'98 Night of Champions - LEVRONE vs RONNIE

[Nether Animal]

IMO Levrone's best look ever.

And Ronnie was coming up fast and was inhuman by this point.


Ronnie won, but what do you think?

[Nether Animal]

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[Wiggs]

The backdouble biceps shot tells the story and that's where Ronnie owns Levrone. Do you have any back double biceps shots?

[Nether Animal]

The backdouble biceps shot tells the story and that's where Ronnie owns Levrone. Do you have any back double biceps shots?

Yeah Ronnie wins that one.

Here are more pics.

[Ronnie Rep]

I was there it was very close could have gone either way. Although this is the contest where Ronnie started figuring it out condition wise, especially when Ronnie turned around.

[Royalty]

Remember that youtube video where Levrone admitted that he gave Ronnie all that Vodka on the 1997 Euro Grand Prix?

And Ronnie got shredde

[hipolito mejia]

The angle works in Levrone's favor in those pictures . You still can see  Ronnie was a better bodybuilder.

[Disco187]

Remember that youtube video where Levrone admitted that he gave Ronnie all that Vodka on the 1997 Euro Grand Prix?

And Ronnie got shredde

I remeber something like that , Coleman couldnt get his back to dry out I believe.

[Irongrip400]

Remember that youtube video where Levrone admitted that he gave Ronnie all that Vodka on the 1997 Euro Grand Prix?

And Ronnie got shredde

I thought I remember Ronnie talking about that, saying drink a glass of half vodka and half coffee to work as a diuretic.

[Danimal77]

IMO Levrone's best look ever.

And Ronnie was coming up fast and was inhuman by this point.


Ronnie won, but what do you think?

Imo, Kevin always looked best at 250+ in competition.

[DroppingPlates]

Ronnie has more roundness, hardness and deeper lines

[Disco187]

Levrone does look sick in the bald head days. but shit that back double bicep pose unfortunately shows how much more dominant Ronnie was.  Thats the key pose in the shows.

[Hulkster]

kevin's lack of biceps peak really kills the look of his arms in that back double bi.

around this time was when Ronnie really started to get great quads.

[Royalty]

kevin's lack of biceps peak really kills the look of his arms in that back double bi.

around this time was when Ronnie really started to get great quads.

Ronnie had great quads by 1996

[GHGut]

I was there too. It was close but I had Ronnie winning it. Going into the show, on paper, it was Kevin's to win (he'd won a few years earlier in his second pro show). The biggest shock was when Ronnie went on to win the Olympia less than five months later, beating favorites Flex Wheeler and Nasser El Sonbatay.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Was that the last year Kevin had wheels?

[biff]

ronnie had bit better conditioning, better seperation in legs, and from the back was way better

[wes]

Levrones holding a bit of water..................o therwise,who knows?

[NelsonMuntz]

I was at the Toronto Pro show held just before the NOC and the guys competing then compared to now, wow

1Ronnie Coleman
2Kevin Levrone
 3Mike Matarazzo
4Porter Cottrell
5Claude Grouix
6Gunter Schlierkamp
7Milos Sarcev
 8Anthony (Wolf) Williams
9Brian Buchanan
10Henderson Thorne
 11Eddie Robinson
12Oleg Zhur
 13Fredon Boojaklee
14Craig Licker
 15Roberto Morisho
16Bob Weatherill
16Ingvar Larsson
18David Alleyne
18Emeric Delczeg
 18Gianluca Catapano
18Guseppe Albi
 18Jack Smith
 18John Simmons
18Max Maffucci
18Shaun Davis
18Stefano Biondi
18Steve Davis
18Tom Zechmeister
NPMauro Sarni
NPRenel Janvier

[hench]

both look smooth as a babies bum in the bdb there and both lack deep cuts and separation but ronnie edges him out

[Grape Ape]

both look smooth as a babies bum in the bdb there and both lack deep cuts and separation but ronnie edges him out

I find that to be the case with most of those muscletime photos.

[Parker]

I was at the Toronto Pro show held just before the NOC and the guys competing then compared to now, wow

1Ronnie Coleman
2Kevin Levrone
 3Mike Matarazzo
4Porter Cottrell
5Claude Grouix
6Gunter Schlierkamp
7Milos Sarcev
 8Anthony (Wolf) Williams
9Brian Buchanan
10Henderson Thorne
 11Eddie Robinson
12Oleg Zhur
 13Fredon Boojaklee
14Craig Licker
 15Roberto Morisho
16Bob Weatherill
16Ingvar Larsson
18David Alleyne
18Emeric Delczeg
 18Gianluca Catapano
18Guseppe Albi
 18Jack Smith
 18John Simmons
18Max Maffucci
18Shaun Davis
18Stefano Biondi
18Steve Davis
18Tom Zechmeister
NPMauro Sarni
NPRenel Janvier

Brian Buchanan getting 9th is the real shocker.

[old-school-lifter]

Kev had a weak back, esp thickness wise

[Nether Animal]

Was that the last year Kevin had wheels?

Believe his legs held on for another year or so.