This version of Lee Haney would have beat a 1992 Dorian Yates

[ratherbebig]

the granite look of dorian is a myth created with those black/white photos.

[DroppingPlates]

the granite look of dorian is a myth created with those black/white photos.

Are you suggesting that those photos weren't legit?

[ratherbebig]

Are you suggesting that those photos weren't legit?

im suggesting that photos can be deceiving and a poor method to judge physiques.

[DroppingPlates]

im suggesting that photos can be deceiving and a poor method to judge physiques.

Maybe.. Unfortunately, Kevin Horton never made similar photo's from Lee (i.e. same place, distance & lightning)

[delta9mda]

Dorian graniteness was no myth. I saw him 2x at olympias. It's been said a million times you had to see him live

[old-school-lifter]

DOrian was great but Lee was greater

Lee also had a much better overall shape, better V taper, smaller waist, better delts and his back was good if not better than doz

[Grape Ape]

If Haney was competing, Dorian would have waxed him in 92 and 93.

Haney knew it.  He went all out and probably a bit outside his comfort zone in '91, and knew he would have to go further to even sniff having a chance after.

[delta9mda]

Yates took the 91 0 muscularity round. He would (most likely) have done the same in 92 but bigger with most likely improved posing etc. A lot of what if's yes. Haney doesn't get due respect. 92 would be epic as far as bodybuilding goes. Haney retired correctly.

[US MUSL]

Dorian graniteness was no myth. I saw him 2x at olympias. It's been said a million times you had to see him live

^^^ This.  I was at the 93 O.

[SOMEPARTS]

So purpose of the post is....to show pics where Haney sort of looks like he gassed up enough to hang with Yates one time? Yates retired him just to remind everyone.

[AusBB]

So purpose of the post is....to show pics where Haney sort of looks like he gassed up enough to hang with Yates one time? Yates retired him just to remind everyone.

LOL'd at retired Haney.

Haney retired after winning 8 consecutive O's and sonning Yates.

Yates cant claim any of the above. He never beat Haney. He only won 6 O's and he retired cos he kept tearing shit, unlike Haney who never displayed missing bodyparts or a GUNT.

[ratherbebig]

dont forget that dorians method of training was superior 

[AusBB]

dont forget that dorians method of training was superior 

Yea, the "train til you tear the muscle off the bone" method really works well for longevity.

[DarthSidious]

Day-yum!  Lee really was freaky there.

Could he have won in '92?  If Dorian won the muscularity round the previous year and Lee showed up that heavy in Helsinki, he would lose that round again -- badly.  And even though he was crazy big (his pecs, late and traps were fucking insane!), he would also lose the symmetry round...arms waaaaay undersized for his torso, and his waist was blown out.

Yates '93 would've smoked his ass, no matter what.  BUT, imagine if Haney kept training and hit the gas in '94.  Thanks to the torn bi, I reckon Haney could have won that year, then lost again in '95 had he pushed it.

[honest]

Haney awesome physique, and would have pushed yates all the way in 92, but not 93, genetically I think Lee was at least his equal, he just wasn't willing to go to the next level with his prep to compete with him, I dont doubt if he upped the dosage he could have, but why his legacy was already there, plenty of guys have left this sport with better genetics than others they just didn't want to do the dosages and who can blame them the sport isn't a sound investment guaranteeing long term financial security and good health, in all honesty it delivers the exact opposite.

[Bevo]

Yea, shame on Lee for retiring after winning 8 Olympia's in a row and beating Dorian already.

What an idiotic post.

Comparing Lee to Dorian is like comparing a Bentley to a highly polished turd. If anyone is wondering what a big old truck driver looks like with all the fat burnt off, Dorian is it. Flows like dogshit, belly of a cow.

Hahaha the irony that you mentioned Bentley and that it's from England like Dorian

[FREAKgeek]

Like I said, we really didn't get to see Haney's true potential. He was never really pushed in the 80's to get better. He began to be pushed in 1991 by Dorian and Vince Taylor and would have been pushed even more in 1992 (Kevin Levrone, Shawn Ray) and beyond (Flex Wheeler, Paul Dillet, etc). The man could have become even heavier with more cuts and could have rivaled a lot of the top guys from the 90's.

He would've developed a gut and palumboism would be knocking on the door.