what are each coaches good at?

Nacho Beristain's strength would obviously be his general ability to develop a fighter's offensive arsenal and create great overall technicians.

 

Funny thing I've found with different trainers (the good ones) they don't really deviate too much from the same hymn sheet. Ingles aside (and they are very good). Its all about fundamentals- there are a good few **** trainers about or very average trainers- but they get found out eventually.

Give a great trainer and average fighter and they will still do something with them-

Prime example Arturo Gatti, who was going nowhere. Buddy got him nearly back to his best.

 

Nacho Berstain - teaching his fighters how to throw the best combinations in the business.

 

Looking at Roach, he is very versatile in his teachings and I think that's the true mark of a great trainer. Look at what he's done with Pacquiao and Khan. With one he's developed a much needed right hand and with that got him putting together great combinations and finding fantastic angles, he's got him hitting the body much better and he's tightened up his defence a little. With Khan, he's again tightened his defence up, but rather than simply combinations and angles, he's instead got him throwing a good, heavy jab and controlling the range.

 

I think to work well with Steward you've got to let him be the boss and invest faith in him.....

Lewis and Wlad were overhauled completely by Steward, the main issue being their balance. Even in the Ruddock fight Lewis nearly tripped over himself throwing combinations, whereas in his best performances under Steward (Morrison, Golota & Rahman II) he's perfectly balanced at all times.

It's probably something he picked up training Tommy Hearns for the Leonard fights..... Hearns was the better boxer in both but had pretty much zero natural balance.

Even Cotto in his last fight, albeit against an average opponent looked better balanced, and more two handed.

Still think Cotto needs to go into seek and destroy mode more, whacking away at the body in between boxing. It's when he tries to fight fire with fire that he comes unstuck..... stick to boxing at range and hammering the body :yep

 

To work the body over youve got to put yourself in range to be met with fire, and Cottos head movement isnt good enough to stay close and not get tagged over and over.
I agree completely that he needs to work at range and pick his moments to come in and work the body. I think Cottos decision making is his problem.

 

Maybe overtraining was a reason why De La Hoya always seemed to run out of gas...... because let's face it he was a ten round fighter.

The only time he ever came up with anything in the championship rounds was against Quartey..... oh and Vargas obviously.

 

I think Steward would love to train Pavlik.

He's got all the basics of a Steward fighter, a good jab and a really solid right hand.... he's a brave bugger as well, could have easily chucked it in against Hopkins a couple of times.

There are things to work on, mixing the left hook in once in a while and throwing more body shots..... like most people he's more effective when the opponent is stood right in front of him.

Plus he needs to work on his balance.

Jack Loew isn't a bad trainer as such, he always looks in nick, if a little gaunt, but his corner advice is gash.