Before I get a sarcastic remark from @PhillyPhan69 or @The Undefeated Lachbuster. I mean boxing Trainers like Micky or Cus not Air Force 1s or Reebok Pumps Anyway what is the criteria and who is it? Mine is (off the top of my head) if they made their own style and how many ATGs they trained and how much they improved them. So I'd give it to Ray Arcel http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ray_Arcel Or Angelo Dundee http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Angelo_Dundee
Off the top of my head: 1. Ray Arcel 2a. Charlie Goldman 2b. Angelo Dundee 4. Cus D'amato 5. Manny Steward 6. Jack Blackburn 7. Eddie Futch 8a. Lou Duva 8b. Teddy Atlas
I am offended that you deign to disparage my character by this slanderous liable!!!! But my pick will not be a popular choice... Naazim Richardson
Well I'm sorry, but I need to take all precautions with Sarcasm. I've never even heard of him but I'll look him up and get back to you
Your grand dad will be disappointed with you no doubt...don’t be the family embarrassment....you will know when you look it up lol
Well you was right. He sure would've. He seems a good, but unothadox pick. I'll have to keep digging, read into when he started training Hopkins, Cunningham and Mosley ect.
I think his work taking over for Jack Mosley helped Shane expand his game mid career and is when I began to consider him more than just Hopkins trainer. Him uncovering Margarito’s handwraps was a pretty cool story before Shane nearly shut him out.
Some others that need a mention: Freddie Brown Tommy Ryan Gil Clancy Hiawatha Grey (highly likely he taught Archie Moore the cross guard). Cuyo Hernandez (Much greater than Nacho Beristan IMO, basically taught him the signature style he is known for teaching. Taught Olivares, Pintor, Zamora, Zarate etc. Etc.)
Any number of trainers many years ago knew sooo much......I'm guessing someone like blackburn....but since the golden age of boxing....guys like futch and steward knew all there was to know
Taking nothing from Dundee or Duva, they were better cornermen than trainers and so often signed blue-chip prospects or already accomplished fighters to their stables. I am more impressed with a trainer like Jackie McCoy who either brought along a fighter from the beginning, turned around a fighter who had been discarded or added something to an established fighter who could not get over that next hill. He trained Don Jordan, Raul Rojas, Mando Ramos, Andy (Kid) Heilman, Frankie Crawford. Rodolfo Gonzalez, Carlos Palomino, Alberto Sandoval, Monroe Brooks, Gerrie Coetzee and Carlos Hernandez. And he did that when there was little in the way of promotional or TV contracts. Again, not to disrespect Dundee or Duva, but they wouldn't stick with a fighter if he had a bad patch. They were just done with him.
Jem Mace deserves a mention, for a wildcard. Probably not the greatest ever, but trained a load of great fighters.
Nice call on Clancy and Hernandez. I'll add another under the radar. Bill Miller from Detroit. Close friend of Ezzard Charles and James Toney's first trainer. He also trained Manny Steward when he was a fighter and worked Tommy's corner with him in the early days.