
by Christian Duque
William Bonac should have won the 2025 NY Pro. Martin Fitzwater should have won the 2024 NY Pro. Both athletes lost to Nick Walker. In both cases, the media all but ignored both runner-ups. Going into the 2024 NY Pro, Martin had only won the Detroit Pro and had never competed at the Olympia. In 2025, Bonac was ignored (as usual) despite being a Mr O runner-up, 2x ASC champion, and having had impressive competitive records in 2024 and 2025. Although many people challenged the 2024 decision, who’s to say the same will happen today with the 2025 NY Pro? In any event, I don’t write articles based solely on what everyone else is saying, though I don’t ignore it, either. This is my point of view, peppered with some public opinion – here and there.