I think Flex was above and beyond Dorian , I feel his conditioning at the 93 ASC could beat any version of Dorian , just think if Flex never got into the car accident in 93 and showed up at the 94 Olympia with Yates looking the way did , you'd have a new Mr Olympia.
I agree with you that Flex, at the 1993 ASC, deserved to beat any version of Dorian; one of the top five greatest physiues of all time. But in the way he showed up for that year's Olympia? No. I also think Dorian deserved to win in 1997, even though he was at his worst. All things considered, I think that all of his Olympias were earned. I make two exception for that. First, I think that Levrone was at his all-time best in 1995 and looked fantastic. Unfortunately for him, Dorian was super-tight, with almost perfect balance from head to toe. In 1996, Shawn Ray looked fantastic, too. But Dorian had so many strengh over him, in muscularity, skeletal balance, hardness, etc, that I still think Dorian was a deserving champ.
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