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

[@yaseenameen545]

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]

Why did Rooney go to prison?

[@magnusthorin6062]

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

[@pancraseash9002]

@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]

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

[@magnusthorin6062]

@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]

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]

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]

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

[@alcottdevalte7440]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@jaripeoymusica1418]

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

[@brianlaflamboy7482]

😂😂😂

[@hassanx9423]

That’s an old school saying

[@RichCMoney]

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.

[@mochaCF61]

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

[@traceybryon8245]

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.

[@kartiersupremewhite330]

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

[@dereklynch278]

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.

[@cocodrilo1443]

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

[@Rellikman]

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

[@JohnnyCage333]

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

[@jeffreynapisa331]

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]

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

[@ringmasterjeb3453]

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

[@edwardperl-scott7498]

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

[@Hero-For-Hire]

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]

These stories are fantastic

[@FromTheHood2TheWoods]

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.

[@j-rox8551]

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]

Taught him. No such thing as learning someone

[@jonwilliams7671]

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

[@robertduesette3845]

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

[@TheFKD24]

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]

Too far, definitely not on the level of a steward

[@midwestcharm]

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

[@rory693]

Teddy and Kevin still don’t speak?

[@AlexKoutsiaftis-j9s]

A lot of respect

[@jasonsheikh8354]

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

[@TooLooze]

Glad to see Ken back...

[@jtoo6060]

Does Teddy still keep in touch with Kevin Rooney ?

[@hodgie9881]

awsome stuff thankyou

[@WHITE888-]

Its Teddy BANG Atlas.

[@jason-ian-Van-Sloten]

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???

[@Infinite0396]

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

[@Hypercannon77]

This guy is always rambling

[@mattstercheif6075]

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]

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.

[@joemorales9093]

Whats the song for this channel?....

[@Brotherken1234]

"One".... seriously.

[@joemorales9093]

@@Brotherken1234 u mean Metallica's "one"?....

[@the_new_risen3870]

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

[@arefeshghi]

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]

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]

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

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

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

[@jonatopik]

Lamborghini? Nice lol

[@kobiesboxing4956]

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

[@JasonGarber-n9y]

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 .....

[@alexisrosalesruiz7334]

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

[@joys8634]

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

[@brian2100]

Gus

[@brian2100]

Rooney

[@RS-ec6ik]

First

[@Omar-te6nm]

give this guy a cookie

[@dogdad4069]

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.