So, you have managed to pick out 4 guys in the Olympia you believe are better than this guy, that's 4 guys in the Olympia, the worlds greatest bodybuilding show.
And the Korean guy was lucky because no one else entered?
Moving goal posts I see. You asked a question. I answered. Now you say, "her der you managed to find four." Well here is four more, Cedric, Brandon Curry, Ramy, Maxx Charles.
Let's put it in perspective. A 2005 NPC USA winning Phil Heath would have wiped the floor with the whole line up of this contest. A 2005 Phil Heath. Yep, we've come a long way, huh?
The Korean kid was an amateur 5mins ago and these clowns are already ripping him down because he aint on par with 1% of the Pro Bodybuilders who compete today! FFS only on GB...
It's not that the line up was weak...he was just that good. There were a few world class physqiues there, including former Pros from your oh so precious IFBB.
Its not either or, it's a little bit of both.
I think that the IFBB has fallen by the wayside, and by the looks of it, the NABBA. The NPC feeder system hasn't truly produced good competitors in awhile. The true phenoms are in Musclemania and IFPA with up and comers like Donte Franklin.
I think that the Korean guy if he competes in the IFBB will do well in looking like what a bodybuilder should look like, but if the IFBB keeps going in the direction it is going in, he will ruin his lines by trying to meet the standard. If you look at most of the guys from their earlier years, either right before they turned Pro or after, they looked far better. For example, Roelly Winklaar. And even William Bonac has some waist distention now. And this will sadly probably happen to the Korean guy if he competes in the IFBB.