The Independent
Manny Steward became the best trainer of his generation after an anonymous apprenticeship travelling to fights with young boxers packed in his car, a cooking stove in the trunk and the local US state rulebook in his pocket. He was a master tactician...
United Press International
Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame trainer for boxing champions, including Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis , died in Chicago, an associate said...Steward trained 41 world champions, who accumulated a record of 34-2-1 in title fights, the Los Angeles Times...
Independent
Hearns , who became Steward's first professional fighter along with another Detroit native, Hilmer Kenty, in 1977, won his first world title in 1980 and went on to engage in a series of all-time classics with Sugar Ray Leonard , Roberto Duran and...