Best/Worst Trainer-Fighter Tandem-Top 5

[SlimTrae]

BEST

Enzo Calzaghe & Joe Calzaghe
Emanuel Steward & Lennox Lewis
Roger Mayweather & Floyd Mayweather
Kevin Rooney & Mike Tyson
Emanuel Steward & Wladimir Klitschko

WORST
Emanuel Steward & Jermaine Taylor
Freddie Roach & Bernard Hopkins
Floyd Mayweather Sr. & Ricky Hatton
Ronnie Shields & Mike Tyson
Pernell Whitaker & Zab Judah

[El Kabong]

Best
Manny Steward & Lennox Lewis
Kevin Rooney & Mike Tyson
Ray Arcel & Roberto Duran
Nacho Beristain & Salvador Sanchez
Angelo Dundee & Muhammad Ali but also Carmen Basilio
Lou Duva & the 1984 US Olympic Team

Worst
Aaron Snowell & Mike Tyson
Manny Steward & Naseem Hamed, Jermain Taylor, Chad Dawson
Al Certo & Andrew Golota
Nobody & Miguel Cotto for the Pacquiao fight
Floyd Mayweather Sr. & Ricky Hatton

[Master]

Hatton with Billy Graham
Naz with Ingle

[Sleepwalker]

Best: Floyd Sr/Oscar De La Hoya

Worst: Teddy Atlas/Michael Moorer

[mikeeod]

When did Freddie Roach train BHop? I only remember Bouie Fisher, Brother Naz n John David Jackson training him. What am I missing?

[mikeeod]

Best:
1. Nacho n JMM/ Raf Marquez
2. Manny Steward n Michael Moorer
3. Manny n Tommy Hearns
4. Petronelli brothers n Hagler
5. Anne Wolfe n James Kirkland
6. Eddie Futch n Riddick Bowe
7. Bouie Fisher n BHop
8. Bill Miller n James Toney
9. Roach n Manny
10. Rodger n Floyd

Not going to name the worst but will say that Manny n Jermain Taylor was the best example I've seen so far, with Hatton/Floyd sr. a close second.

[Beanflicker]

What about Chris Algieri and his goddamn trainer. What chance do you have when you're a feather fisted runner and your trainer sends you in there with the game plan that you're going to get your ass kicked for 9 or 10 rounds and then pull off a dramatic one-punch KO against one of the greatest fighters of the last 30 years.

[Beanflicker]

How about Alton Merkerson/Roy Jones? I guess it can be argued that Big Roy laid the ground work, but Alton joined Roy in '92 and won titles with him everywhere from middleweight to heavyweight.

[mikeeod]

How about Alton Merkerson/Roy Jones? I guess it can be argued that Big Roy laid the ground work, but Alton joined Roy in '92 and won titles with him everywhere from middleweight to heavyweight.

Honestly, I don't think Alton did much more than hold the mitts, the heavy bag and give positive reinforcement to Roy. Guy was so gifted n unorthodox that he broke every rule and made it work for him. You can't really train that in my opinion. I'm pretty sure anyone smart enough to just let Roy do his thing would've been equally "successful"...

[SugarBoxing]

good thread

[greynotsoold]

In many cases the trainer that you see in the ring with the fighter is not the guy that does the day to day gym work- the actual training of that fighter.

[SlimTrae]

When did Freddie Roach train BHop? I only remember Bouie Fisher, Brother Naz n John David Jackson training him. What am I missing?

Just one fight: Calzaghe
Good one on Bouie Fisher

[SlimTrae]

Mickey Ward didn't do too good with Gatti fighting gomez
Mcgirt not to good with Malinaggi against Hatton.

Also agree with the Merkinson Jones comment.

And Mcgirt had chemistry with Tarver.

[greynotsoold]

Gil Clancy and Emile Griffith. Clancy trained from his very first day boxing. Al Certo did real well with Buddy McGirt.

[Spicoli]

Mosley and his Pop worst for me. Also Norm Stoney stone acting a certifiable lunatic with Ruiz more often than not. Certainly not top anything all time but John d Jackson and Kovalev. Dude has his poise. Jackson in general looks a hell of a trainer.