The reason Nazim is so highly regarded

BULL****.. you really think your clever? both fighters were heavy underdogs going into the fight in fact people were saying hopkins is going to get killed! its the trainers responsibility to form a strategy cottos trainer got it wrong cotto should have clinched but didnt nazim didnt make the same mistake. and i guess if you saw these two victories comming you should have put ur money were your mouth is and make some serious cash....guess you aint that clever

 

People just about give Nazim more credit for the Pavlik win than Hopkins, it wouldn't have been any different regardless of the trainer. Hopkins could probably corner himself.

Very good trainer definitely, but some people make him out to be the second coming. Hopkins fought the way he always fights, and Mosley's speed advantage and punch resistance advantage over Margarito's typical opponents, combined with him consistently beating Margarito to the punch led to a beat down, from a tactical standpoint he fought like Shane Mosley always fought, he was just in excellent shape and fired up as the underdog. Sometimes people try to credit too much towards the trainer rather than the fighter, as Freddy Roach always says.

 

What garbage , you've seen him say the most idiotic things? Why dont u share them ratehr than spewing ur cow crap!
You're just a bitter mid western tool still smarting form the beating of a lifetime Hopkins gave Pavlik, get over it!

 

I think hes taken an established fighter in Mosley and made him more of a thinking fighter, which is certainly an improvment for Mosley who I believe never had a thinking corner on his side.
As said hes worked with two very established fighters, but strategizing is often an aspect of training thats overlooked and undervalued in boxing. Richardson hasnt developed a world champion from scratch, but so far hes been pretty impressive with two fighters who have been written off as a serious threat in Mosley, and way past their respective best in Hopkins.
Time will tell but I think he has some good potential. The thinking aspect of training is something I rate very highly, thats why Emanuel Steward, Tommy Brooks, Eddie Futch, Freddie Roach are tops on my list even though their focus has not been as much on being a strict physical disciplinarian as it was following a plan during the course.

 

Sounds like you got personal issues and base this on personality instead of accomplishment or failure

 

Catching Trinidad and his people is what gave him far more attention when he caught Margarito, that topic was as hot as the Margarito topic when it happened. How poorly Cotto's team checked on Margarito's wraps added a lot more as well.

 

You really do dislike Mr. Richardson don't you Johnson!

The thing I think most people get confused with about Naz is he's there for gameplan and strategy purposes only. His expertise as an out an out trainer is in my eyes untested, as they say, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks.". Quite simply put, I think both Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley are quite capable of training themselves I mean both 50 + fights with vast years of experience, there's not much Naz could do except support the two. It's his in the ring ability to keep his cool and give clear precise advice on which route to take in dismantling his fighters opponents that he does so well.

 

Naz clearly didn't mean what you think he meant. The actual interview started with the interviewer asking Naz if Shane would fight on after the Mayweather fight. He made the cadillac quote in reference to Shanes 5 losses, just because there's that dent in his career don't mean the guys gunna retire. It's got nothing to do with shane not fighting often.

 

I've been watching Mosley since '99. and he did a couple of things in the Marg fight I haven't seen him do in years.

-It was his most effective display of jabbing since the first DLH fight. He never stopped jabbing the whole fight and threw hard jabs to Marg's chest and body.

-He would clinch everytime he landed a hard shot (and after Marg would open up) and drive him back draining Margs energy

-His defense was a lot better (he barely got hit in that fight).

-He spontaneoudly witched to southpaw mutiple times, and threw accurate lead lefts out of the southpaw stance (which were nailing Margarito, and one even set up a knockdown).

-He didn't take a round off and just generally looked a more sharper fighter

I honestly think if he was in there w/Jack Mosley it would have been a harder fight that would have went all 12. Nazim did a lot of things (things I still probably don't even notice) that softened Margarito up. Richardson didn't remake Mosley, he just maximizes his potential/abilities.