William Bonac responds to Ronnie Coleman about the state of modern bodybuilding.
The man regarded as the greatest bodybuilder of all-time, Ronnie Coleman garners a great deal of respect in the bodybuilding community. After winning eight straight Olympia titles, Ronnie Coleman firmly placed himself in legend status alongside fellow bodybuilders like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lee Haney.
Ronnie Coleman has accomplished a great deal during his career against some of the most talented bodybuilders to ever step on stage. So it’s perhaps for this very reason that his views on the state of modern bodybuilding have been a bit skewed. Ronnie Coleman agreed with Dorian Yates that the bodybuilders of the modern era wouldn’t be able to compete with old school competitors.
In light of Ronnie Coleman’s comments about modern bodybuilding, current IFBB competitor and top five bodybuilder William Bonac had this to say in response.
“He didn’t say that about me,” said William Bonac with a laugh. “I still don’t think that he should say that, you know? Especially coming from that kind of man, with a status like Ronnie. He’s the GOAT, and he did a great job. Of course, (he has) free speech, but sometimes you got to be careful with the words that you bring out.
“Like I said, it’s a different era,” Bonac affirmed. “Like Brandon (Curry), if Brandon was in his era, he would have done maybe the same thing that they did. Brandon could have come even better. Brandon could have won the Olympia nine times, instead of eight times. So it’s a different era. If Ronnie came in our era, he would step up to our game. If the guys, like he says, don’t train hard enough, he wouldn’t train hard enough. Why would he, because nobody’s training hard enough.
“It’s his opinion, and I don’t agree with it,” Bonac said firmly. “Not just because I’m in this era. I love back in the old school. I love it. If you want to go that way, look at all those guys. People say ‘look at the standard guts,’ and blah blah blah, but really? Go back in time. I see a lot of those guys with a big belly.
“People will always say their era was the best. They will always say that. Of course, they want to leave as legends, so they will always say that. A true champion wouldn’t put a feather up in his a–. He would let other people put a feather up in his a–. So he would let other people talk about him, how great he is. He won’t say how great he is.”
“Like I said, it’s a different era,” Bonac affirmed. “Like Brandon (Curry), if Brandon was in his era, he would have done maybe the same thing that they did. Brandon could have come even better. Brandon could have won the Olympia nine times, instead of eight times. So it’s a different era. If Ronnie came in our era, he would step up to our game. If the guys, like he says, don’t train hard enough, he wouldn’t train hard enough. Why would he, because nobody’s training hard enough.Looks like William Bonac had some pretty concrete opinions on how he felt about Ronnie Coleman’s comments. What do you make of the original statements of Ronnie Coleman and the response by William Bonac?
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