Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward
Emanuel "Manny" Stewardwas an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing. Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, most notably Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Thomas Hearns, and Tony Tucker, through the famous Kronk Gym. His heavyweight fighters had a record of 34-2-1 combined in title fights. He was an inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Steward was also known for his charity work in Detroit, Michigan, helping endangered...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth7 July 1944
CountryUnited States of America
That fight with Brewster, I understand exactly what happened. I won't go into it but even if Wladimir had scored a fourth round knockout, which he was one punch away from doing, Wladimir would still have been in (serious distress) because of what he told me after the very first round. We had serious problems after the first, second round which had nothing to do with Brewster.
It's a whole new world for him, ... He had always been the star, not his brother. The pubic has totally forgotten him because of those two losses. It's like that's the only two fights he had.
He'd lean over and whisper to me that this is never going to leave Detroit. He made me promise.
Andy is a thoroughbred. There are a lot of people coming to see his debut.
I wish the fight was last week. He's that prepared. I'm more confident than when Lennox Lewis fought Mike Tyson.
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.
We get into the ring and we say, 'Welcome to big time boxing,'
I began these clinics because I want to share my years of experience in around the ring, in addition to my proven winning methods. I have seen the good and the bad. I have learned valuable lessons, which I want to pass along to those truly interested in the sport.