What kind of shitty team does povetkin have?

This is a very common lowball tactic when trainers aren’t owned by the fighter’s management. Usually the management prefers the trainer to be one of their own guys so the can pay them very little.

The management gets ‘funny with the money’ in hopes that the guy will begrudgingly stay for reduced income or will leave in anger to be replaced with a trainer, who is cheaper and easier to control.

Teddy being as outspoken as he is was most likely hated by Povetkin’s management from the very beginning, since he wasn’t someone they could manipulate.

Povetkin also didn’t do himself any favors, since one of the reasons Teddy wanted Povetkin to relocate to the U.S. was so he could have more direct interaction with Povetkin, since the bulk of the communication between the two was through third parties, which isn’t a good way to build a good fighter-trainer relationship.

 

If so this explains why Povs looked so off in that fight, and why he's often been inconsistent in performances.

Mind you, Chagaev also looked a bit flat in that fight.

 

Teddy Atlas is hardly a trustworthy narrator, good to keep that in mind. He's a also one to exaggerate for effect, as that gets attention in the media zone.

 

Povetkin gave up a chance to be his best just for the sake of training in Russia .Atlas would have made Povetkin all time great in that style ,it’s just like when Holyfield let Steward go over a few hundred grand and even Mike Tyson departing with Rooney ,never ceased to amaze me how fighters think they don’t need the best fit for them . Oddly Povetkin wishes he never hooked up with him and Atlas said Povetkin is a special fighter but not a great one .

For marketing purposes if you don’t speak English to some extent it’s going to hurt your pocket anyway it is what it is another thing I can’t fathom Edith all the money these guys have that they can’t get time to learn it ?

 

I don't believe a word out of Atlas. This could very well be true, but Atlas is a massive self-aggrandizer.

 

Teddy Atlas derailed Alexander Povetkin's career. And it never fully recovered.

Povetkin won the gold medal, turned pro, had a very exciting start, and within two years he was highly rated. He entered a four-man tournament to secure a mandatory challenger for Wlad. Povetkin stopped Byrd in late 2007 and beat Eddie Chambers in 2008.

Then he had a tuneup against Taurus Sykes in Russia that summer, and he blew out Sykes.

At that moment, Povetkin was 28 years old. He'd been the World Amateur Champion. The Olympic Champion. Compiled 127 amateur wins. He was the #1 contender. Had a 16-0 pro record. And he was entering his prime with a world title shot coming at the end of the year.

Then Teddy Atlas entered the picture. For some reason, Russians love Mike Tyson. Particularly then. And, for some reason, the Russians also mistakenly believed Teddy Atlas had something to do with Mike Tyson's success (even though Atlas hadn't worked with Tyson since he was like 13).

So Povetkin's team brought in Teddy Atlas to help train Povetkin for the title fight against Wlad - who had recently bored the pants off everyone against Ibragimov and who wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire at that point in time.

And, Atlas being Atlas, he insisted on total control, Atlas showed up to camp and immediately announced that Povetkin wasn't ready to fight Wlad. He beat that into Povetkin's head. You're going to lose. You're doing everything wrong. We need to start over again. I can teach you how to beat him. But you need more time.

And Atlas admitted later he had Povetkin fake a foot injury to get out of the fight with Wlad. So Povetkin lost the title shot. Povetkin's management team was livid. They'd steered him to the shot. They thought he was ready. But Povetkin liked Atlas. And Atlas had played his mind games on the fighter. And Russians thought Atlas was going to make Povetkin into Tyson.

So, instead of fighting Wlad, Atlas had him fight in closed-door unsanctioned fights against cruiserweights like Robert Daniels. And had Povetkin's team pay for judges and ref and pay guys like Daniels to come in and fight Povetkin in bouts that didn't show up on either's record so Povetkin could "learn" from Atlas.

Then Atlas spent the next couple years putting Povetkin in with pathetic nobodies like Leo Nolan and Javier Mora, as if Povetkin had lost or been brutally stopped by someone (which he'd never had) to teach Povetkin "whatever" Atlas thought Povetkin was missing.

Because Povetkin was still undefeated an highly rated, he qualified for yet another heavyweight title fight with Wlad in 2010. And, again, Atlas didn't think Povetkin was ready. And, AGAIN, Atlas convinced Povetkin call off the fight. Which Povetkin did. So Wlad fought Sam Peter in a rematch and Povetkin faced unknown Teke Oruh. And Atlas went around telling people Povetkin wasn't ready to fight Wlad, totally undercutting his fighter's belief in himself.

With Wlad being SUPER champ, in 2011, the WBA decided to stage a fight for their WBA "Regular" belt, and the WBA wanted to pit Chagaev, the former WBA champ, against Povetkin.

Povetkin's team was eager to make the fight. And, at that point, they just wanted Atlas to get lost. He'd done enough damage to their fighter's career, frankly.

So, apparently, they didn't communicate with Atlas as the fight approached, because they wanted Povetkin to fight without him. But Atlas ended up showing up anyway, in HIS MIND, to SAVE the day.

And, when Povetkin won, ATLAS CLAIMED all the credit when interviewed by the U.S. media.

Atlas is a clown. He always thought he needed to break fighters down and build them back up. And mostly he just broke them down and messed up their careers.

 

Teddy Atlas is great entertainment but I would not want him in my corner. He's just too much of a big mouth.

 

He's always had a bad team.

I remember when he won the ibf tournament to get a mandatory shot at Wlad, but then turned it down because he didn't feel ready lol.