Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
ross, you're right the age of great trainers from the United States being a dime a dozen is over. Steward has died, Freddy Roach won't be around forever, who fills the shoes of those men?

But also who is there for the trainers here to train? Football players who couldn't hack it, ex-cons, guys getting late starts. The issue begins at the amateur level our boys aren't getting taught properly and we're suffering. US boxing is doing the exact opposite of US soccer. US soccer had an identity crisis, it met it head on, the players we got were tough and gritty, and would gut out wins and now we're starting to get more polished in our talent. With US boxing we have gone from THE finished product to being guys who only have heart to offer if that.
Draft in some south american coaches.

Even mexican journeymen have some sublime skills and defence and can put more than one or two punches together, mixing uppercuts and hooks, hooks to the body and how to defend them. Whos teaching them this?