utter bullshit. If you showed a child a picture of a bowling ball and a rock and asked them which is harder, they would probably take a random guess. Hardness is a tactile perception - not a visual one. To me, Ronnie looks "harder" in some areas - biceps, delts, pecs, glutes, quads and hamstrings - than Dorian.
No, the fact remains that it's much easier to see who looks harder than to say who is a better bodybuilder. The first thing is apparent to the eyes of anyone, while the latter requires knowledge of what is being looked for. You can't get over that fact.
As for the child, give me a fucking break. So if you showed a picture of a fat man and a muscular man to a child he wouldn't be able to say that the fat guy looks softer?

Sperm, you are a retard.
"Quotes that work in my favor are acceptable, but any quotes that support your argument are not good enough." How lame.
Not at all. You are deluded if you think that quotes from random people about who was the better bodybuilder carries as mcuh weight as they do regarding conditioning, which is apparent. The two things are
not the same, because one involves more complexity than the other, so your analogy sucks.

Let me extend my example further. I have already accepted that Ronnie has better taper than Dorian when stading relaxed from the front. Why? Because it's readily apparent to the eyes. Now, arguing that he was a better bodybuilder overral because of this does not follow, because it's not apparent.
In conclusion, anyone can tell who looks harder in person, whether Dorian or Ronnie, but only specialists can tell who's the better bodybuilder, so quotes are meaningless to that efect from lay people. Another example: anyone can say that Shaquille O' Neil is taller than Allan Iverson, because it's apparent to the eyes, but only someone who understands the sport of basketball can tell who's the better basketballer. Catch my drift, Sperm?

Now, if you come up with a group of specialists, namely, professional judges, and they say that Ronnie is better than Dorian at his peak, then I will accept that as evidence and will recogize that Ronnie would win. You're wrong if you think that the complexity involved in seeing who's more in shape is the same as evaluating who's the better bodybuilder overral. That is the
key diference between both things, which makes your analogy inadequate. So your charge that I'm ignoring quotes that don't benefit me is not fair, and I expect and apology from you.
Peter McGough is the closest person we have to a judge, and he says that Ronnie would beat Dorian.
He didn't say that. He said that Ronnie's physique is the best he's ever seen onstage, but himself, Horton, Bob Kennedy, Jim Manion and Chris Lund have all remarked that Dorian's physique a few weeks out from the Olympia is the best of all times. Furthermore, as much as I respect McGough's opinion, he's not a official I.F.B.B judge, so his opinion is not official. Please bring about quotes from I.F.B.B judges saying that Ronnie would defeat Dorian at their respective all-time bests and I'll listen.

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