Archive for May 17th, 2009

2009 IFBB New York Pro Wrapup!
by John Romano

Another IFBB New York Pro show is in the bag and, as is always customary in New York City, it was a freak show to remember. However, as far as freak shows go, this was not the end-all to end-all. Prior to the show, on paper, it appeared as though the line-up would be dense, difficult to judge, and pretty incredible to watch. All three appeared to be true. In fact, I can tell you it was pretty incredible to watch, especially since our good friend Evan Centopani won the show. In doing so, this great young hopeful cemented his bright future career by starting off with a win. At the ripe young age of 27, Even has accomplished a feat so rare it has only happened one other time in this century. Other than Phil Heath busting into the pros with a win his first time out, you’d have to look to last century to find another similar occurrence. Evan’s a pretty impressive specimen. He’s a good looking kid with great symmetry, freaky arms, spot on condition and pretty much no missing pieces. I will say that he did look just a tad too dehydrated. He was missing a bit of depth to his upper/middle back that made him look a little too two dimensional. And his presentation needs work. But I’m picking nits. Evan looked every inch the bust-out pro and he deserves major props for doing it right the first time out.
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2009 IFBB New York Pro Contest Results
by Getbig.com

In the 2009 IFBB NY Pro Men’s Bodybuilding contest, Evan Centopani lived up to the hype, and edged out an incredible looking Dennis James, and a huge Markus Ruhl to win his first pro show in the first IFBB pro show he has entered. Here are the results.
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