Controversial post - the value of trainers

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The top trainers act like consultants and get paid to come in the last few weeks and fight night. Emmanuel Steward did that late in his career with Naz.

[X]

The trainer has little to do with the fitness of the fighter. Nowadays, the trainer only arrives for the last part of fight preparation (which I think is wrong by the way)

The trainer teaches the fighter technique, embeds muscle memory, devises tactics and is the calm voice in the corner who sees what the fighter cannot see.

Now, some trainers are not very good ... just like any other profession ....... but

Joe Louis would not have nearly so good without Chappie Blackburn, Tyson was a product of his trainers, where would Joe Frazier have been without Eddie Futch or Marciano without Charley Goldman??