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On January 25, , Atlas was suspended by ESPN twice, once for threatening a crew member and once for one week after confronting the network's boxing program director, Doug Loughrey. Atlas accused Loughrey of showing favoritism to certain promoters and matchmakers, who were abusing their ESPN connections by taking fighters from other promoters with promises of potential ESPN dates.
In December , Atlas was removed from ESPN's live fight coverage after 21 years of ringside commentating following his criticism of the judging in the Manny Pacquiao—Jeff Horn fight.
He is in contract until , and continues to provide boxing analysis for ESPN. In , Atlas won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism.
In , he founded the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation to honor the memory of his father. The foundation awards scholarships and grants to individuals and organizations. The book covers many different periods of Atlas's life and compares his position as trainer to a role as a father. Atlas enjoyed his biggest success as head trainer to Michael Moorer , whom he guided to the world heavyweight title in However, Mike Tyson reached to Teddy after 33 years since the confrontation to bury the hatchet between them.
His love for boxing started developing in his mid-teens when he began working out at the Police Athletic League and also fought in organized amateur matches. At that time, Teddy was hanging in the streets and getting involved in street fights. He also took part in an armed robbery and as a result, he was arrested and had to spend some time on Rikers Island.
Sadly, he was later diagnosed with an injury that terminated his professional career as a boxer. A couple of kids in his neighborhood who knew his reputation in boxing asked him to train them. In addition, he has also trained a plethora of pugilists, such as world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan; two-time world heavyweight champion Michael Moorer; European welterweight champion Gary Jacobs; world light heavyweight champion Donny LaLonde as well as welterweight champion Simon Brown.
Besides that, he has also worked with two-time world champions, Tracy Patterson and Joey Gamache. In addition, teddy also trained the Swedish Olympic Team in the year Learn from one of the best coaches in boxing history in this deep dive all about the jab Keys to The Door 14 Signature Jabs by Teddy Atlas.
Teddy Atlas discovered boxing in his mid-teens and would fight a number of amateur fights through the local police league. As a young man, despite growing up in a relatively well-to-do family, he found himself living a relatively troubled youth. Teddy Atlas would drop out of school as a teen and have a number of run ins with the law early on.
He even participated in an armed robbery and served time on the infamous Rikers Island in NY. Need to improve your footwork? While he was awaiting trial, a childhood friend introduced him to famed boxing coach Cus D'Amato who became his trainer for the next year and would help him to win the Adirondack Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament. When his trial came about, Cus D'Amato spoke on Teddy's behalf and he would be released into the trainer's custody.
Unfortunately an injury would derail his competitive boxing career and even though Cus D'Amato wanted him to stay on as a trainer, Teddy Atlas would leave the Catskills and drift back into his old ways for another length of time. During this period, Atlas was involved in a street fight during which his face was slashed by a knife. The wound took stitches to close up and gave him his distinctive scar that runs the length of his face.
Though he dabbled in coaching local neighborhood kids during this time, when he wasn't training he was involved in his old troubled ways. Teddy Atlas' father was a noted physician, after whom, Teddy named the Theodore Atlas Foundation, his charity that helps under-privileged families with medical costs and procedures.
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