The 1970 “Mr. World” contest was held before a crowd of 5,000 enthusiastic spectators in the luxurious Veterans Memorial Auditorium. To ensure that we could again savor this rich fare, ABC “Wide World of Sport” were there to record the event for television-the first time such an event would be seen on 50 million screens across the world.
The fields for both the Amateur and Professional events were star studded. Ken Waller would reign supreme in the Amateur class. Whilst Arnold Schwarzenegger would outgun Sergio Oliva, Dave Draper, Dennis Tinerino, Franco Columbu and Boyer Coe to take the Professional title. More importantly he claimed his first victory over Sergio Oliva.
Source: Muscular Development (Issue Dec 1970)
