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| − | '''Emanuel Steward''' won the National [[Golden Gloves]] Bantamweight Championship in 1963. He had an amateur record of 94-3. | + | '''Emanuel Steward''' (1944- 25.10 2012) won the National [[Golden Gloves]] Bantamweight Championship in 1963. He had an amateur record of 94-3. |
After winning the Golden Gloves, Steward quit boxing and took a job as an electrician at Detroit Edison. | After winning the Golden Gloves, Steward quit boxing and took a job as an electrician at Detroit Edison. | ||
Revision as of 02:26, 26 October 2012
Trainer & Commentator
Emanuel Steward (1944- 25.10 2012) won the National Golden Gloves Bantamweight Championship in 1963. He had an amateur record of 94-3.
After winning the Golden Gloves, Steward quit boxing and took a job as an electrician at Detroit Edison.
Steward got back into boxing when he started training his 15-year-old half-brother James at the Kronk Recreation Center.
Steward accepted a part-time position as the head boxing coach at Kronk, and the team won seven titles at the 1971 Detroit Golden Gloves. The following year, he quit his job and became a full-time boxing trainer.
By the mid-1970s, Steward had built Kronk into a national power in amateur boxing.
Steward's first professional world champion was Hilmer Kenty, who won the WBA Lightweight Championship from Ernesto Espana in March 1980.
Steward also works for HBO as a boxing analyst. He has also perform boxing trainer bit roles in movies and television shows.
Boxers with whom Steward is most closely associated:
- Johnathon Banks
- Leeonzer Barber
- Jesse Benavides
- Gaby Canizales
- Thomas Hearns
- Anthony Jones
- Hilmer Kenty
- Wladimir Klitschko
- Lennox Lewis
- Gerald McClellan
- Milton McCrory
- Michael Moorer
- Jimmy Paul
- Duane Thomas
- Tony Tucker
- John David Jackson
Boxers trained briefly by Steward:
- Henry Akinwande
- Dennis Andries
- Mark Breland
- David Braxton
- Julio Cesar Chavez
- Kermit Cintron
- Oscar De La Hoya
- Jeff Fenech
- Miguel Angel Gonzalez
- Naseem Hamed
- Vivian Harris
- Lindell Holmes
- Evander Holyfield (for 2nd Bowe fight)
- Vitali Klitschko
- Andy Lee
- Oliver McCall (for 1st Lewis fight)
- Mike McCallum
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
- Welcome Ncita
- Andrew Murray (Guyana)
- Aaron Pryor
- Lucia Rijker
- Graciano Rocchigiani
- Leon Spinks
- Jermain Taylor
- Vincent Boulware
- Miguel Cotto
- Chad Dawson
- Carlos Alberto Hernandez
Awards & Recognition
- BWAA "Manager of the Year" in 1980 and 1989
- BWAA "Trainer of the Year" in 1993 and 1997
- International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
- World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Year 2000 "Expanded Category"
