1980 Arnold won - simple as that
He was preparing for Conan and the shape he got into, for the film, what we saw in the film, was what he brought to the stage that night
While some say it was not up to the same standard as he earlier 6 winning years, he was still ahead of everyone else
During his acceptance speech, Arnold acknowledged how close the decision was, saying
"I have to be very honest, that this was the highest level of competition that I have ever faced in any competition in my life"
Zane had completely recovered from his injury, and had retained his definition, much of his muscular size from the year before was missing, so Zane was never going to win the title again
Zane didn't compete in 81
Came second to Dickerson in 82
83 he came fourth with Samir winning, and retired
81 Franco won his second title with a comeback, and Dickerson came second place, going on to win in 82 - Dickerson paid his dues and worked his way up
In 81, Frank Zane, Boyer Coe, Mentzer, and 6th place Roger Walker all boycotted and did not enter - though nobody cared about Walker
Babies throwing their toys out of the pram
According to Chris Dickerson, "the promoter was a real low life, a bigot, who had a real dislike for me –partly on racial grounds and partly for my sexual orientation." Paul Graham even told another official that "Chris couldn't win because he was a fag"
Yes because it had to be "racist" of course - and the gay thing
Dickerson winning in 82 proves that was nonsense
81 lineup
Franco
2nd Dickerson
3rd Tom Platz
4th Callender
5th Padilla
6th Wilcox
Samir placed 9th
If Mentzer, Coe and Zane had all entered in 81, where would they place after Franco and Dickerson - 4th, 5th and 6th maybe - Tom Platz was a factor as he probably would have still placed 3rd above all 3 of them
In 82, Platz dropped to 6th, and Zane came back but only at 4th - Albert Beckles and Casey Viator were inserted between them at 5th and 3rd
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This never happened
Nobody has ever scored 300
This story that Mentzer did it in some obscure show 60 years ago is a recent invention reposted by the fanboys
As athletes improve through the years if Mentzer had scored 300 then, being the only person to ever do it, he would have gone on to score like that at the bigger shows
The only shows we can actually watch like the 80 Olympia he comes fifth
The story that he once scored 300 was never true
This alleged competition
There are no clips on YT or anywhere of this contest uploaded with this 300 result
Nobody has uploaded any magazine article about this
When this 300 story started being posted online a few years ago the Mentzer fanboys started quoting it
If you want people to believe it then you have to prove it did
Which you can't
The point is that you were not at the contest and you have never seen this magazine with the article and pictures
Mentzer fanboy never saw the contest or read the magazines or knows anyone that does
Believes a story he saw online
The sad thing about you Mentzer fanboys is you don't really know why you think this
You don't understand the mandatory poses and the scoring system
You can't explain why you think the places were wrong
You have locked onto this idea that they are
Repeating endlessly what you have read online
Ignoring the results, the facts, the history
Low IQ small dick losers who support a loser
