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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Not everyone gets a legendary ending.
Though he’s been celebrated in recent days for work with Hall of Famers Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis – not to mention a Canastota-bound talent in Wlad Klitschko – not every fighter who made contact with Emanuel Steward will be as widely remembered as the Kronk-centric trainer.
But that doesn’t mean, amid the “he’s dead/no he’s not/yes he is” hand-wringing of the more-ethical-than-thou windbags last Thursday, that those lesser heralded didn’t feel a profound loss.
Just ask Kermit Cintron.
“It was weird for me because I actually couldn’t sleep (Wednesday) night, and when I woke up (Thursday) morning I thought about him,” said the Reading, Pa.-based Cintron, who turned 33 years old three days before Steward’s death. “The first thing I looked at was one of the pics of Emanuel and I, and I said to myself that after my training session I would call him.
“I was done training and went to my office and heard my phone blowing up with calls and texts and it was all about Emanuel passing away. I felt like a Mack truck just hit me.” [Click Here To Read More]
Though he’s been celebrated in recent days for work with Hall of Famers Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis – not to mention a Canastota-bound talent in Wlad Klitschko – not every fighter who made contact with Emanuel Steward will be as widely remembered as the Kronk-centric trainer.
But that doesn’t mean, amid the “he’s dead/no he’s not/yes he is” hand-wringing of the more-ethical-than-thou windbags last Thursday, that those lesser heralded didn’t feel a profound loss.
Just ask Kermit Cintron.
“It was weird for me because I actually couldn’t sleep (Wednesday) night, and when I woke up (Thursday) morning I thought about him,” said the Reading, Pa.-based Cintron, who turned 33 years old three days before Steward’s death. “The first thing I looked at was one of the pics of Emanuel and I, and I said to myself that after my training session I would call him.
“I was done training and went to my office and heard my phone blowing up with calls and texts and it was all about Emanuel passing away. I felt like a Mack truck just hit me.” [Click Here To Read More]
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