Teddy Atlas

Teddy Atlas is, to me, one of boxing's true sages. A Staten Island fighter turned legendary trainer and commentator, he won Trainer of the Year in 1994 and entered the Hall of Fame in 2019. What I admire is not just his technical craft but his insistence on confronting a fighter's inner fear, treating courage as a thing to be built rather than assumed. Listening to him call a fight feels like absorbing life advice disguised as commentary. He is that rare figure who knows the ring from inside the ropes and from the broadcast booth, and his words carry hard-earned weight.

Name (English)

Teddy Atlas

Name (Japanese)

テディ・アトラス

Reading

てでぃ・あとらす

Born

July 29, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Staten Island, New York, United States

Occupation

boxer / boxing trainer

Awards & achievements

• Sam Taub Award
• 2019 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• 1994 Futch–Condon Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy%20Atlas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980488

Tags

• New York
• boxer
• boxing trainer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.