have sent tamerlan tsarnaev down a dark path. in a boxing documentary by entertainment tonight, we hear tamerlan tsarnaev speak. eddie bishop remembers that swagger. he recalls a extremely confident tamerlan at a 2009 golden globes boxing tournament in massachusetts. what was your first impression of him when you saw him? flashy guy. you know, he had cowboy boots on, leather pants. reporter: a swagger that soon turned sour. bishop, who worked with another fighter, echoes the comments of other trainers who observed tamerlan in the ring of the great puncher, enough raw talent to have a shot at the olympic team. but i noticed he was lacking a key element. reporter: tamerlan tsarnaev, a golden gloves champion, went to the national championships in salt lake city in 2009, but fell
hands on this never before seenerlan tsarnaev and john allen, his boxing coach. this video is from a 2009 documentary that was never released. we even hear tamerlan tsarnaev speak. take alisten. yes. why not? you know? suspected bomber tamerlan tsar of gunfire. and now his boston coach is speaking out. cnn s brian todd is here. you talk to a trainer who knew him. what did he tell you about tamerlan? we talked to three other coach who knew tamerlan who saw him fight at the championships in salt lake city in 2009 and who just saw him w fighting with other fighters. and the picture you get, brooke is that he got close to the top. he had the talent to make it to the top. he did have the talent. he did. agility, a great punch, could move side to side. didn t put it together. one said he didn t take direction very well. another said he didn t have the heart. this is what eddie bishop said the trainer who taught
trained a fighter who was in the famed national championship tournament that tamerlan tsarnaev was in in salt lake city in 2009. he observed tamerlan for a week at that tournament. here is eddie bishop. flashy guy. he has cowboy boots on leather pants flashy shirt, hat, he was he was eccentric. he was a talented fighter. he could punch. he could definitely punch. i notice he was lacking a key element, you know. he lacked heart. you can look at somebody in a ring and say that guy can punch, that guy can move just know the little subtle things, you know, he lacked heart as a fighter. so he got to the national championships. didn t win them just lost the bout and some coaches are putting together the reasons why, didn t put it together at the end. the next year he gets disqualified because he s not a u.s. citizen. he thinks that turned him down that dark path.