News - Emanuel Steward

Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward Heads to Germany on Saturday where he says the hard training will start on Monday for World Champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46KOs). London’s own David Haye (22-1, 21KOs) will challenge for Klitschko's WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on June 20, in the Veltins Arena read more ...

Boxing will return to the Mecca, Madison Square Garden on Monday night, March 16th, the night before Saint Patrick’s Day to feature a bevy of Irish and Irish American boxers, it was announced at a press conference on Wednesday in New York City. Former WBC bantamweight title-holder Wayne McCullough is scheduled to fight on the card against an opponent to be determined. McCullough (27-7, 18 KO’s) hasn’t won a fight since 2004 read more ...

Emanuel Steward gives us his assessment on the current health of today's sport of boxing. In this Boxingtalk exclusive, the famed trainer also talks about the big IBF heavyweight title fight between his fighter, Wladimir Klitschko and Calvin Brock. Boxingtalk also asked Manny about Jermain Taylor, and what his future is with him. A living legend in the game of boxing, Emanuel Steward also talks about what he would have done read more ...

Legendary trainer Emanuel Steward says the most dangerous challenger his fighter, IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko, could choose for his November 11 title defense is the one his HBO counterpart Larry Merchant has claimed he would least like to see. “The only guy I told Wlad I didn’t want to fight was Shannon Briggs. Shannon is a fighter with very fast hands who can match Wladimir for size and not be out-muscled. read more ...

Most of us regular folk have already broken one or more of our New Year's resolutions. Not Emanuel Steward. The Hall of Fame trainer and manager has a list of three things on his 2006 To Do list, and one pledge to himself stands taller--6 ft. 6 inches, to be exact--than the others. Foremost on the King of Kronk's covenant: see to it that by the end of 2006, Wladimir Klitschko is seen as the best heavyweight in the world read more ...