Steward: "I'm Not Comfortable Kermit Will Win"

[Addison]

"Kermit wants the fight. He told me: 'lets do it.' It's a good fight but it's a fight, not to put Kermit down, it's not one I'm comfortable we're going to win.

When you're a world champion you owe it to the public, you've got to fight the best, and I think, for him, Margarito is the most credible fight but [also] the most difficult fight and the biggest-risk fight. But, more than Cotto or Shane Mosley, I think this is the fight he needs to fight."

Emanuel Steward, Boxing Monthly, April 2008

[βetamax]

wow, that's not good to a hear a trainer say that LOL.

[RichCCFC]

He must feel real confident now.

[cupcrazy01]

This speaks to Cintron's heart and courage and desire to "get that loss back" more than anything. Good for him.

Boxing needs more fighters that want to take tough challenges.

[starjammer]

jesus, manny wheres the professionalism?

I can imagine the scene now.

Kermit flat on his back, eyes glazed, staring through the ropes at Steward.

Steward: Yap, this is exactly how I expected this fight would go.

[Ras44]

If everyone in boxing was as honest as Steward in those comments. For Kermit, this is not a test of his skills, it's a test of his mind, where he has to answer two questions: Was the first fight a fluke? Am I the next Zab Judah?

[IwatchBoxing]

If Cintron wins than what, they both suck now. Move up Andre Berto , Mayweather, Cotto, and Hatton. Either one might take their belt. It'd be better if Margarito wins so Cotto can fight him already.

[mECHsLAVE]

Wow, I like Cintron all the better now.

He knows Margarito is a tough matchup, and wants to prove he can beat him. If only Floyd had had that kind of champion mentality a couple years ago, we wouldn't have had to watch the Mitchell, Judah, Baldomir fights while Margarito was begging to fight him for a bigger payday the whole time!

Props to Cintron...

[tyson]

Emanuel Steward, Boxing Monthly, April 2008

I'm not comfortable that Cintron will win either. It's a nice way to put it from Manny, because Cintron won't win.
I'll be shocked if he does.

[luke_ski]

Gomez has a better chance of winning tonight than Cintron. Tough words from your trainer, but if Manny hyped Kermit up, we'd know it's a lie.