Teddy Atlas fired from ESPN commentating for telling the truth! Too much pressure

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  1. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    Too much deliberate drama, it was a not so silent agreement from Theodore
     
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  2. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    I thought it happened after he interviewed Jeff Horn.
     
  3. Boxing Truth

    Boxing Truth Active Member banned Full Member

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    That's exactly what happened.
     
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  4. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    He sounded like he was drinking during the show also. That couldn't have helped much.
     
  5. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    heard him do analysis a few times / thought he was good at it
    not keen on a lot of the uk commentators and analysts at the moment
    mind you i hate jim rosenthal and had to listen to him for 37 years
     
  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well, hell, that never stopped Merchent. Look at how long they kept that one on the air for...
     
  7. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Drunk or sober Kellerman :pipi Atlas & Merchant
     
  8. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    At times I hated Teddy Atlas, but I have to admit that he told the truth about the Horn/Pac fight and it was time to hear the truth about Byrd, the worst and most corrupt judges in boxing today and that's pretty bad! I never thought I would say it, but I will miss him, and he does know a lot about boxing...................got fired by the criminal powers-that-be in boxing for telling the truth! We all know how bad decisions in boxing can be, I have seen so very many of them..................and now it will continue...........

    You can complain about Byrd and other forms of corruption at:
    This is the number from "The Fight Game" Jim Lampley 702-486-2575. As reported, Byrd who scored the Golovkin/Alvarez fight 10 rounds for El Pollo and only 2 rounds for Golovkin will not be penalized at all! Bob Bennett, the boxing commissioner lied live on HBO, claiming that Byrd was a great judge and had never had a bad card until the Golovkin/Alvarez fight! A total lie! Byrd has been corrupt for years. Jim Lampley said that if fans do not do something now, the corruption in boxing will continue! Bob Bennett was also called out by HBO for lying about the last Rigo fight when Rigo held his opponent's head and hit him three times in a row, then clearly after the bell landed a left hook and knocked his opponent out! Bob Bennett lied live on HBO, said their video man told him that the punch was clearly before the bell while the video was being replayed! Later the decision was changed, but only after HBO proved him wrong! The same Bob Bennett who refused to watch the replay of Kovalev/Ward when Ward clearly landed three low blows in a row to Kovelev's testicles!. Call the number and complain! If you have it on your DVR, then watch "The Fight Game" with Jim Lampley which was shown right after the fights!
     
  9. Boxing Truth

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    Atlas & Merchant should work together when calling a fight. Both expose boxing corruption on the air a lot.
     
  10. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    The problem with Atlas are thus

    1 ) He's very biased
    2 ) As a broadcaster you know what points he is going to make before he even makes them
    3 ) While he has a point about corruption, its often his only valid point.
    4 ) His ability to predict a fight are about as bad as I've seen.

    ESPN is in big trouble...but if Atlas wants I'm sure some of the gamblers in Las Vegas would pay for his services, then quietly wager the other way.
     
  11. Boxing Truth

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    true
     
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  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Teddy has never touched a drop of alcohol in his life, he's know as Abstainer Atlas by his colleagues at ESPN and Teetotaler Teddy by his close friends.
     
  13. Boxing Truth

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    I remember reading or hearing a story that Teddy almost killed Mike Tyson by putting a gun to his head.
     
  14. Boxing Truth

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    They think of fans as "boxing sheep".
     
  15. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    teddy was silenced he was close to exposing the boxing hiarachy for what they are CORRUPT Money grabbers