1980 American Bodybuilding Championship (1980)

The 1980 Heavyweight class was preceded by guest posing by Ray Mentzer followed by solo posing by contestants John Brown, Billy Arlen, Rufus Howard, Gary Leonard, Marlon Darton, Greg (Rocky) DeFerro, John Kemper and Lance Dreher. The Heavyweight pose-down was said by some of the judges to rival the quality of a typical Mr. Universe contest. This was one of the toughest and best heavyweight line-ups ever seen in a Mr. America contest. The pose-down featured Kemper, Arlen, DeFerro, Leonard (the winner of the class) and Dreher.