2008 Olympia Blog

Melvin Anthony is a new breed of bodybuilder and he is out to prove that he can hang with the big boys. Will he improve upon his 5th place finish at last year’s Olympia?

Melvin Anthony won the overall and the Super-Heavyweight Division in the 1999 USA Championships. His first professional competition was in 2000 at the Night of Champions where he finished 7th. In the next year, Melvin Anthony truly hit the scene - he finished 7th at the Arnold Classic and the Grand Prix Australia, 8th at the Grand Prix Hungary, 2nd in the Iron Man, and 3rd in the San Francisco Pro. Later that year, in his first Olympia, Melvin finished 11th.

In 2003, after failing to qualify for the Olympia in the previous year, Melvin finished 9th at the Olympia and continued to make improvements. In 2004, Melvin Anthony won his first show, the Night of Champions, against the likes of Darrem Charles, Ahmad Haidar, George Farah, Craig Richardson, Branch Warren, Toney Freeman, Quincy Taylor, Ronnie Rockel, Eddie Abbew, and Johnnie Jackson. In 2005, Melvin again competed in the Olympia where he finished 7th. Last year’s Olympia was Melvin’s best showing - he finished 5th and was one of the biggest shocks of the Olympia weekend.

Melvin doesn’t have many flaws. He always shows up to contests with great conditioning, flowing lines, a small waist, and a surprising amount of muscle mass. Combine those factors with some of, if not, the best posing in bodybuilding, you have a recipe for destruction. If any of the top competitors come in off of their mark, Melvin Anthony could take advantage of that.