Is Teddy Atlas a good trainer?

[starjammer]

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.

[jri9d0]

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.

[joe strong]

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.

[Thread Stealer]

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.

[The Dreamer]

"When Wlad starts to throw a jab and freezes mid punch, ****, 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.

[IIG]

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.