Controversial post - the value of trainers

[El Kabong]

I always wonder why Kevin Rooney has not found success with another fighter. Everybody loves Tyson, lots of stocky boxers out there would LOVE to fight that way, but I think the best fighter he's had since Tyson was Pazienza for a while. About 12 years ago Rooney had Leonard Pierre Anasta a middleweight from Haiti and Thomas Hayes a heavyweight from Chicago both were never even close to being title challengers.


One would think that the Tyson-D'Mato-Rooney Peek-a-Boo style would catch back on again especially with everyone these days trying to fight like their version of Bernard Hopkins or as if they were trained by Manny Steward. Control the distance with the jab, be very cagey and rough on the inside, and never open yourself up. Some trainer out there has to know that the kryptonite for that style is footwork, head movement, and accurate combination punching.


I guess Freddie Roach is that guy right now, but who is his protege?



Manny Steward really has brought along a couple generations of very effective fighters, very smart.