By Thomas Gerbasi - In a sport where great teachers are becoming rarer and rarer by the day, boxing sadly lost one of the last legends of the craft Thursday, as Emanuel Steward, trainer to the likes of Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez, Miguel Cotto, and Wladimir Klitschko, passed away after a long illness at the age of 68.
Steward's sister, Diane, confirmed her brother's passing at 3:29 EST on Thursday.
"He went home about half an hour ago. He fought harder than Hagler and Hearns. I'll tell you more later. It's too tough right now," she told Detroit reporter Tom Leyden of ABC Action News.
Ill for the last several months, Steward’s voice and insight was sorely missed on the HBO broadcasts where he had become a staple, and even his prized pupil, heavyweight champion Klitschko, was forced to go through training camp for his November 10 bout against Mariusz Wach without him. It’s just a taste of the impact that the West ******ia native had on the sport he was involved in from the time he was a child, but one that he didn’t truly fall in love with until he began spending his teenage years in the city he became synonymous with: Detroit, Michigan. [Click Here To Read More]
Steward's sister, Diane, confirmed her brother's passing at 3:29 EST on Thursday.
"He went home about half an hour ago. He fought harder than Hagler and Hearns. I'll tell you more later. It's too tough right now," she told Detroit reporter Tom Leyden of ABC Action News.
Ill for the last several months, Steward’s voice and insight was sorely missed on the HBO broadcasts where he had become a staple, and even his prized pupil, heavyweight champion Klitschko, was forced to go through training camp for his November 10 bout against Mariusz Wach without him. It’s just a taste of the impact that the West ******ia native had on the sport he was involved in from the time he was a child, but one that he didn’t truly fall in love with until he began spending his teenage years in the city he became synonymous with: Detroit, Michigan. [Click Here To Read More]
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