boxing coaches that have never boxed?

Well Jose Mourinio has never played football to a high standard. That's a good example. Sort of.

 

Blimey he really is the dark one! The myth grows

 

Mourinho did play football though. Not to any notable degree, but he had some form of professional career. Andre Villas Boas is a better example, started managing at 21 and later won the UEFA Cup with Porto. He did learn from two of the best though.

I think it'd be difficult to coach any sport if you've no actual experience whatsoever. You don't have to have been any good, but you at least have to have done it. Saying that, there are exceptions to everything if you work hard enough and stick at it.

 

It seems that Emanuel Steward was a very, very good amateur.

From his website...

http://www.emanuelstewardonline.com/index.php/about-emanuel-steward.html

 

Yeah, Manny was national golden gloves champion. As Jim Lampley loves to commend him for, and rightly so.

Shame there's no footage that exists, would be great to see what kinda' operator he was.

 

Good on you, and some coaches who have never boxed have made good coaches. But generally, and it is only a generalization, I would be checking out a coaches fight record before I even went near his gym.

 

Murinio was a professional footballer and played in the 2nd and 3rd tier of Portugese football. Would people say an English player in the championship never played football?

Maradona and Pele didn't make the greatest coaches why?

Probably because it came too easy for them. They never had to learn it or try lots of different things to get the best out of themselves. They didn't have to because they simply had it naturally and instinctively. Not surprising they weren't great managers or coaches.

Imagine Maradona telling an average international player to do some of the things he did. It doesn't work like that.


Most great trainers have highly developed man management skills and are very sensitive to what makes a fighter tick and know what to do and say at the right times. How many times have we seen a coach in between rounds barking out a hundred different things to a fighter that is in a tough fight. Where is the intelligence in that? What can anyone take on board between rounds. One, two maybe three instructions.......that's it.

The great coaches are great analysts and can see things in their fighter and weaknesses in their opponents that others can't. After that simple tactics are all that is needed. It's up to the fighter then to try and stick to the plan. Only the very best coaches and clever fighters can adapt mid fight to the opponent they face.

 

Go for it, my regret was never having pushed myself to see how far I could have gone had I taken it more seriously, im well passed my sell by date although i do still train and I never regretted having boxed. Win or lose you learn a lot about yourself when tested the way this sport does.

The Teddy Atlas book was probably the best boxing book I've ever read. He was a guy that really new a fighters psyche

 

Booth boxed for one of the London clubs won 40 out of 48 and was a Light Welterweight. He wanted to go pro but broke his leg playing 5 a side which was his other passion.

Enzo Calzaghe had a few bouts and training in the Italian Air Force as an amateur.

Jeff's post is pretty spot on: you can teach without having boxed. Totally agree that the best practioners or pros in any sport don't necessarily make the best teachers.