Both very much still in matched
My thinking is had they been competing at their peak
At the same time Dorian would of come in bigger & heavier
By his own admission he came in “over dieted” to maximise his condition.
Couple that with his overall balance.
That was possible and given Yates work ethic and mindset was it’s not unreasonable too say he could not have done just that, however I don’t think he would of needed more size against Coleman imo it’s a coin toss between the 2
Obviously depending on what the judges wanted standing those 2 side bye side in those respective years i keep coming back too the points you’ve raised about all round Balance and conditioning and with that fact I’d lean towards Yates.
I think what time has revealed over the last 20 odd years is those type of standards they brought in the 1990s were absolutely mind blogging as good as someone like phil heath for is for his era, in my opinion he would of placed behind those 2 lining them up side bye side in any era.
Who’s Better a Prime Yates or Coleman? Christ...how longs a piece of string.