Comments Thread For: Valuev Rips Atlas, Says He Dumped Povetkin For Money!

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Former heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is upset with trainer Teddy Atlas. He says the well-known trainer dumped WBA "regular" champion Alexander Povetkin in favor of making money through his television deal as an ESPN analyst.

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[Anton LaVey]

Povetkin's better off without head-case Teddy anyway.

[lynchy]

lets put this in context atlas wanted povetkin to train the the US which he could have easily done but instead wanted to train in russia so how can you say atlas dumped him

[Anton LaVey]

lets put this in context atlas wanted povetkin to train the the US which he could have easily done but instead wanted to train in russia so how can you say atlas dumped him

Why should Povetkin come and train in a place he hates when the fight is being held in Europe?

Teddy is a prima donna. Like he couldn't have missed a couple weeks of crappy FNF cards.

[The Hammer]

Povetkin's better off without head-case Teddy anyway.

Most definitely.

[chav]

Povetkin really doesn't need Atlas. watching Atlas in his corner has had me in stitches at times the way he is trying to get his point across the different dialects and cultures.

Povetkin is going to blast Huck and send him to the canvass pretty easily and without the need for a trainer, this is a mismatch IMO, Huck is going to get pasted

[catalinul]

Why should Povetkin come and train in a place he hates when the fight is being held in Europe?

Teddy is a prima donna. Like he couldn't have missed a couple weeks of crappy FNF cards.

Because they had a deal to do that.

[anonymous2.0]

But hasn't Teddy stated the entire time that ESPN was his real job and training was a secondary thing? I'm pretty sure he's been upfront about it the whole time and its no surprise to Povetkin

[Rosseboi]

Valuev: "A Russian would never do that! We don't put money above all else"

Yet he cited money as the reason he didn't fight Klitschko lol. Gotta love boxing it's like watching a soap opera with the amount of BS these chaps spew forth.

[Anton LaVey]

Because they had a deal to do that.

So says Teddy.