Funny how they all say Arnold should not have won but none of them can tell you should have won! ( well Mentzer did but he always said himself. lol. I remember at 16 years old and i was working out at a gym in Toledo Ohio and one day my training partner said he just heard that Arnold had won. I was excited to see the pictures ( always about 3 months or so after the shows the magazines had pics) And when I got the magazine I remember seeing Arnold and I thought to myself about how bad he looked. BUT then I seen him with the others and said oh ok he won. The reason I felt bad was because I expected him to look like ARNOLD. He of course didn't. BUT he was still better than everyone else but not by a whole lot like he used to be. Even he admitted it. So case closed. Arnold didn't look like Arnold but he didn't have to. He just had to be better than everyone else which he was. The contest was close but he still deserved to win
That is exactly why 1980 was,is and will be the most controversial BB contest in history.
Sure people will often say 1981 was worse ... saying either Platz or Padilla should have won it.
or in 2007 V. Martinez was the uncrowned mrO , or Shawn Ray 96' ,Sergio 72' or Nasser 97' ....etc
But when you ask who is the uncrowned 1980 mrO ?
better get your soda and pop corn ready
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Oct4th 1980