One of these days someone's going to say "Because Teddy Atlas picked me." The only question is if he's serious or not.
George Foreman claimed in his autobiography that he was about to knock Ali out, but was distracted because he saw a disloyal friend in the audience rooting for Ali. Hector Camacho Sr. blamed his poor peformance against Edwin Rosario because he was still scared from the mean look that his mother gave him in the dressing room.