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Is Teddy Atlas overrated as an "expert" on boxing?
Why does the opinion of Teddy Atlas get so much media attention?
After all, he was a failure as a trainer. He was fired by Cus D'Amato after being his assistant, because he lost his cool and held a gun to age 15 Mike Tyson's head.
Atlas angrily left Shannon Briggs after Shannon was KOed, same with Michael Grant and several others. He was the trainer in Michael Moorer's corner when George Foreman KOed him to become the oldest HW champion ever.
Since hooking up with Atlas, Alexander Povetkin has gone from a world HW title contender to fighting clubfighters to becoming inactive.
Teddy was even going to shoot and kill Donny LaLonde after that boxer fired him as trainer.
Atlas has only ONE win as a trainer in a world title fight. Trainers such as Richardson, Roach, Wegner and Steward have MANY such wins.
From wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Atlas
After all, he was a failure as a trainer. He was fired by Cus D'Amato after being his assistant, because he lost his cool and held a gun to age 15 Mike Tyson's head.
Atlas angrily left Shannon Briggs after Shannon was KOed, same with Michael Grant and several others. He was the trainer in Michael Moorer's corner when George Foreman KOed him to become the oldest HW champion ever.
Since hooking up with Atlas, Alexander Povetkin has gone from a world HW title contender to fighting clubfighters to becoming inactive.
Teddy was even going to shoot and kill Donny LaLonde after that boxer fired him as trainer.
Atlas has only ONE win as a trainer in a world title fight. Trainers such as Richardson, Roach, Wegner and Steward have MANY such wins.
From wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Atlas
The son of a doctor, Teddy Atlas grew up in a wealthy area of Staten Island. His father was of Hungarian-***ish descent. His parents were loving and upscale people. Teddy spent summers in Spring Lake New Jersey, with his families friends. He was known to be violent to his family and friends.
His brother Tommy shot his grandmother in 1978, causing a disturbance in the Atlas family’s life. Thomas Atlas is an inmate at NYS Prison at Marcy, N.Y. He was also arrested after beating his sister Meridith. By his own admission, Atlas had a somewhat troubled, rebellious youth. He dropped out of school and was arrested several times, once serving time on Riker’s Island.
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. He is also reported to have had 9 amateur fights, the majority of which he lost. Atlas became an assistant to D'Amato, and he occasionally helped in the training of protege Mike Tyson. His relationship with Tyson ended after Tyson at the age of 15 had been sexually inappropriate with an eleven year old female relative of Atlas. Atlas put a .38 caliber handgun to Tysons ear and told him to never touch his family again or he would murder him.[1]
Atlas enjoyed his only real 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 asked "Do you want me to take over?"
He also trained Light-Heavyweight Donny Lalonde, but they clashed in temperament and style. "He ran things like an army camp," Lalonde said. "I'm more of a free spirit." He and Atlas parted ways, and Lalonde hired Tommy Gallagher as his new trainer.
Atlas published his autobiography, Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man, in 2006. 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.
His brother Tommy shot his grandmother in 1978, causing a disturbance in the Atlas family’s life. Thomas Atlas is an inmate at NYS Prison at Marcy, N.Y. He was also arrested after beating his sister Meridith. By his own admission, Atlas had a somewhat troubled, rebellious youth. He dropped out of school and was arrested several times, once serving time on Riker’s Island.
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. He is also reported to have had 9 amateur fights, the majority of which he lost. Atlas became an assistant to D'Amato, and he occasionally helped in the training of protege Mike Tyson. His relationship with Tyson ended after Tyson at the age of 15 had been sexually inappropriate with an eleven year old female relative of Atlas. Atlas put a .38 caliber handgun to Tysons ear and told him to never touch his family again or he would murder him.[1]
Atlas enjoyed his only real 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 asked "Do you want me to take over?"
He also trained Light-Heavyweight Donny Lalonde, but they clashed in temperament and style. "He ran things like an army camp," Lalonde said. "I'm more of a free spirit." He and Atlas parted ways, and Lalonde hired Tommy Gallagher as his new trainer.
Atlas published his autobiography, Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man, in 2006. 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.
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