The views of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas are held in high regard by the boxing community.
Atlas has remained a prominent figure within the sport for over 40-years, enjoying a successful career as a coach before moving on as an analyst and commentator for ESPN.
He spent time coaching Timothy Bradley, Alexander Povetkin and Oleksandr Gvozdyk, as well as a brief stint training the Swedish Boxing Team at the 1980 Olympic Games.
His biggest success as a coach came when he guided heavyweight legend Michael Moorer to the world heavyweight championship in 1994, playing a significant role in the progress of ‘Double M’ who became a two-weight world champion during his accomplished career.
Speaking on his own YouTube channel The Fight, Atlas revealed Henry Armstrong as the greatest fighter of all time in his opinion, as he paid homage to the three weight world champion.
“It’s tough to pick a guy, but I did… Henry Armstrong. 200 fights, 100 something knockouts. He won the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight [titles]. No in-between junior titles, full titles.
And then he went and fought for the middleweight title against Ceferino Garcia, and they robbed him. They made it a 15-round draw, he really won the fight. He would have had four full titles, so he had three.
He’s pretty damn special, the greatest of all time.”
Armstrong is regarded by many as one of the best to ever lace up the gloves, having made 19 successful defences of his welterweight championship in a 3-year period. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the Class of 1990, two years after he tragically passed away.
