Boxers trained by their fathers

[Clegg]

I was thinking about this earlier with Nathan Cleverley, who I think would probably be best going to a different trainer.

Of course, there are several instances of boxers who have worked with their fathers and won world titles. But I have to wonder if the majority of them would've been better off if they'd gone in a different direction. Mosley started working with Naazim and made improvements despite being physically past-prime. Roy Jones split from his father while still young and became the best fighter of his generation. Judah stayed with his father and is regarded as someone who did not make the most of his talent.

I can see how it could be the other way though. I'm sure there are boxers and people in other walks of life who do not respect anyone as much as they respect members of their family and therefore are always going to be best motivated by their father/other family members.

I was curious to know of other historical examples and also whether or not people think that most father/son relationships have benefitted or hindered the boxers in question.

[Barn]

Joe Calzaghe is a notable one.

[Clegg]

Yeah, I've always wondered how Calzaghe would've done with a great trainer. On the one hand his technical flaws sometimes resulted in him taking punches he shouldn't have taken, but at the same time his awkwardness was part of what made him effective, and I'm not sure that you can have one without the other in JC's case.

Calzaghe had a good boxing IQ, so maybe a great strategist wouldn't have benefitted him as he was better off adapting as the fight went on rather than following a blueprint. Hopkins is another guy with a good boxing brain and since leaving Roach he has still shown just as much skill and intelligence in his tactics and all round game, which makes me think that the smarter, more experienced guys are better off with someone who is primarily a motivator rather than a teacher/instructor who wants to improve/change them.

[gauze]

erik morales was another notable fighter trained by his father.

calzaghe is a strange one because as far as i know, his father had no boxing background at all.

[The_Demon]

In calzaghes case his father was simply a motivator rather than a trainer,i wonder how he would have fared had be been trained by a tactician like steward,it would likely have been beneficial but it could go the other way also

Roach would have been the perfect trainer for calzaghe imo

[mrboxer]

the bottom line is when there is success the team is good when their is defeat then it can cause one to blame the other in any case there have been a lot of father son teams in the business and some are highly successful benitez calzaghe mosley just to name a few

[NChristo]

Eder Jofre was trained by his dad, both lived in the Gym as well.

[The Surgeon]

Its been proven that it can work as shown by some of the examples given but i think for most people/fighters it would be a negative factor. Alot of the fighters who made it to the top with their father would most likely make with another trainer too.

[ny123]

Tito is another guy who was trained by his father. Buddy Mcgirt Jr. and Wilfredo Vasquez jr are two current guys.

[CarlosG815]

I think oscar dlh was initially trained by his father.

Marvis frazier, shawn porter.