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Sergio Oliva Today, His Visa TV Commercial
- Thread starter Larzker
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The ad company people -didn't tell- Sergio what that last comment was gonna be! They chose the weight for him to use. If you look at this clip from a slightly different perspective, Sergio's got a darn good life. I'd have ended with: "Coming in 2nd isn't so bad." Sergio is 64 in this clip, and can still kick much ass. 6 months of dieting and lifting, and he'd be one of the best built men in world all over again, perhaps -the- best for his age group. He was -cheated- out of the crown in '72, in '71 he -beat- Arnold for the same title, and in '70, he won -unopposed-. This means the whole world, including Arnold , didn't think they even had a -chance-. I saw Sergio in his custom tailored police uniform in 1983. Granted, he was "only" 42 but he looked ready to win the 'O' title all over again. Another case of a so-called "has-been" under scrutiny by the multitude of "never-was-es". The internet strikes again.
1968Charger
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you must be high!!! he never could come in as sharp as arnold! after the 1972 mr. o sergio couldnt touch arnold !!!!roidpuple said:ya.. he was one of my favorites... You cant knock him down for being old...
he still useing the hammer strenght machines...at his peak though i think he was better than Anrold..
chazk
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Lou is only 5 yrs younger then arnold.DJ_UFO said:
as for sergio never being able to touch the mr o title after arnold took it.
watch sergio in 1984 and 1985 mrO contest on youtube. sergio gave haney a run for his money.Sergio should have placed higher but due to weider and sergio having a grudge for each other he didnt get the higher placing he deserved.
chazk said:
That's a sweet, sentimental exageration, Chaz. 10th place for Sergio was about right. His conditioning was not up to the standards of 1984 and his posing, sadly, was subpar.
chazk said:
If he'd been harder, shredded, and posed at least as well as Haney he could've made it perhaps to 5th place. Unfortunately Sergio always seemed to be at least 5 years behind everyone else in terms of standards of conditioning. If he'd brought his '84 conditioning to the '80 Mr. O he could've shaken up the top 3 perhaps.
bbkingpin
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It's stupid because it says no one remembers who came second (to Arnold).
The truth is that the last person Arnold lost to was Sergio. Yes, Arnold came in second to Sergio in 1969 Mr. O. So the commercial is misleading and, for bodybuilders in the know, just plain dumb. It's like playing a commercial with Arnold and claiming at the end that he came in second (to Sergio Oliva) at the 1969 Mr. Olympia and ... no one remembers someone who came in second place. No one remembers any bodybuilder unless they are a huge fan, whether first place or second place. Arnold is the exception to them all. All in all a silly commercial but a nice way to give work to an aging bodybuilder and to give him another 15 minutes of fame. Kind of like King of Queens writing a part for Lou Ferrigno.
The truth is that the last person Arnold lost to was Sergio. Yes, Arnold came in second to Sergio in 1969 Mr. O. So the commercial is misleading and, for bodybuilders in the know, just plain dumb. It's like playing a commercial with Arnold and claiming at the end that he came in second (to Sergio Oliva) at the 1969 Mr. Olympia and ... no one remembers someone who came in second place. No one remembers any bodybuilder unless they are a huge fan, whether first place or second place. Arnold is the exception to them all. All in all a silly commercial but a nice way to give work to an aging bodybuilder and to give him another 15 minutes of fame. Kind of like King of Queens writing a part for Lou Ferrigno.
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