Dorian Yates won so many Sandows because, among the big guys, he was the one with the least flaws. All things considered, the most muscular man will always win the Mr.Olympia, unless he has extremely severe symmetry imbalances or comes in with terrible conditioning. The rule is this: the most muscular man with the least symmetrical and structural flaws wins the Sandow. Nasser never won a Sandow, despite weighing 30 lbs more than Dorian, because his back development was pathetic compared to the rest of his body, thus representing asevere symmetrical flaw, and the rest of his muscularity was soft when compared to Dorian's. Fux never won, depsite being bigger than Dorian, because he had a monster distended gut and pathetic abdomianal separations. Dillet never won because his pectoralis muscles and back were pathetic and, even though he had the best taper of all the big guys, his monstrous front delts overpowered the rest of his physique from the front. Ferrigno competed at over 300 lbs. But that it little for a 6'5 man with a big boned structure. And, exactly because he's so tall, he had severe structural flaws, such as a long torso and narrow clavicles for his height. Thus, no Sandow.
Now, a lot of the topic of this thread is not really a criticism of Dorian's merits as far as muscularity or lack of proportions goes; it is, rather, a criticism of his
body type. Hulkster and Pumpster prefer the narrow hipped with round muscles kind of bodybuilder, thus their bias towards Ronnie. However, there's nothing wrong with Dorian: he is simply a bodybuilder with a thick torso and dense muscles. This is
not a liability in this sport, because, as I've said before, bodybuilders as different in body type as Wheeler and Nasser have been known to win pro shows.
This is a matter of
taste, not of real liabilities as far as an objective bodybuilding criteria is concerned. Dorian simply carried a lot of muscle mass for a man of his height and bone structure, and his muscle mass was proportionally distributed on his frame, and he displayed it with supreme conditioning. And let me telly you that, although he has wide hips, Dorian's structure is awesome, with broad clavicles for his height, a short torso and long legs. You may not like his physique, but the man had tons of super-hard mass which was proportionally distributed on an
almost - no one is perfect - flawless flame. Hence, six Sandows.

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