Teddy Atlas' Tells of First Time As A Trainer - Cornering Kevin Rooney

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024
  • Teddy Atlas shares the story of the first time he worked as a trainer, helping Kevin Rooney at the Ohio State Fair boxing tournament after Cus D'Amato asked him to provide the support. Full episode on Cus D'Amato here: • Teddy Atlas on Cus D'A...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 116

  • @yaseenameen545
    @yaseenameen545 4 роки тому +246

    I am a massive Tyson fan. But one thing he never talks about is Kevin Rooney. You won't find any mention of him post prison. We must never forget, if it wasn't for Rooney, there would be no Tyson. Really sad how one of the all time trainers never got his props.

    • @jamesmorgan2064
      @jamesmorgan2064 4 роки тому +2

      Why did Rooney go to prison?

    • @magnusthorin6062
      @magnusthorin6062 4 роки тому +6

      @D'amato Shift Well, Tyson talks about him pretty often these days and has nothing but nice things to say.

    • @pancraseash9002
      @pancraseash9002 4 роки тому +15

      @D'amato Shift they made Mike put alot into him he was always supposed to stay with them. Trainers do not get enough i say this as a fightee 90% of the work they do is for the love, they should get paid when they produce someyhing like mike, who with due respect would of been just another statistic if not for Cus and his crew.

    • @goldenox2370
      @goldenox2370 4 роки тому +6

      I am think you have been misled here. By the the time Kevin started training him, Tyson was already Tyson.

    • @magnusthorin6062
      @magnusthorin6062 4 роки тому +18

      @D'amato Shift In his book "Iron ambition" he has a bit about him. That he was sad that he lost Kevin. That he never fired him. That Kevin just didn't show up after Tyson sued Cayton. Tyson felt they were brothers etc. There's also an article from Washington post (try google Mike tyson on Kevin Rooney) I think where Tyson said if he had stayed with Kevin he'd still be champion to day :) I have acutally never head Tyson talk bad about Kevin. Not even when he sued Tyson.

  • @alcottdevalte7440
    @alcottdevalte7440 4 роки тому +105

    It would have been awesome to see Kevin Rooney as a guest on this show and Hotboxin with Tyson, one of the most underrated trainers.

    • @peterthegreat100
      @peterthegreat100 4 роки тому +21

      Mike Tyson talking man to man with Kevin Rooney would be something epic. If you think Mike was crying during his interview with Sugar Ray Leonard imagine him sitting down with Kevin Rooney it would be like a therapy session considering their history and the bullshit they went threw over Don King.

    • @LordDirus007
      @LordDirus007 4 роки тому +11

      Of all the people Mike owes an apology to. It's Rooney.
      He was like a Father to Mike.

    • @alcottdevalte7440
      @alcottdevalte7440 4 роки тому +4

      @@peterthegreat100 You're right. Just imagine all the stories and knowledge they could share with us from the good old days. Kevin is such an underrated trainer. Too bad he never left Catskills, he could have trained so many world champions if he moved to Vegas.

    • @alcottdevalte7440
      @alcottdevalte7440 4 роки тому +5

      @@LordDirus007 The only man who was like a father to Tyson was Cus d'Mato. But Kevin was like a brother to him. Too bad he sued Tyson for around 49 millions once Tyson wanted to get out of contract with Bill Cayton and Jim Jacobs after the Spinks fight in 88. It would be great if they made amends now and forgave each other...

    • @LordDirus007
      @LordDirus007 4 роки тому +10

      @@alcottdevalte7440 It was 4 Million and Rooney was well worth that. Considering the sheer amount of Mike Tyson's networth at the time of the Lawsuit.
      If Mike Listened to Rooney Mike would have not married Robin Givens and Don King would have fucked off.

  • @tombarry1824
    @tombarry1824 4 роки тому +77

    "Rooney had tender skin he would start bleeding during the National Anthem". Lol😂

    • @jaripeoymusica1418
      @jaripeoymusica1418 4 роки тому +6

      The moment he said that I looked at the comments and that’s the first one I saw🤣🤣

    • @brianlaflamboy7482
      @brianlaflamboy7482 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @hassanx9423
      @hassanx9423 2 роки тому +2

      That’s an old school saying

  • @RichCMoney
    @RichCMoney 3 роки тому +10

    My God, I stand here in my bedroom watching this as I'm living a mere 5 neighborhood blocks from the Ohio State Fairgrounds. I wasnt aware of this amateur tournament until just now. Teddy Atlas, Kevin Rooney and Cus d'amato have beein my my immediate neighborhood. Too effin' cool.

  • @traceybryon8245
    @traceybryon8245 4 роки тому +12

    To be part of the D'mato circle must be life changing and i like teddy as an analist so nothing but Respect and Admiration.

  • @mochaCF61
    @mochaCF61 4 роки тому +16

    Love that T-shirt Mr. Atlas is wearing! That saying is so true.

  • @cocodrilo1443
    @cocodrilo1443 4 роки тому +9

    Man, love the way Teddy talks and tells stories. Cool as hell lol

    • @Rellikman
      @Rellikman 4 роки тому

      Yea and his stories take forever. Does punch drunk ever go away? 🤣👌

  • @kartiersupremewhite330
    @kartiersupremewhite330 3 роки тому +5

    Cuss saved a lot of these guys Life!!!!

  • @dereklynch278
    @dereklynch278 4 роки тому +11

    Great stories. Thanks for mentioning Davey Moore... he was such a young champion. My Brother trained with Moore's conditioning trainer... what great stories of how these men push themselves.

  • @jeffreynapisa331
    @jeffreynapisa331 4 роки тому +4

    The stories and knowledge Teddy Atlas got from the great Cus D'amato....love hearing him talk of the days and times with Cus Mike and here Kevin Rooney who has with out a doubt undeservedly getting any credit from what he did with mike under the guidance of Cus...these guys are a plethora of information on the hows and dos of the sport of boxing....could listen for hours of Teddy telling stories...priceless!

  • @AlexKoutsiaftis-j9s
    @AlexKoutsiaftis-j9s 3 місяці тому +1

    Teddy Atlas one out of several of the Greatest boxing trainers of all time

  • @edwardperl-scott7498
    @edwardperl-scott7498 3 роки тому +6

    Yeah I don't like nobody gives Rooney the respect he deserves

  • @ringmasterjeb3453
    @ringmasterjeb3453 4 роки тому +11

    Rooney fought Alexis Arguello on CBS back in the day. Bam he ate a rt hand and he went doooooooown. !!!!

  • @JohnnyCage333
    @JohnnyCage333 Рік тому +5

    Just imagine Kevin Rooney Teddy Atlas on HotBoxing with IRON Mike Tyson! Wow.🥊🥊

  • @Hero-For-Hire
    @Hero-For-Hire 4 роки тому +11

    I always liked Kevin. I think if Mike had stuck with him boxing history would be very different. You can clearly see Tyson decline after parting ways with Rooney

  • @greenwolfx
    @greenwolfx 4 роки тому +3

    These stories are fantastic

  • @FromTheHood2TheWoods
    @FromTheHood2TheWoods 9 місяців тому

    I’m from Florida. That picture is such a throw back to a different time. My mom’s Italian and from Brooklyn. I can’t even imagine what it was like to grow up in NY. Totally different human beings. We just made money and went to the beach and all the bars and chased women and walked around in flip flops. No gangs. No violence. Everyone was just making money and partying.

  • @TheFKD24
    @TheFKD24 Рік тому

    I love Atlas, and his stories. He's also a very under rated trainer, one of the greats. He's up there with Duva, Roach, Steward, etc.

    • @lwp7306
      @lwp7306 11 місяців тому +1

      Too far, definitely not on the level of a steward

  • @jonwilliams7671
    @jonwilliams7671 9 місяців тому +1

    I noticed a young Rooney sounds a lot like Tyson. Is that how they talk from that part of NY or did Mike pick up a lot of Rooney's accent from being around him so much. Never heard anyone else that talked like them

  • @j-rox8551
    @j-rox8551 4 роки тому +11

    Teddy was a Natural trainer. Kevin was a Carbon Copy of Cus he was trained to keep Mike doing exactly what Cus learned him. Teddy was breaking away and creating his own alterations to the PeekABoo. And was more ambitious to learn his own training style. That's why Teddy had another 4 or more World Champion's

    • @Nemesisangel19
      @Nemesisangel19 Рік тому +1

      Taught him. No such thing as learning someone

  • @midwestcharm
    @midwestcharm Рік тому

    I remember when Teddy came back to Catskill.
    The gym.was pretty active at the time already but it became a serious place where a kid could learn how to to throw a punch and defend himself.
    Mike came there shortly after

  • @jasonsheikh8354
    @jasonsheikh8354 Рік тому +2

    Rooney was the main orchestrator of making Tyson the youngest heavyweight champ!

  • @AlexKoutsiaftis-j9s
    @AlexKoutsiaftis-j9s 3 місяці тому +1

    A lot of respect

  • @rory693
    @rory693 4 роки тому +8

    Teddy and Kevin still don’t speak?

  • @jtoo6060
    @jtoo6060 4 роки тому +12

    Does Teddy still keep in touch with Kevin Rooney ?

  • @hodgie9881
    @hodgie9881 4 роки тому +2

    awsome stuff thankyou

  • @arefeshghi
    @arefeshghi 4 роки тому +6

    4:08 He mentions Tyson Fury vs Otto Wallin as if the boxing committee rigged the game in favor of Tyson! Look how Tyson Fury fought in the rest of those rounds and how he ended that fight! It wasn't like they are doing him a favor by not stopping the fight!
    Also, you can't compare him to Kevin Rooney! Tyson was both the former unified champion of the world and the lineal champion of the world at that time! It was not an amateur fight! Don't forget this! A fighter at the level of Tyson Fury knows if he can continue or not; and they asked him if he can continue, to which he replied yes!

    • @Bruins-vq5ey
      @Bruins-vq5ey 4 роки тому +1

      The point was if Wallin had that cut it would've been stopped immediately..fury was the A side and he got preferential treatment

    • @arefeshghi
      @arefeshghi 4 роки тому +1

      @@Bruins-vq5ey We don't know that! Also, this is what a good reputation and being the 'A side' does!

    • @Bruins-vq5ey
      @Bruins-vq5ey 4 роки тому

      @@arefeshghi if you don't know that then you need to brush up your boxing knowledge..

  • @TooLooze
    @TooLooze 4 роки тому +1

    Glad to see Ken back...

  • @jason-ian-Van-Sloten
    @jason-ian-Van-Sloten 2 роки тому +2

    Yaseen Ameen is 100% spot on!
    Tyson Never speaks about Kevin Rooney, . . Never.
    Kevin is the reason, Teddy & Cus also, that Tyson was a Champion.
    After Kevin was fired, Tyson was Nothing.
    Whats the reason that he never talks good about Kevin???

  • @WHITE888-
    @WHITE888- 3 роки тому +1

    Its Teddy BANG Atlas.

  • @Infinite0396
    @Infinite0396 Рік тому

    I love the fight humor “bleedin in the National anthem” 😂😂

  • @robertduesette3845
    @robertduesette3845 4 роки тому +7

    Hey Teddy The fighter was called (Superbad) Bernard Mays.....He's the reason Hearns nose is crooked...Bad Boy.....

  • @joemorales9093
    @joemorales9093 4 роки тому +2

    Whats the song for this channel?....

  • @the_new_risen3870
    @the_new_risen3870 Рік тому

    How are you Teddy? I am a new boxing coach and I am looking for mentor. Is there any pointers you can give me?

  • @mattstercheif6075
    @mattstercheif6075 4 роки тому +3

    In the heavyweights cuts and fighting are normal. Walking would have been allowed to continue. Let’s talk about the first wilder decision. And the joke that is the 3rd

    • @danzigmcnaniel5226
      @danzigmcnaniel5226 4 роки тому +1

      Matt B10 I’m praying there’s enough interest and enough money for the fury Joshua fight to buy out that contract. No one wants that fight and wilder especially doesn’t need that fight.

  • @Hypercannon77
    @Hypercannon77 2 роки тому +1

    This guy is always rambling

  • @jonatopik
    @jonatopik 3 роки тому +1

    Lamborghini? Nice lol

  • @kobiesboxing4956
    @kobiesboxing4956 4 роки тому +1

    And history would have it that Kevin Rooney would replace Teddy Atlas as Tyson's trainer once he was booted, or quit.

  • @alexisrosalesruiz7334
    @alexisrosalesruiz7334 3 роки тому +1

    So much for the peek a boo style,that didn't work against Alexis Argüello.

    • @joys8634
      @joys8634 Рік тому +1

      The individual makes the style work. I cant make paulie malignaggi fight like Roberto Duran

  • @JasonGarber-n9y
    @JasonGarber-n9y Рік тому

    He coulda just walked to the ring barefoot then wiped his feet with a towel then put on the dry shoes ,ya cant waist plastic bags .....

  • @brian2100
    @brian2100 7 місяців тому

    Rooney

  • @brian2100
    @brian2100 7 місяців тому

    Gus

  • @RS-ec6ik
    @RS-ec6ik 4 роки тому +4

    First

    • @Omar-te6nm
      @Omar-te6nm 4 роки тому +3

      give this guy a cookie

  • @dogdad4069
    @dogdad4069 Рік тому

    Back at the turn of the century, when the ole time fighters had thin skin, their managers had then soak their faces everyday in pickle juice to help toughen up the skin so they did not cut as easy.