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Melvin Scores First Pro Win

Written by: By Peter McGough

California's Melvin Anthony flexed to his first pro victory by winning the 2004 Night of Champions in a close run race with second place Darrem Charles. Anthony was fuller and better proportioned than Charles who was more cut -- in fact he's never been more cut. Most observers seemed to think that Charles' evening posing routine bettered Anthony's, but the judges scored it even, and Anthony won the two pre-judging rounds and the posedown round.
Richard Jones was third, but it was clear he was not at his best; but in the final analysis, third in subpar condition is no mean feat. Ahmad Haidar should have been in the top three, and as far as the audience was concerned the sacrilege of the evening was Pavol Jablonicky, whose fifth place sparked the boofest of the evening. The top five qualify for the 2004 Mr. Olympia contest in Las Vegas in October.
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2004 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS, MEN: FULL RESULTS

1 Melvin Anthony
2 Darrem Charles
3 Richard Jones
4 Ahmad Haidar
5 Pavol Jablonicky
6 George Farah
7 Craig Richardson
8 Branch Warren
9 Art Atwood
10 Toney Freeman
11 Quincy Taylor
12 Mike Morris
13 Ed Van Amsterdan
14 Ronnir Rockel
15 Nasser El Sonbaty

2004 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS, LADIES: FULL RESULTS

Lightweights
1 Vilma Caez
2 Marjo Lehtonen
3 Toni Norman
4 Gayle Moher
5 Michelle Davis
6 Fannie Barrios
7 Angela Debatin
8 Silvia Matta
9 Petra Walk
10 Heike Jeung

Heavyweights
1Yaxeni Oriquen
2 Betty Pariso
3 Heather Foster
4 Lisa Auckland
5 Desiree Ellis
6 Maria Calo
7 Annie Rivieccio
8 Annett Witting
9 Susanne Bock
10 Jeannie Paparone
11 Helen Bouchard
12 Anja Timmer

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2004 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS LINE-UP

In order of appearance

1. Ronny Rockel (Germany)
2. Simon Cohen (England)
3. Milton Holloway (USA)
4. George Turmon (USA)
5. Craig Richardson (USA)
6. Greg Rando (USA)
7. Garrett Downing (USA)
8. Ramon Gonzalez (Spain)
9. Rodney St Cloud (USA)
10. Jorge Jose Alves (France)
11. Frank Michel (Germany)
12. Ahmad Haidar (Lebanon)
13. Ed van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
14. Jostein Oedegaarden (Norway)
15. Frank Roberson (USA)
16. Melvin Anthony (USA)
17. Branch Warren (USA)
18. Peter Trenz (Germany)
19. Johnnie Jackson
20. Eddie Abbew (England)
21. Nasser El Sonbaty (Yugoslavia)
22. Jeff Long (USA)
23. Toney Freeman (USA)
24. Heiko Kallbach (Germany)
25. Thomas Stellander (Norway)
26. Mike Morris (USA)
27. Pavol Jablonicky (Czech Republic)
28. Quincy Taylor (USA)
29. Art Atwood (USA)
30. Jonny Stewart (USA)
31. Jimmy Canyon (USA)
32. Thomas Bengali (Italy)
33. Kenny Jones (USA)
34. Didier Blanc (France)
35. Ntuk Ntuk (Nigeria)
36. Darrem Charles (Trinidad & Tobago)
37. Gian Enrico Pica (Italy)
38. George Farah (USA)
39. Lee Powell (England)
40. Eric Otero (USA)
41. Wong Hong (China)
42. Reza Amin Torabi (Canada)
43. Richard Jones (USA)
44. Edson Prado (Brazil)
45. Alexander Vishnevskiy (Russia)
46. Eugeny Mishin (Russia)