I'm a Levrone fan, and there were years there where either he, Flex or Nasser could have beaten Dorian but it never happened. To win an O everything has to go right for you, Flex was well on his way and that car accident almost killed him and put him really far behind. He came back and was runner up a few times but I feel like if he never lost momentum from the injury he could have won.
Levrone had the pec tear, also heard that he could not squat towards the end of his career so that affected his legs. Nasser was winning one year and got disqualified for a diuretic (not sure how one guy tests positive when everyone is on them)
So they were all right there very close to winning, just never beat Dorian. Its not like Dorian was not a worthy champion, he was incredible, im a huge fan of his as well.
Everything has to go right to win when the stage was stacked with so many incredible physiques.