Thread: Teddy Atlas is a jackass.

I can't stand the guy. I know he knows his shyt when it comes to analyzing a fight, but so do half the people on this forum.

He has ZERO personality, and is possibly (along with Steve Farhood) the worst commentator in the history of boxing. I forget the exact fight, but one of his shining (sickening ) moments was when some guy was getting beat up in a fight pretty bad and Teddy (ever the drama queen) gets up and starts screaming "Stop the fight, Stop the fight!!!!" at the top of his lungs to the ref.

I don't need to start on his stupid ass analogies because many other members have brought these up before on other threads on here.

As far as his scoring of rounds........................



This is where Teddy's foolishness is unmatched.

I've seen him on many occasions score 10-9 rounds where he gives the guy that he mentioned he liked before the match even started a 10 even though he got knocked down. I swear I've even seen him score 8-7 rounds where there weren't any knockdowns. Let's not forget the Teddy Atlas trademark 10-10 rounds when the rounds weren't even close.

I've heard people say he is unbiased and that he speaks nothing but the truth. I have no idea where people would ever see that. He is one of the most biased announcers I've ever seen. If he picks a guy before a fight, that just so happens to be the guy who wins rounds even though he got knocked down with their work rate, chin, poise, etc. etc.




I guess I'm done for now, but I may come back to modify this thread as I remember more things that make Teddy Atlas such a fool.

Well, just about everything you said is right there. He does all that stuff, and his scorecards are simply nauseating. And he'll focus on one miniscule thing that isn't effecting the fight much and dwell on it for rounds at a time. The analogies are time consuming and mind numbing. The "Stop this fight ref" was in the Ricky Quiles - Nate Cambell bout. It was like the last minute of the fight and it didn't need to be stopped then anymore then it did three rounds before. Definitely a flare for the dramatic.

Still, love the X's and O's stuff because you can tell he is nothing but an old trainer and outside of that, he is amusing to me. Someone like Jim Lampley ignoring any offense a fighter puts on and Merchant calling Winky a shot fighter will make me pull my hair out ten times more then Atlas working himself into a frenzy ever will.

I've been watching Teddy for years now and all I've ever seen is a fair and unbiased announcer. Sure he touts the attributes of the favored fighter but he is always willing to point out what that fighter is doing wrong as well.

I've seen plenty of his 10-10 rounds but I have never seen an 8-7 round with no knockdowns. You have to admit that didn't really happen. I've also never seen him give a 10 round to a fighter that has been knocked down. I've seen him give 9-8 and 9-7 rounds and I could swear I've also seen him give a 10-6.

As for his yelling, I say keep it up and keep it loud. I don't think any commentator is as impassioned as he is when it comes to boxing. He cares about the fighters and the sport as a whole. I remember when there was this particularly horrible hometown decision that was way out there for a guy that had clearly lost. Teddy was screaming so loud "THIS IS WRONG! THIS IS WRONG!" i could tell he had abandoned any thought of talking into the mic and it sent chills up my spine. It was completely unprofessional and I thought it was going to cost him his job. But anyone who is willing to put himself out there in that way has definitely earned my respect.

I do give it to you on some of his analogies, they have gotten long winded in the past year but it's something I'm willing to overlook for all the good I feel he brings.

I will however, not fight you a bit on Steve Farhood being the worst. He has too many problems to list here.

I am going to have to agree with frozensolid_702. What bothers me even more is that Joe T. Always agrees with him. I don't ever recall Joe T not seeing eye to eye with Teddy. Like I have never heard Joe T question one of Teddy's score scards. Why doesn't Joe have a score card? Yes Teddy is baised and if the fighter is from the East Coast, Teddy and Joe will pull out their skirts and poms poms and cheer away for the East Coast fighter even if the East Coast fighter is not doing anything let alone winning the fight.
In closing, I too hate Teddy 'Marble Mouth' Atlas and his yes man lacky Joe T. Although Joe T is more bearable.

Another Pet Peeve is that Teddy won't stop talking even if there is some live action going on the ring. He will go on and on with his phuking stupid analogies until he is done. Sometimes Teddy can just take away from a fight.

Teddy has his faults but personally I think he's part of the boxing establishment and would hate to see him gone.

He is sometimes a little off with his scoring and certainly biased as they come.

I remember he did one of his lists a while back about the Top 10 greatest Southpaws ever. He really annoyed my by having Michael Moorer at number 5 but didn't even include Joe Calzaghe.

Still he' didn't train Joe so I guess he was just sticking with his own.

If Teddy was gone we would all miss him, he brings some much needed passion to the table and it matters not if we agree with his style or not, he is a personality and i kind of like his gung ho style.

Originally Posted by frozensolid_702

I can\'t stand the guy. I know he knows his shyt when it comes to analyzing a fight, but so do half the people on this forum.

He has ZERO personality, and is possibly (along with Steve Farhood) the worst commentator in the history of boxing. I forget the exact fight, but one of his shining (sickening ) moments was when some guy was getting beat up in a fight pretty bad and Teddy (ever the drama queen) gets up and starts screaming \"Stop the fight, Stop the fight!!!!\" at the top of his lungs to the ref.

I don\'t need to start on his stupid ass analogies because many other members have brought these up before on other threads on here.

As far as his scoring of rounds........................



This is where Teddy\'s foolishness is unmatched.

I\'ve seen him on many occasions score 10-9 rounds where he gives the guy that he mentioned he liked before the match even started a 10 even though he got knocked down. I swear I\'ve even seen him score 8-7 rounds where there weren\'t any knockdowns. Let\'s not forget the Teddy Atlas trademark 10-10 rounds when the rounds weren\'t even close.

I\'ve heard people say he is unbiased and that he speaks nothing but the truth. I have no idea where people would ever see that. He is one of the most biased announcers I\'ve ever seen. If he picks a guy before a fight, that just so happens to be the guy who wins rounds even though he got knocked down with their work rate, chin, poise, etc. etc.




I guess I\'m done for now, but I may come back to modify this thread as I remember more things that make Teddy Atlas such a fool.

What fight did Teddy score a round 8-7 with no knock downs? I find that hard to believe.

Originally Posted by frozensolid_702

I forget the exact fight, but one of his shining (sickening ) moments was when some guy was getting beat up in a fight pretty bad and Teddy (ever the drama queen) gets up and starts screaming "Stop the fight, Stop the fight!!!!" at the top of his lungs to the ref.

LOL, I recall that - but don't remember the fight either. I think Teddy said he was going to do it & then Joe T. encouraged him to do it.

Well, if HBO announced they were getting rid of Max ''Jim! I gotta tell ya...'' Kellerman to replace him with ''He's got his ear-muffs on'' Atlas. It would absolutely make my month.

I hate HBO's team with a passion. Even the guests.
They never seem to be on the same page, they argue about the trivial things of the previous round through the round intervals and waaaaay into the current round, they dont seem to have any chemistry, they spend more time correcting them selves than commenting on the current action and for fucks-sake Kellerman....!!! Why the fuck do you sound like that when you talk?! SHUT UP!!!!

It so much easier to watch a fight on HBO with the volume off.

if you compare Sky sports & HBOs coverage of Hatton V Urango & Mayweather V Dela Hoya you'll see what i mean

I like Teddy and think he's usually fair. I didn't object to him trying to stop the Quiles v Campbell fight because I had Nate on a KO prop at +300. And Quiles is now very damaged goods.

One analogy or comment that Atlas has used frequently that is funny is: 'boxing takes more than just strength. If that (strength) is all it took (to succeed) then all the guys walking around muscle beach would be champs.' That cracks me up.

Another classic is; " A man born round don't(sic) die square.

Teddy's a classic.

Originally Posted by frozensolid_702

I know he knows his shyt when it comes to analyzing a fight, but so do half the people on this forum.

Hell no.

Teddy has good passion but he's just an old trainer, he is very biased if he picks a fighter to win and sees they're struggling. I like his scorecards sometimes though, It's better than 10-9's all the time. It seems nowadays you have to pound your opponent into the ground to score a 10-6 round, yet when someone gets outboxed with ease and dominates a round but doesn't put his guy down it still gets scored as 10-9.

Teddy also held a loaded gun to Tyson's head and then pulled the trigger shooting the ground next to him

He always gives long winded responses to simple questions. Like when he made his picks on cotto-mosley, pac-barrera II, etc he gave pointless long rambling anecdotes and wouldve gotten completely off topic had Brian Kenny not been there to drag him in. I like Brian Kenny.

I think Joe Tessitore's job is to sit and nod while staring admirably at teddy...he never disagrees, just tries to keep teddy's increasingly senile ramblings in check.

For the most part I think Atlas is alright, but there is a little to much "I have seen more than you can imagine and my words are gold" mentality.

Originally Posted by frozensolid_702

I guess I'm done for now, but I may come back to modify this thread as I remember more things that make Teddy Atlas such a fool.

Do you like it when he demonstrates what each guy needs to do to win before the main event?

Originally Posted by frozensolid_702

I can't stand the guy. I know he knows his shyt when it comes to analyzing a fight, but so do half the people on this forum.

He has ZERO personality, and is possibly (along with Steve Farhood) the worst commentator in the history of boxing. I forget the exact fight, but one of his shining (sickening ) moments was when some guy was getting beat up in a fight pretty bad and Teddy (ever the drama queen) gets up and starts screaming "Stop the fight, Stop the fight!!!!" at the top of his lungs to the ref.

I don't need to start on his stupid a** analogies because many other members have brought these up before on other threads on here.

As far as his scoring of rounds........................



This is where Teddy's foolishness is unmatched.

I've seen him on many occasions score 10-9 rounds where he gives the guy that he mentioned he liked before the match even started a 10 even though he got knocked down. I swear I've even seen him score 8-7 rounds where there weren't any knockdowns. Let's not forget the Teddy Atlas trademark 10-10 rounds when the rounds weren't even close.

I've heard people say he is unbiased and that he speaks nothing but the truth. I have no idea where people would ever see that. He is one of the most biased announcers I've ever seen. If he picks a guy before a fight, that just so happens to be the guy who wins rounds even though he got knocked down with their work rate, chin, poise, etc. etc.




I guess I'm done for now, but I may come back to modify this thread as I remember more things that make Teddy Atlas such a fool.

I'm sure somebody realized it and stuck him at commentating vice making him a judge. Good points. I too agree with his round by round crazy scoring. Do you think he's going to have Judah losing this upcoming friday? hahaha. He probably will!