Teddy Atlas beat up Comacho?

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  1. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    i have been listening to the Teddy Atlas podcasts, and the recent one is about a fist fight/scuffle Teddy once had at Gleasons gym with World champion Hector Camacho. I have heard Teddy fought with some trainers before but I never heard about this one. Having seen him push George Foreman at a press conference I guess Teddy is not backing down to Comacho either.

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    choklab, Dec 28, 2019
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  2. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    I read a bit of his book and Teddy beat everyone up. He was the man.
     
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  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Teddy came this close.. To killing Mike Tyson! He was a badddd man.
     
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  4. Oakland Billy Smith

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    Supposedly Atlas beat up Shannon Briggs in a elevator one time and also put a gun up Tyson's head and told him to keep running and never look back...
    I've never heard any of these stories substantiated by the fighters themselves, but if true they would leave me to believe Atlas has some anger issues
     
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  5. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Atlas said it. It must be the truth.
     
    NoNeck, Dec 28, 2019
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  6. MURK20

    MURK20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Atlas is the type that will get his azz kicked and still convince himself that he won the fight.
     
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  7. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A teenage version perhaps. Any reasonably adult version of Briggs would tear Atlas to pieces.
     
    Bokaj, Dec 28, 2019
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  8. Glass City Cobra

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    I doubt it. Atlas seems to be compensating for something with these over the top anecdotes. Maybe he's bitter he didn't have an actual boxing career? Perhaps there was indeed an altercation but it might have been exaggerated in his mind. Convenient that the other person in question has passed away.
     
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  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He did have a .38 with him. Otherwise, I think a 15 y/o Mike Tyson would have left him hospitalized.
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Dec 28, 2019
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Boxing is one of the best types of fighting styles that translates best to a street fight. I can't see him beating up a world class heavyweight contender at least without a weapon.
     
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  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yeah beating up your local neighborhood tough guy isn't the same as beating up a world class contender. See the late Kimbo Slice for more details.
     
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    Oh no doubt. He HAD to threaten Tyson with a gun, he wasn't totally stupid..
     
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  13. THE BLADE 2

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    I think camacho knocks Teddy out
     
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    Iv read Teddy’s book and I think Hector got off light.
     
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    I heard the podcast...basically Atlas got Camacho in a head lock after eating some jabs, and they both agreed to stop.
    This was in Gleason's Gym...Camacho stepped into the ring in between sparring sessions of Atlas' guys, and he started to shadowboxing in the ring and wouldn't get out. Atlas got pissed and got in ring and they threw some punches at each other. Whole thing took one or two minutes.
     
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