Teddy Atlas not making the fairest calls.

[BoomBoom]

You know I don't mind nearly all things about Atlas. But the one thing that really gets on my tits while your tryin to watch a fight, and he did it last night loads, is the excessive use of metaphors. He just speaks in riddles too much and I find it infuriatin. He has a metaphor for every possible angle you can take on a fight..... Who lets him talk like that.

I usually dont mind his metaphors, but it does seem that lately he goes a little overboard with them. He used the same "bad neighborhood" metaphor every fnf for the last year.

[Preme]

hear alot of shit about atlas on boards so i guess he gets it wrong a lot but the guy was a fucking awsome trainer and no matter what u think of him if you have not read his book you HAVE to read it, it is a total fucking must!!!

was down town tonight on a stag do, and one of the guys i never met before looked the fucking spit of teddy atlas bar the scar lol... the fucking prick wouldn't let me take a photo of him though even when i offered him a tenner lol, thought he wa going to take a swing for me hahah but he was the spit man!!!

[CFH]

I love Teddy Atlas, and like Preme says his book is outstanding.

[Montezuma]

I like Atlas and I find his metaphors entertaining. I can understand why people do not like him but personally I enjoy his insight into the game.

[JonnyFolds]

I think all announcers have their problems and shortcomings... except for the almighty... Jim Lampley. His pretty much spot on.

Atlas bugs me because he repeats himself so much. I think he is a great trainer, but I could imagine how frustrating it would be to work with him.

He does give fighters rounds based on effective aggression. I don't think his scoring was that far off. Cloud always come through with the big shots except for round 2 in that fight. A lazy jabs doesn't score even if it lands on my punch track. And Woods was flicking a lot of fluff.

[The Fightfan]

I really have no beef with Atlas. I've read his book and it is one of the better books I've read in the past few years. As for his scoring I gave Woods only two rounds and Cloud the rest. I really didn't see anything Woods did to win many rounds besides get hit. Atlas knows what he is talking about he may not be able to predict fight's but he sure knows what to tell his fighter's when he is working the corner.

[Beanflicker]

I find Atlas' antics fucking hilarious. The guy is a mutton head for sure.

My favorite is how he accentuates random words in his sentences.

Like if the line was "And now hes coming back", an announcer will maybe accentuate back, saying it something like "and now he's coming BACK", to add to the excitement or whatever.

But what Teddy Atlas will do is say it like "and now HE'S coming back" or something like that.

Anyone else notice that? He does it all the time, and I LOL nearly every time.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I love ol Teddy. Seriously, i've got nothing but respect for the man. He is a decent guy that has no room for all the bullshit in boxing and doesn't hesitate to say so.

Also the whole Theodore Atlas foundation thing is fantastic too.

Great guy. Entertaining. guy. Good for the sport.

[jokaleras]

al bernstein is the best.

i also like boxers doing the commentating. Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, BJ Flores(i think he may have a better career as a boxing analyst) etc. are all very very good. Lewis needs work.

[shafty85]

al bernstein is the best.

i also like boxers doing the commentating. Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, BJ Flores(i think he may have a better career as a boxing analyst) etc. are all very very good. Lewis needs work.

I agree that Lewis needs work, but I find his input insightful. It is great though to hear them talk about fights though. Some of the knowledge they give out is amazing!

[JazMerkin]

I think Teddy is pretty good at analyzing fighters & has great boxing knowledge. What he can't do is call fights, but in his defence I don't think he picks favourites until the fight starts. Then he has a tendency to just watch one fighter.

I don't think he was biased against Woods, just that he was watching Cloud more, not because he's American, just because Cloud probably impressed him more in the opening round.

He also doesn't shy away from calling something bullshit, I'd say he's still one of the best analysts around, although I rate Farhood & Kellerman higher. Jones, Hopkins & Nate Campbell are also pretty good analysts.