Teddy Atlas lashes out!

**TheManWhoCan** · 11-22-2005, 01:16 PM

It's good to see Atlas is trying to do something to change the sport. At least somebody is doing something.

I like Teddy because he's one of the only people who is genuine in the sport of boxing. He's got a wealth of knowledge in boxing, and he's got my respect.

**RAESAAD** · 11-22-2005, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by TheManWhoCan

It's good to see Atlas is trying to do something to change the sport. At least somebody is doing something.

I like Teddy because he's one of the only people who is genuine in the sport of boxing. He's got a wealth of knowledge in boxing, and he's got my respect.

I agree......

**Derranged_** · 11-22-2005, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by ChrististheAnswer2

Let me first start off by saying that I'm not a big Teddy Atlas fan, I respect his knowledge and passion for the sport but I don't like the way he acts in terms of his arrogance. That being said I like what he has to say here...

Atlas lashes out!
ESPN boxing commentator Teddy Atlas has ripped congress, Nevada governor Keny Guinn and a NSAC medical panel on boxer safety. Speaking to the Las Vegas Sun, the opinionated boxing analyst railed against U.S. House of Representatives in Washington who recently shot down Atlas' pet project, a national boxing commission. "They're always voting it down because nobody cares about this sport. If you want to say there are racial overtones to it, go ahead and say that because I believe it." Regarding Guinn's removal of respected fight doctor Flip Homansky from the Nevada State Athletic Commission in favor of a campaign contributor, Atlas said he was sick and tired of "cronies who are appointed because of politics" and commented that "replacing Flip Homansky on the commission wasn't a mistake, it was a travesty." Regarding the NSAC's 'Advisory Committee on Boxer Health and Safety,' which was appointed to study boxer safety in the wake of two ring deaths in Las Vegas in 2005, Atlas told the paper, "It's another joke. Boxing has a lot of jokes, except when somebody gets killed. Then it's not a joke."

Sometimes I think Atlas is the biggest hypocrite. After Ricky Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu into submission and Zoo was unable to come out of his corner for the final round, Atlas the week after the fight on FNF, blasted Tszyu for quiting. To my recollection, a week or two after the fight, doctors discovered that KT had suffered swelling of the brain. So in my opinion, it was the right decision to make at the time and may have protected KT from serious injury. Hey Teddy, you're a freakin hypocrite!

**Rockin'** · 11-22-2005, 01:30 PM

While Atlas may seem to be lashing out, he is doing so out of a passion for the sport. He wants to see the right things done and more so the right people in the right positions to get the right things done. I commend him for speaking up. He is in a position to be heard and he does about the inadiquacies of our sport. He wants our sport to survive and then again thrive.

I hope to get a position on a commision in the future. Most commisions are made up of politicians. Politicians know politics. Boxers and the people in the back side of the sport know boxing. When was the last time that you heard a politician ask a fighter for his opinion on the state of the economy. With that said, why ask a politician whats what with boxing, they have not a clue.

Rockin'

**Truth** · 11-22-2005, 01:54 PM

Teddy has a temper...lol. But he is right...

**DiegoFuego** · 11-22-2005, 02:24 PM

Originally posted by BostonGuy

Sometimes I think Atlas is the biggest hypocrite. After Ricky Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu into submission and Zoo was unable to come out of his corner for the final round, Atlas the week after the fight on FNF, blasted Tszyu for quiting. To my recollection, a week or two after the fight, doctors discovered that KT had suffered swelling of the brain. So in my opinion, it was the right decision to make at the time and may have protected KT from serious injury. Hey Teddy, you're a freakin hypocrite!

who wouldn't blast Tszyu for quitting. HE HAD ONE ROUND LEFT AND COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOWN BY MORE THAN 2 POINTS. Tszyu didn't even try to win.

**Derranged_** · 11-22-2005, 02:42 PM

Originally posted by DiegoFuego

who wouldn't blast Tszyu for quitting. HE HAD ONE ROUND LEFT AND COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOWN BY MORE THAN 2 POINTS. Tszyu didn't even try to win.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read a story just after the fight saying that Tszyu had swelling on the brain and had he gone out for the final round he could have sustained serious injury. Teddy wasn't in Zoo's corner, so he didn't know exactly why they threw in the towel.

My point is; if Teddy cares about safety then he shouldn't be bashing fighters for quitting after recieving significant punishment in the ring. Critising Tyson for quitting is one thing, but critising KT or other fighters who have clearly sustained punishment is hypocritical.

**butterfly1964** · 11-22-2005, 05:22 PM

it's good to see that atlas is concerned for a boxer's safety. that shoud be the top concern.

**rocco1252** · 11-22-2005, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by raesaad

I agree......

AND I AGREE WITH YOU!

Teddy Atlas lashes out!