Why Did Teddy Atlas Pull a Gun on Mike Tyson??

He'd knock on the wrong door and then get confused, pull out a cell phone, and tell them Michael Moorer's son's on the phone crying..

 

Ahh ... using another alt, I see.

 

What was Atlas gonna do? Fight Tyson? Tyson wasn't some harmless kid, he was a 16 year old thug who weighed 200 and was trained to beat the hell out of people.

I don't doubt Atlas at all when he says Tyson is manipulative, but Atlas isn't the most upstanding or honorable of people either.

He constantly spoke out about how mismatches are "killing boxing" but puts his own fighters in there with horrendously overmatched opponents.

He will embarrass his own fighters to draw attention to himself. Manny Steward mentioned it on an HBO broadcast when Atlas was training Michael Grant, and Atlas goes on this speech to Grant about not having fear, showing heart, his usual wannabe Tony Robbins motivational speech. He did it in the middle of the ring with all the cameras on. Couldn't he have said this to him in the locker room? Of course he couldn't do that, because then it wouldn't be in front of all the cameras.

He plotted to MURDER Donny Lalonde after they had a falling-out, and claimed that he guided Lalonde to that point and was so integral to his success. Lalonde then responded with the facts which differed greatly from Atlas's version. I wonder if Atlas wanted to kill Lalonde for not "fighting tall" against Leonard.

It's quite amusing when people claim that Atlas "willed" or "inspired" Michael Moorer to the heavyweight title against Evander Holyfield, who was having an off-night due to shoulder problems or a heart attack or HGH-itis or whatever. If you actually watch the fight in full, you'll see Moorer do jack **** in the rounds after Atlas did his dramatics. Moorer was respectful of Holyfield's counter punching, perhaps because of the 2nd round KD, and fought cautiously behind the jab.

Guys like Briggs and Moorer fought with more passion and heart with other trainers in the corner than the "master motivator" Atlas.

That said I do often find him entertaining.

"We are fireman!!"

 

Peanut butter & jelly.

 

(bugs on the windshield)

 

Because Tyson was nibbling on his ear trying to **** him?