Respected boxing coach and pundit Teddy Atlas knows his stuff on boxing as good as anyone in the industry, for the most part.
There’s many good trainers but when it comes to technical, mental and physical training ability, all in the one, Atlas is quite unique.
New Yorkers are for the most part.
Sure, many of them are loud mouths who talk too much and are too loud and make too much noise, but they have a good heart many of them, very rare exceptions made for them, very rare.
Teddy Atlas Points Out Old Habits
Atlas is absolutely spot on with this:
Such a basic error that fighters still make in professional boxing.
Or not stepping off to the side after landing their punch or combination and being caught square on straight after throwing their punches.
Wide open to counters sometimes.
As boxing continues to expand as a sport professionally worldwide defense must still be applied in training as well as offense to the new generation of stars in the sport.
Shakur Stevenson one of the best defensive fighters in the game right now.
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