Trainers: One Hit Wonders

Let's discuss some one hit wonder trainers who, though they achieved great success with one fighter, are overall more luck than ability.

Virgil Hunter - His speedy descent to irrelevancy can't go fast enough. Andre Ward made Andre Ward, Virgil at best kept a young kid on the right path. He's on the border of not knowing **** about boxing. He is a bizarre looking weirdo who constantly tries to sound like an old school jazz cat. At one point he had a stable full of fighters who were former champs or challengers. Sure, they were all technically flawed in different ways, but what did Virgil do about that? He whispered in their ears as they went out and showcased the same flaws that brought them to Virgil in the first place.

Freddie Roach - Roach taught Pacquiao how to use a right hook. Thus concludes Freddie's list of accomplishments. Pacquiao is an all time great who happened to walk into Roach's gym as he began to build a name in the US. The things that make Pacquiao great are not coachable attributes. His insane speed and power, his instinct for strange punches and angles. Roach can hold pads and speak fractured English to a guy who is still learning the language, but he is not a great trainer. He taught Provodnikov nothing, pawning him off on some assistant. Freddie is media hype that he has worked very hard to create. I pray we have no more of Freddie's "I'm actually a tough guy you know" moments at another press conference.

There are many more but these two were easy.

 

Could be...Canelo does seem to be learning a lot under them. We'll have to wait and see.

 

Hadn't considered this, could be a good one.