate what these numbers mean: the fact that Kovacs can do front military barbell presses with five plates a side, incline dumbbell press 300 lbs dumbbells and incline barbell press seven plates a side, all for several reps, and weight 400 lbs with visible abs, makes him the only Human who can compete, with silverback gorillas, in size and strengh. Only with the smallest and weakest of silverbacks, mind you, but still... (the difference in size and strengh, between Kovacs and the largest silverbacks, is greater than that between Kovacs and Shawn Ray). So there.
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