CUTLER CALLS IT: COMPETE A COUPLE MORE YEARS. THEN ?

The Scoop: Recently reported: Last week, during an "Ask The Pros" Q&A session on the FLEX Magazine website, reigning Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler pulled out his crystal ball and made a career prediction. He announced that he will compete at the 2008 IFBB Mr. Olympia contest and at least one more time in 2009. When asked if he'd call it quits after this year's Mr. O., resilient 290-pound Cuts vowed, "If I win, I won't retire. If I lose, I won't retire. This will not be my last Olympia'�I'll be on the Olympia stage in 2009. Win, lose or draw, I'll be there." Cutler's pre-game top picks for the Big Show this September: "I will win'�the remaining five will be Dexter Jackson, Phil Heath, Dennis Wolf, Kai Greene. Victor, I don't know if he's competing. He will be in there if he does. Melvin could be there, maybe Silvio."

The "So What?": After his first Olympia win in 2006, many speculated that Cutler would hit it two more times and ride off into the Vegas sunset with three Mr. O. titles. His reign has tasted controversy; particularly his 2007 victory over what many considered a better-conditioned Victor Martinez, last year's runner-up.

* Photos by Raymond Cassar