Prejudging Report - DEXTER & GUY FOR WINS - IFBB New York Pro 2016
NY Pro Prejudging Report - Dexter & Guy for Wins
Rush to Judgement?.....
Usually when the word “fast” is used in bodybuilding circles it refers to dietary restrictions. Well today at the prejudging of the 2016 NY Pro in Teaneck, New Jersey, that verb applied totally to the speed – the “too damn fast speed” – with which proceedings were conducted.
The prejudging of the 212 and Open classes were too rushed. Instead of coming out on their own to pose at the start, as is standard practice, the competitors came out in groups of four. In the 212 division the comparisons lasted eight minutes and comprised three callouts in total. Each guy got one call out. There was no final call out for top three, four or whatever. In the Open the comparisons lasted 16 minutes and comprised four callouts.
There were no callouts of three or two competitors. This is how the comparisons worked out over the two classes in terms of how many were involved in each comparison. One four-man comparison; two five-man comparisons; two six-man comparisons; one seven-man comparison. Talk about rush to judgment.
These guys train for years, diet for months and then are given just a few scant minutes to make their case. This is not right. This is the price paid for having all these other classes and having to get them all judged on the day.
As regards the contest themselves in the 212 class Guy Cisternino should take it and Shaun Clarida, bringing class instead of size, is in top three at least. By the callouts it seems Marco Rivera is also top three but I see Kim Jun Ho and Craig Richardson finishing above him.
In the open Dexter Jackson is the clear winner. Maybe not as 100 percent peeled as we’ve seen him but still pretty damn well conditioned. I don’t see Roelly Winklaar as a convincing second as he didn’t look quite as sharp as when he won last week’s Bodypower Pro, and as judging progressed he faded a little.
Victor Martinez impressed – looked his best for some time. With his stage savvy and ability to present himself well he could take second. Maxx Charles looks great and although he has made improvements on legs he still need to progress in that area. I see him fourth. Steve Kuclo was big but not conditioned enough and Juan Morel seemed a little flat.
And okay – he’s a fellow Brit – but how the hell was Nathan De Asha not in the first six-man call out? It beggars belief. He had the quality muscle, size and shape to threaten the top four at least, and probably top three.
Well, we’ll all assemble back here at 6:00pm EST for the evening finals and see how the dust settles as the action once again promises to be fast and furious.