After injuring his back he focused on becoming a trainer and helped train a teenager Mike Tyson until the two had an altercation. Atlas became a head trainer for Michael Moorer and helped him win a world heavyweight title in 1994. He also worked with boxers Barry McGuigan, Donny Lalonde, and Alexander Povetkin. Atlas has been a boxing commentator for NBC’s Olympic Games coverage in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. He also works as a commentator for ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights and won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism in 2001.