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I think Bob Paris 84 would have beaten Zane in the late 70's .... Ironically, I think Paris never made the top six at the Olympia.
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As an amatuer and his first few years as a pro Paris looked phenomenal. Later in his career he looked good, he was fairly tall and wide with perfect proportions but never approached the same level of conditioning as he did early on.
As far as 84 Paris vs 79 Zane, that would be very close. I think Paris was just as ripped as Zane but Paris was larger and had better lines, better aesthetics. However Zane's posing and presentation was better imo. Paris posing was pretty gay- not just because he was gay- he posed to really soft ballads and/or classical music, much like Dickerson. Zanes poses were masculine, powerful, he posed to pink Floyd 'one of these days' and 'run lije hell' both great songs to pose to. On the surface, Paris wins easily. But going back to Wes' point, Zane's presentation was untouchable. He carried himself like the winner.
