He's great at training college wrestling,that there is the reason Ward doesn't have the publics respect as they wanna see some boxing at a boxing match?
http://www.*******.com/mayweather-kovalev-beat-ward-hunter-not-good-trainer--112550 “Virgil Hunter’s not a good trainer at all. That’s just my honest opinion. Virgil Hunter is a cool guy. He’s a nice guy but a guy who’s never fought before, that’s never been in a crunch moment. How can he tell you about a crunch moment if he’s never been in a crunch moment?," Mayweather said. - See more at: http://www.*******.com/mayweather-k...not-good-trainer--112550#sthash.zIhgLkGB.dpuf
I don't think Virgil is a great trainer but I'd also say that you don't have to have been a great fighter to have been a great trainer. Sporting history is littered with names that never achieved much themselves in their chosen discipline that made the best coaches and trainers whilst those who did so much as athletes bomb when trying to teach others.
Unfortunately none. I can name plenty of good fighters that became great trainers, but the great fighters seem to have a hard time giving all the attention and focus to someone else.
Let's be honest, I don't think Virgil is great either. He got lightning in a bottle with Ward, but the rest of his work has been less that eybrow raising. There are a multitude of trainers better.
He has picked up mostly damaged goods. Berto, Mares, Khan, Angulo. He did well with Angulo and Khan but he could´t push them beyond their limits.
Jack Blackburn is the one that springs to mind. One of the great fighters of the early 20th century, mixing it with the likes of Sam Langford and Joe Gans, but better known for training Joe Louis. He is in the HoF as a trainer, but otherwise would probably be in as a fighter on merit. Steward and Futch were both Golden Glove winning amateurs. Futch didn't turn pro due to a heart murmur, and Steward took up a job for a reliable income rather than turn pro. They both moved into training relatively early, and for both there may well have been a sense of unfinished business driving them. To be fair though, very few great fighters even try to become successful trainers, never mind succeed. It seems to be more pronounced in boxing than most major team sports for whatever reason.