The most underrated / rarely mentioned pros

[trapper john]

I started my lifting career in the 80s, I always had a thing for Juliette Bergmann

 

[trapper john]

Berry Demey was one of my favorites as well..

 

[D2]

Nimrod King



Achim albrecht




Eddie Robinson


Phil Hill

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Dexter Jackson, nobody´s favourite and seldom included in any "best" list, yet the man had the most impressive career. He competed 28 years from 1992 to 2020 with a record 29 wins, a bit of Wikipedia:

• Jackson has made a record-setting 21 Mr. Olympia appearances.
• Jackson is the only bodybuilder to win the overall title in both the Mr. Olympia and Masters Olympia bodybuilding competitions.
• Jackson has won the original Arnold Classic five times (2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015), more than any other bodybuilder.
• Jackson is one of only four bodybuilders to have won both the Mr. Olympia and Arnold Classic titles. The other 3 are Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler & Brandon Curry.
• Jackson is the fifth oldest bodybuilder (second oldest male bodybuilder) ever to win an open IFBB pro show at the age of 49 years 8 months and 9 days after Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia at the age of 49 years 10 months and 13 days, Lisa Aukland at the age of 49 years and 364 days, and 50 years and 361 days, Betty Pariso at the age of 53, and Albert Beckles at the age of between 52 and 61.

You all remember this from Dex's earliest days? Crazy to see how long he did it. Also, crazy to ESPN fuckin covering bodybuilding lol

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Victor Martinez

X2

heavily considered mentioning him here as well, just didn't want to make a 20-guy list, now that I think about it though, I dont know why that would have been a bad thing.

I mean

 

[SherlockFoam]

Dennis Newman for me. I think the sky was the limit for him physique wise, and the guy was as good looking as they come to boot. Could have been a 90’s era Bumstead- tragic what happened.

 

[Reload]

Jeff King

 

[Hatchet]

vince Taylor. His win and placing record of memory serves was one of the highest but he’s never mentioned as one of the greats.

Vince is top a 3 GOAT.. Amazing...

 

[marssel]

Few randoms off the top of my head

Alexander fedorov: people saying he was gonna beat Ronnie (he never would of) impressive nonetheless


Justin Compton: Absolute freak of nature and believe he could of gone much further than he did if it wasn’t for the health issues

Aleksey Lesukov: Arguably the biggest freakiest junior of all time and surprised he didn’t do more damage as a pro but again health I believe but I remember seeing him as a junior on YouTube when I was a teenager and just being blown away

Compton was a great add, I always liked Kris Dim and Ernie Taylor. Lee Priest never truly got the pkacings he deserved. Gunter was a huge man but in person standing next to other IFBB guys his lack of muscle as far as pound for pound stood out to me. He was a huge man but his muscularity didn’t match his height imo. Dillet looked massive even for a tall dude but never saw him in person. Kovacs was a monster but just not fun to look at or be around I don’t mean personality I mean he was just always an issue even compared to guys like Ronnie and Gus who big as they were could get in a cab or on an airplane without overblowing the issue. Pros that try to fit in are cool guys who are already huge but try to make a scene of it pro or not are infuriating. That said when you buy two seats you should get two seats, period.

 

[marssel]

Vince is top a 3 GOAT.. Amazing...

I bet Vince still looks amazing, Vince was the original Dexter Jackson, had he been him a decade later, holy shit.

 

[Deleted member 226465]

Compton was a great add, I always liked Kris Dim and Ernie Taylor. Lee Priest never truly got the pkacings he deserved. Gunter was a huge man but in person standing next to other IFBB guys his lack of muscle as far as pound for pound stood out to me. He was a huge man but his muscularity didn’t match his height imo. Dillet looked massive even for a tall dude but never saw him in person. Kovacs was a monster but just not fun to look at or be around I don’t mean personality I mean he was just always an issue even compared to guys like Ronnie and Gus who big as they were could get in a cab or on an airplane without overblowing the issue. Pros that try to fit in are cool guys who are already huge but try to make a scene of it pro or not are infuriating. That said when you buy two seats you should get two seats, period.

Ernie Taylor occasionally trains at my gym still got some big arms

 

[stackdizzy]

Orville Burke

 

[Samson250]

Dude could have conquered the game..couldn’t get his shit together though..like most men

Vic lost a family member tragically. Nobody is the same after something like that.

 

[marssel]

Ernie Taylor occasionally trains at my gym still got some big arms

Some of the best triceps imo

 

[Deleted member 226465]

Some of the best triceps imo

Kinda funky but quite open about site enhancement apparently

His car reg plate is Tr1ceps

 

[PaxNovi 5.0]

Tom Prince in his ‘96 USA’s form.

 

[Reno911]

Current day I think Kerrith Bajjo in the 212 is quite underrated.

 

[BLKGUY2006]

Aaron Baker

I always thought he had such a powerful physique. I figured since he was a bit unique it cost him. Definitely wrong in my opinion

 

[BLKGUY2006]

Tom Prince in his ‘96 USA’s form.

could never nail conditioning but was a beast

 

[BLKGUY2006]

i would say Ronny Rockel. Spelling