Milos Sarcev has released rare footage of the 1997 Night of Champions.
It appears that bodybuilding legend Milos Sarcev has released rare footage of the 1997 Night of Champions. The video features some classic bodybuilding battles at one of bodybuildings most prestigious shows that ran from 1978 to 2004.
There’s nothing quite like the best facing the best. In any sporting endeavor watching a superior competitor over one inferior opposition can be exhilarating. But you know what’s even more entertaining? Watching the best athletes compete against others on the same level to determine who is number one. Many bodybuilding shows represent this very notion. Of course there’s the Olympia and the Arnold Classic. But years ago there was another event that celebrated champions facing champions.
It was dubbed the Night of Champions.
Champion Versus Champion
The Night of Champions featured some of bodybuilding’s best and brightest. The event took place from 1978 to 2004.
The event would eventually come to be known as the NY Pro. Before then however the illustrious event gave us top champions like Robby Robinson, Chris Dickerson, Lee Haney, Lee Labrada, Dorian Yates, Kevin Levrone, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, and Victor Martinez just to name several. The winner of the shows gave a good indicator of how high level a competitor was. Many of those athletes would go on to win the Olympia.
The competition at the Night of Champions was fierce. It’s what made the title so meaningful in the first place. The athletes who competed at the show were some of the best of the best. One such competitor was bodybuilding legend Milos Sarcev.
Always bringing a great physique to the stage Milos Sarcev was a tough out for every bodybuilder in his day. That fact was showcased in 1997 when he went head to head with another bodybuilding great Chris Cormier. The two battled it out for top honors, but it would be Cormier who reigned supreme.
Despite coming in second in 1997, Milos Sarcev gave Chris Cormier all he could handle. In fact Sarcev recently released rare footage of the event on his YouTube channel.
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