Dante was used to tough street fights, however, and finished the punks off quickly. A couple of bodybuilders from out-of-town had gotten in Dante's face in the parking lot after the first day of competition this year and the trash talk quickly led to a fist fight. The stakes were high with product endorsements and the pride of gyms across the country on the line. Sponsored by a national workout equipment company, Dante would secure the championship for an unprecedented third time if he clinched it tomorrow. His friends having left hours earlier, the 20-year-old Latino stayed in the empty gym to further strengthen his awesome physique before the finals of the Perfect Package contest the next day. The pecs, though massive and bulging off his muscled torso, fit the young bodybuilder's physique with his broad shoulders, swollen arm and leg muscles and ripped stomach.
