Who is the best trainer in boxing right now?
December 27th, 2010
By Allen Hmiel: Fighters have special talents and skills that enable each boxer to maximize their talents. Some fighters progress naturally and make the use of their given talents and skills and instincts to move up the ladder of success. But no fighter is that good to not take advantage of additional learning and skills that a shrewd skillful trainer can provide. A great boxing trainer brings out the best in his fighter and develops new strategies that place his fighter in the best position to win.
Good fighters have become great through the expert advice of great trainers and sound management. The list of great championship trainers currently is short with Roach-Steward-both Mayweathers Floyd Sr. and Roger and Nazim Richardson leading the corners of today’s top fighters. But who else is out there in a training role that can actually help their fighters improve and maximize their boxing talent? I see fighters fighting now some even hold belts that have corners that sometimes seem to impede their development rather that spur their professional growth and development.
Is every fighter being developed and given the best advice and training absolutely not. Some fighters remain loyal to their trainers from an early age who do not have the tools and knowledge necessary to provide the expert advice needed to develop a champion fighter. Champion boxers need champion tutelage and expert guidance to succeed. It is so sad to see some fighters currently fighting being cussed out between rounds or not being given any type of advice that might help them. Some fighters climbing through the ring ropes have trainers climbing in after them that might not be as good as their opponents trainers. How much of a detriment is it if a fighter doesn’t have the best corner? Or does it matter?
Most experts would have a hard time ranking the special talents and long track records of todays marquee trainers but a special nod would have to go to those trainers with the championship pedigree of more than one champion and over how long of successful fighter development and championships earned.
It would be hard not to say Manny Steward with his stellar reputation and results along with Freddie Roach’s successful record of champions would head any list. But who is out there after the mentioned five? I see every fighter has a trainer but does every fighter have a good trainer who knows what they are doing and successfully developing and preparing their world class fighters with world class ability?
Fighters fight and trainers train and the perfect match-up makes championships.
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The record book and all knowledgeable boxing people say sugar ray Robinson was the greatest fighter off all time, let’s give it up for the guy who taught ray, sparred with him , and was the only trainer to sub for Angelo Dundee with Muhammad Ali, Wiley was
old mickey from rocky movies..
Manny Steward, hands down.
Best trainer steward..
Alex Ferguson
ray arcel – Duran
jack blackburn
manny stewart
harry wiley
teddy atlas
lou duva – Pernell Whitaker
dan goosen
pat & goody petronelli
angelo dundee – Ray Leonard, Ali
Eddie futch – Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali. Also Alexis Arguello.
The greatest trainer is Ray Arcel. He created the perfect combination of “fighter” and boxer in Roberto Duran.
Duran was not the faster or stronger guy around, but when Duran was on there was nobody better, and could brawl and box with the best of them.
If there ever was a perfect fighter Duran would be at the very top. A raw skinny kid from the streets of Panama is now a legend and in everyone’s top ten all time p4p list. In many of those lists as rank in range from (3-7).
They are many in the same catagoral status as effective,but only of course as effective as the fighter. Roach has a all star cast,and so does Steward.At one timeangelo dundee was cinsidered elite.but muhamad ali helped that.corners can work to help a fighter,andMaidanas corner coached him to an almost stunning upset.
Ann Wolfe is the gal who trains James Kirkland and hope fully he’s ready to move on to some one who can teach him how to box. Like any of the 3 Mayweathers. Jeff, Roger or Sr. Also Buddy McGirt fighters seem to have fundamental boxing skill.Of course Kenny Adams or the Lil Roach.
@sexyboxer
Well done!
The best trainer is someone who takes someone from scratch and trains him to win National Amatuer titles than to pro’s. Trainer such as Roach who steal fighters who were made by someone else are frauds. A kid is inticed by Arum or some other blood sucking promoter who tells the kid this is your new trainer if not hit the road.
Remember guys: In all walks of life A good knowledgeable teacher will make an average pupil look better, a poor teacher will hamper the progress of a talented student, but when you combine a good teacher with a talented student is when you find a championship combination.With few exceptions you do not have to have prior experience as a boxer to be an outstanding trainer.A good trainer will inspire and encourage his fighter when they are returning to the corner from a rough-round. Not many of the current trainers can do that. There are many in the business but very few – like those mentioned above- excell in this category.
@Mike: I’m not trying to be black, please. LOL. I have a lot of respectable and good Afro-Am friends, so I won’t bash all people with darker skin. I don’t do that. (I just bash the Pacnuts. LOL.) You on the other hand… LOL.
Manny Steward
Freddie Roach
Jim Macdonnald
Robert Macracken
Nacho Beristen
Nazim Richardson
Apart from that the world is short of really good boxing coaches theses days.
boboy fernandez!
1st roach 2nd nacho 3rd emanual 4th bro nazz 5th rob mc cracken
1. Manny stewart
2. Freddie roach
3. Brother Nazim Richardson
4. Roger Mayweather
5. Nacho
6. Floyd Mayweather Snr
The writer is asking who is the best trainer RIGHT NOW, now the best ever, morons!!!!
Tommy brooks has to be up there trained alot of world champions well into double figures in that category!
eddi futch and manny steward i would say roach but he doesnt know wen to keep his moouth shut
What about Jim McDonnell?
He is not that famous as the obvious ones (Steward, Roach etc.) but i think he is not a bad trainer.
If your talking current events;
Nazeem is up there for sure. Nacho too.
It’s hard to argue with Roach’s accomplishments.
Steward hasn’t been very active lately, let’s see what he can do with Cotto.
Stacey Adams is one of the top 10 easy. I also liked Roy Jones trainer Alton Merkerson, though his career was almost exclusively with Roy.
The Mayweathers? Roger has Floyd on his resume & Floyd Sr. had DeLaHoya a few fights (Oscar changed trainers often) and Hatton was a disaster. I’m not doubting their talents, there just hasn’t been enough of a variety for me to place them on high on a list.
I’m curious why you don’t see them in the corner more often?
That being said; Living in Vegas I know there are many, many great trainers, but only a few really great fighters. It’s a tough business that you gotta love because the money ain’t too sexy, that’s for sure.
=robert garcia
Oviously at present its Freddie Roach!!!
Nazim Richardson. He has helped Hopkins rejuvenate his career in his 40′s and he has brought Sugar Mosley(wait until the Pac Man fight) But when he talks he has a philosophy about the game the way Cus D’mato did. As he gets younger fighters In years to come he is gonna produce some real champions. Might not be the best now but people should keep an eye on him
1. Manny Steward
2. Freddie Roach
3. Nacho Beristain
roach was training title holders
before manny arrived at his stable
and he still is
has trained more title holders than
mayweathers
your article has to many holes in it
you will be carved up by us all here
and no mention of
roger bloodworth
keep it real
we are supposed to ask
the qustions
as you should already have to know how
and should be writting about
these guys
you qualifyed boxing writer right
Nacho,and he don’t have to give his boxers steroids.
eddie futch and freddie roach
Freddie Roach
Rogelio Mayweather was a better fighter than Roach.
Manny was already good when Roach got a hand on him.
Freddie Roach….the all time greatest trainer…the best ever !
Roger Mayweather is undefeated. He only trains Floyd, one of the greatest. Nacho in number 1 and Roger a close second.
Emmanuel Steward is one of the best. Roach is overrated. Other than Manny who had Roach made.
Please don say Virgil Hill.
the best trainer in the boxing is Nacho Beristain.
Juan Manuel Marquez’s trainer.
Nacho
@Mike: Nope. It is Angelo Dundee, definitely. Pull your head out of Pac’s @$$. LOL.
Any trainer can look like the best if they cherry pick easyiest fight so their fighter looks good.
Batangueno you is a sour ass Filipino. Haha lemme guess Roger mayweather is who you choose for best trainer haha. You probably one of those cats trying hard to be black too. Stop braiding your hair your brain is having trouble functioning
Nazim Richardson, obviously.
The Pacnuts and the Flips will say Roach, the current best cherry-picking trainer. LOL. The best in picking recent losers and plodders, and an expert in taking advantage of fading fighters, the catch-weight advocate. Pathetic.
Its kind of like being the coach of the New England Patriots. If you’ve got the best team, the coach should get the honors. Once Mayweather and Pacquiao meet, it will then determine whether it is Roger or Roach.
The winner gets the honors, whomever it is…
Who is that African American gal that was Training James Kirkland? She seemed like a bad ass trainer.
nacho