No it wasn't it was business as usual
No you asked me what his flaws were and I responded and Dorian's delts hurt his front poses? and arms ? triceps , biceps and forearms? you're taking liberties again with blanket statements
I don't ever recall that statement and believe me I seen them all , maybe he was off just a tad compared to 93 but his conditioning & density are unequaled anyway so saying Dorian is off of off Dorian is still ain't saying much
I disagree about Yates being an awkward poser I think he was very good , maybe Shawn had a ' better ' routine it's still a physique round so he should lose that's the whole point of every round being a physique round , if one guy meets part of the criteria better than another he shouldn't win that round if he's lacking in other parts and according to the judges he was lacking directly compared to Dorian and was very lucky to beat Kevin
quote Shawn Ray Flex Jan 1995 " Tonight I feel I got what I deserved "
Flex magazine January 1995 Shawn Ray
Dorian was a bigger version of what he's been. I'm not a fan in the sense that his physique is something I aspire to attain. Dorian is in his own class and in his own little world. For that reason, there's nobody they can compare like-to-like with Dorian. They can only bring forward a different package.
( 1994 Mr Olympia ) Tonight I feel that I got what I deserved. With a beaming smile , Shawn concluded: " This is the first time in three years I haven't ' retired ' the night of the show and got drunk. "
quote Ironman Jan 1995 " Since he ( Ray ) was trailing Levrone by four points going into round 3 ( posing round ) Shawn was going to have to equal his showing of seven years ago ( Nationals win ) to have a chance of passing Levrone "
quote Ironman Jan 1995 " The battle was between Shawn and Kevin for second "
Kevin has it all but was a little soft in prejudging , which hurt him. He wasn't quite as sharp as Shawn , but it was very close between second and third. It came down to the posedown ( Which Shawn won by a single point ).
Well, you responded to Shawn's flaws with his high calves and I did the same with Dorian with is biceps, quads, etc. I don't get why you can use "parts" as a flaw, but I can't.
And yes, his flat arms and delts hurt his front poses like the FDB, side chest, or both the most muscular poses. The torn bicep hurt him the most, what do you think looks worse a torn bicep or high calves?
As far as the conditioning goes, even if Dorian's off condition was better than the others due to his density (according to you), he was still holding water and that prevented him from showing detail and separation from the front poses especially.
I didn't mean Shawn should've won the posing round due to his better posing, I just pointed out one more advantage he had (better posing) for him to meet all of the criteria better.
Now the judging was a bit messed up if Kevin was soft in the prejudging and had inferior conditioning to Shawn, yet he was ahead of him by 4 points? And then, Shawn beat him only with his posing routine?
And you're saying judging is always perfect?