Is Teddy Atlas a good trainer?

Of course he's a good trainer... He's a student of Cus D'Amato, he has trained world champions, and he knows more about boxing than most would ever hope to.

"When Wlad starts to throw a jab and freezes mid punch, BANG, throw a right hand." For the many number of times I've seen Teddy Atlas give his pre-fight plans they've all pretty much sounded and looked the same to me, and I've never seen a fight go the way he's planned it. I still think he's in it for the free trip to Russia and is gonna end up saying something about Povetkin not being up to his standards as his reason for not training him.

At the highest level of the pros, no, Atlas is not very good, or at least hasn't shown it. His shining moment came when he "inspired" Moorer to victory over Holyfield. However if you actually watch the fight in full, you'll see a lazy Moorer sleep walk through the rounds even after Atlas begged him to be more aggressive. Moorer was more conservative in that fight after getting dropped in the 2nd. Moorer did show a lot of heart in other fights, however they were not with Atlas in his corner. It was with Steward and Roach.

come on people he later was a convicted rapist.teddy was just protecting his niece.Tyson was just a little unstable & a very troubled individual.I think teddy is a hardass,he doesn't like quitters & I think that may have had alot to do with him not training peter.I'll never forget michael grants fight with Gilbert Martinez(next fight he got killed by guinn)teddy told him flat out if you want to continue on with me as your trainer you have to try harder.he was all over grant & michael moorer too.he's a tough love guy who expects 110% from his fighters.some guys can handle it,while others can't.I think he'll help povetkin.I mean teddys fight plan is almost always right on the money.he knows how exploit opponents weaknesses.x's & o''s he's excellent.I'm not sure if his tough love works for every fighter but overall I think he's alright.

Let's just say he's a student of the game but no master of it. To be honest, he's never had a "stable" of fighters through his tutelage that would signify him as great trainer but his character makes up for so much. Peace.

Teddy Atlas kicks ass. His predicitions suck, but he's got massive knowledge and insight into developing and shaping the mind and attitude of a fighter. For all the unstable Atlas moments, and his reasons for doing and feeling so at that time, read Teddy's book - it's excellent.

I worried for Povetkin. Teddy Atlas is mentally unstable. He nearly shot Mike Tyson, and years after that was going to kill Donnie Lalonde. What does that have to do with him being a good or shit trainer? Many people can mentally be unstable, but they can still be good trainers in my opinion. Do you fear he will shoot Povetkin?

Was that really how old the girl was? 13? if im not mistaken, i think it was 11.

I would have shot Tyson putting his grimey ass hands on a 13 yearold girl.As for his skills as a trainer you hear him comentate fights he repeats the same shit over and over it would get old listening to him real quick. Was that really how old the girl was? 13?

Here is what I found.... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Theodore A. Atlas, Jr. (b. 29 July 1956, in Staten Island, New York) is a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator. The son of a doctor, Atlas grew up in a middle class neighborhood in Staten Island. By his own admission, Atlas was a somewhat troubled, rebellious youth. He dropped out of school and was arrested several times, once serving time on Riker's Island. Atlas was involved in a street fight in which his face was severely slashed with a knife. The wound took four hundred stitches to close leaving him with a distinctive scar. Teddy Atlas trained as an amateur boxer briefly with Hall of Fame trainer Cus D'Amato, but he was forced to retire after suffering a back injury. Atlas was an assistant to D'Amato, and he occaionally helped D'amato in the training of D'Amato's protege Mike Tyson. However, Atlas felt D'Amato ought to discipline the young Tyson for his frequent bouts of petty thuggery and clashes with police. He finally took matters into his his own hands after Tyson had kissed Atlas's 13 year old niece. Atlas confronted Tyson and put a gun to the 15 year-old's head, firing off a bullet. Atlas was 26 at the time, and D'Amato threw him out of his upstate camp. Atlas enjoyed his greatest professional success as a head trainer with Michael Moorer. He also drew criticism for what some considered to be overly dramatic speeches in the ring corner, particularly during Moorer's Heavyweight title fight with Evander Holyfield, and some felt he did these antics to draw attention to himself rather than help his fighter, during one such speech Atlas blocked Moorer from sitting on his stool and remarked "do you want me to take over". Atlas has denied this, stating that he did what he believed the fighter needed based on his understanding of the fighter. Moorer went on to defeat Holyfield by a majority decision. He also trained Featherweight world champion Barry McGuigan and Canadian Light-Heavyweight Donny Lalonde. In 1997, he founded the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation to honor the memory of his late father. The Foundation awards scholarships and grants to individuals and organizations. Atlas worked as boxing commentator for NBC's coverage of the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008). Atlas published his autobiography, Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man, in 2006. The book covers many different periods of Atlas's life, and compares his position as trainer to a role as a father. Atlas confessed in the book that at one point he was so angry at Donny LaLonde he went to his home with a gun and a friend, to kill LaLonde for firing him as manager. Atlas states in his biography that he changed his mind at last minute. Atlas currently serves as commentator on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights and Wednesday Night Fights. In 2001, he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism., and was a contributor on the legendary fight doctor's Ferdie Pacheo's 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing on DVD, on which he stated that in the first Ali-Liston fight the famous "blind round" in which Ali could not see after being hit by Liston's gloves which had been smeered in a substance that tempoarily blinded Ali. Atlas stated he would have refused to have cut Ali's gloves off and would have simply sent him out with the advice to just "run". On January 25, 2008, Atlas was suspended by ESPN for one week, after confronting the network's boxing program director, Doug Loughrey, over allegedly showing favoritism to certain promoters and matchmakers, who were abusing their ESPN connections by taking fighters from other promoters with promises of potential ESPN dates. In May 2008 Atlas did not appear in ESPN's Friday Night Fight's broadcaster after his wife Elaine required major surgery in their native New York. Although he was able to do Wednesday night's fight, he decided not to do Friday Fight Night. This was mentioned in the broadcast by ESPN anchorman and temporary commentator for the night Brian Kenny who also stated that Atlas had been at his wife's bedside even sleeping by her side. On April 3rd 2009 while covering the "Heavyweight Collision" card at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles California, featuring former WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter and IBF ranked Number 3 heavyweight "Fast" Eddie Chambers. Atlas revealed that he had been approached by Samuel Peter's team to take over as Head trainer. Atlas went to Las Vegas where the Nigerian born Peter currently resides and spent a couple of days in the team, but did not take the job as he wanted Peter to relocate to New York where Atlas would have been able to train him full time.