I'm sure this won't go over well but I don't think Atlas was a great cornerman at all. His theatrics didn't seem to motivate guys, they seemed to distract his fighters and I never saw him make a significant improvement on anyone like Manny Steward did on Lewis, Wlad, Hearns...etc. Roach turned it around for Toney, Manny...etc. Even Buddy Mcgirt made a noticeable improvement on Tarver and Gatti.

I can't think of one fighter Atlas took from no one to champ. Even Moorer was more of a result of Manny Steward's training than Teddy's. I don't like Atlas as a commentator either. Might just be that I'm too critical of the guy.

My favorite cornerman performances:
1) Manny Steward literally slapping Lennox and screaming for him to "get this MFer out of there!!!" prior to the 8th round vs Tyson.
2) Bouie Fisher calmly reminding Bernard to be like "Raindrops" vs Tito.
3) Roach telling Toney to put Jirov on his ass
4) brother Naz in pretty much any fight. Great trainer.
5) Floyd sr./Roger in various fights when they realize It's that time and tell Floyd to "knock this mother f'n bum out"