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Wrestling Quotes by Teddy Atlas

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Teddy Atlas says the ring is a chaotic place with almost no room for mistakes. He calls out what he sees as false claims about famous fighters and points out that money can corrupt judges. He also thinks a champion is defined by more than just gloves.

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Styles makes fights.

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Boxing is life.

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You can't be aggressive with a counter puncher.

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Boxing is like a cockroach, a shark. It survives.

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How Hearns made welterweight, I don't know. Don't ask me.

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The fighters with special careers find ways to win fights.

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I like Kambosos a lot. He's a real fighter.

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Some people fight better as an underdog.

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Most of the fighters you hear about, who are trained by their fathers, they are really good fighters.

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I'll take a reliable fighter over a fast guy or a powerful guy any day of the week.

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One thing I noticed was about the second Woodley fight is that Paul was starting to get calm in an uncalm environment.

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It does not matter who is stronger or more aggressive or even throws harder punches. All that matters is what lands.

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The criterion is clear. The person landing the cleaner more effective punches should be the victor.

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Guys like Maidana, Pacquiao, Canelo - they were better punches than McGregor and better fighters.

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Klitschko let Joshua off the hook. He had Joshua badly hurt in the sixth round but he never went to the body…

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Trying to figure out who is the best can be as difficult and controversial as judging a fight.

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In the ring, there's not a lot of room for mistakes. You're in a place that is chaos, that is on fire.…

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There's money to be made in the casino business, but there is an oversight board to make sure there is no corruption.…

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Without getting into names, people have asked me about training them in the UFC. They say, 'Hey Teddy, would you think about…

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Mike Tyson's a phony; he was a phony from the very beginning. A phony from the day he was born; and you…

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Boxing doesn't honour the things it should honour. It honours money, control, power. And there's only certain power brokers in boxing, certain…

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Tyson's talent was so great. His physical ability, his talent was so overwhelming, just like somebody's intellect, somebody's charisma. Whatever. Beauty.

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If we have anything in common as humans it's the instinct to survive. When you go in the ring you are going…

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I don't know jack-diddly-squat about jiu-jitsu. And I know enough to say that a guillotine doesn't look too comfortable. But I also…

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Before Mayweather-McGregor was even finalized, I was asked to create a game plan for how I would train McGregor for his bout.…

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Putting together an honest and responsible top 10 pound-for-pound fighters list is not so easy. Of course, such lists are subjective, but…

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He didn't just beat him, he obliterated Whittaker. It was really impressive. But here's the reason why I think so much of…

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Over the years, I have used my podium to criticize judges who I felt were either incompetent or corrupt in rendering decisions…

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They gave a trophy - a win, a huge win - to Horn, the local kid, for trying hard. You're not supposed…

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What is a champion? For me, I don't know when I was finally smart enough to understand this, but for me now,…

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As far as me injecting myself into a more prominent place by engaging in a battle before the battle that counts with…

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Guys with fathers involved get started younger than those who didn't have fathers taking them to the gym every day from when…

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Punchers are born, they are not made. And Ngannou can punch.

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These warriors, these samurais, these titans of the octagon, that's what brought me to UFC. It's the great respect I have for…

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Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.

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Kambosos, his thing is timing. Timing can beat speed. He used timing against Teofimo Lopez, who is a big puncher, and he…

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I don't know if there was ever as good a fighter as Tyson was for maybe one night he was great. He…

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The worst thing is for a fighter to be in the ring with no hope - where he's missing and getting caught.…

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Trevor Wittman, he was a former boxing trainer and now he's a big MMA coach, big UFC striking coach, MMA striking coach,…

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It's not a natural thing for a father to be a trainer of a kid in boxing because it involves sending a…

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Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

In the ring, there's not a lot of room for mistakes. You're in a place that is chaos, that is on fire. That ring…

Mike Tyson's a phony; he was a phony from the very beginning. A phony from the day he was born; and you can't say…

I don't know jack-diddly-squat about jiu-jitsu. And I know enough to say that a guillotine doesn't look too comfortable. But I also know boxing…

My father was a GP, a general practitioner, on Staten Island. He took care of everybody. He took care of all the poor. He…

If you must die a little to become immortal, then both Ali and Frazier died a bit that night in their third meeting. If…

Cus was a master psychologist, manipulator. Don't take the wrong way, because you can be a good person and know how to maneuver, manipulate…

I like being around Timothy Bradley.

What is a champion? For me, I don't know when I was finally smart enough to understand this, but for me now, it's got…

I'll be ready to give up everything to right what I consider a wrong - even though I know that my response might not…

It's not a natural thing for a father to be a trainer of a kid in boxing because it involves sending a kid into…

When you have power, that's your confessional booth - you can go in there and confess and be cleaned of all sins. If the…

When we were kids, we had a lot of structure. They taught us there are two big sins: mortal sins and venial sins. Venial…

A fight is not a fight until there's something to overcome.

Corruption is in boxing, it just follows the money. And no one else is going to say that in boxing and some people are…