The best boxing trainer of all time?

I concur S:good

 

Henry Armstrong
Ezzard Charles
Roberto Duran
Barney Ross
Kid Gavilan
Benny Leonard
Larry Holmes
Ceferino Garcia
Freddie Steele
Tony Zale
Max Baer


Those from Arcel and untouchable by any trainer ever.

 

Arcel did not necessarily train that many fighters. Often he'd be brought in for strategy a few weeks before the fight. He had a full time job -as a purchasing agent for the Meehanite Metal Corporation after '54. Freddie Brown deserves most of the credit for Duran's progress into greatness.

Nevertheless, I go with him. He handled about 2,000 fighters. Seeing photos of him behind Benny Leonard, ready to lift him off the stool and then seeing him 50 years later in the same position behind Roberto Duran, is pretty telling.

Futch is a close second, truly a master strategist.

 

Not the least prejudiced, Izzy Blank

 

Agree, and thats what makes a trainer great in my opinion, the ability to set gameplans and expose opponents weaknesses while hiding their fighters own and using their best attributes. There arent too many around like that.

 

Yes, clearly Andy Lee and Kermit Cintron are comparable to the Cinderella man.

 

It is no coincidence, that the two fighters who beat Muhamad Ali when it counted for something, were both trained by Futch.

 

that's my thinking as well, plus how well regarded he is amongst fighters themselves. but again, arcel trained the two best lightweights ever (probably), hard to argue with that

 

steward futch are the best imo