By Rick Reeno

The situation surrounding Emanuel Steward's involvement in the Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman fight is sorting itself out. As I previously reported on BoxingScene.com, there was a minor tug of war for the training services of Steward. Last month, Yuri Foreman's manager, Murray Wilson, reached a verbal agreement with Steward to join their camp as a training consultant for a two to three week period 

In the last few days, rumors surfaced that Cotto's team made a strong financial offer to Steward, and the veteran trainer was close to joining the other side. Foreman defends his WBA junior middleweight title against Cotto on June 5 at New York's Yankee Stadium.

After hearing multiple stories about Steward possibly joining Cotto's corner, Wilson reached out to him on Thursday. The conversation left Wilson upset after Steward admitted there were ongoing conversations to train Cotto. Wilson was in a better mood on Friday, for the most part, because he officially withdrew his offer to Steward.

Foreman's team was only offering Steward a flat-fee for his services. There were no plans to have Steward involved beyond an advisory role. It's being rumored Cotto made a more lucrative presentation by offering Steward the role of head trainer, and a purse percentage.

Even on Friday, Wilson was very surprised with the turn of events. According to Wilson, it was Steward who approached them about the position.

"Manny Steward is uninvited. The offer to help Yuri is withdrawn because of his interest in Cotto. I hope that he gets his job with Cotto because he can't come with us. He was the one who originally called to do this.  I thought fine, I would give it a shot. He's the one who wanted to help Yuri out. Maybe it was more of trying to help Manny out. If he does well with Cotto, good for him," Wilson told BoxingScene.com.

"He's a very nice guy and I liked him and I still like, but it's not too nice to have no balls. All he had to do is pick up the phone and tell me he wanted to train Cotto. I haven't spoke to him [on Friday] but I have no desire to speak to him because whatever he has to say means nothing. He was just going to advise Yuri because we have a better trainer than him [Joe Grier]."

Cotto is reportedly going to announce his new trainer in the next few days. Steward was unavailable for comment.