How would the following fighters perform in a Mr Olympia?

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  1. dcarlota

    dcarlota Member Full Member

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    - Mike Tyson (1995)
    - Evander Holyfield (Evan Fields)
    - Ike Ibeabuchi
    - Frank Bruno
    - Mike Weaver
    - Ken Norton
    - Anthony Joshua
    - Wladimir Klitschko
    - Harold Johnson
    - David Haye
     
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  2. dcarlota

    dcarlota Member Full Member

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    Bonus: Eric Esch
     
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  3. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    lol.

    None of them would close to winning. The Olympia dudes are 270 plus pounds of muscle.

    Perhaps in the 70's, one of them could finish relatively high.
     
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  4. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If they dedicated themselves to bodybuilding maybe some of them might do very good. I think the genetics are there.
     
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  5. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They would get crushed just as a Mr. Olympia woukd get crushed in a boxing match.
     
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  6. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    None of them would stand a chance even with the right steroids and training. They look great to us, but the Mr. Olympia have very specific details in terms of their judging that you have to have very specific genetics for, symmetry, small waist, proportions etc.
     
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  7. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chris Eubank didn’t quite have the physique but he was great at posing.
     
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  8. steve21

    steve21 Well-Known Member

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    Today? None of them

    In the 70s, Kenny Norton might have had a shot; he had a Frank Zane-like symmetry, and a little more natural size (Zane was about 185, Ken about 210).