Is Emmanuel Steward that good?

[nikalektik]

I can't help but think the only difference between this Wladimir Klitschko that kicked Sam Peter's ass and now Chris Byrd's, and the old one that was a mental midget, is emmanuel steward. Is this guy really that good? And do you guys think emmanuel can make a difference this late in the game with taylor?

[blockhead]

yes, yes he is.

[Dr.Depravity]

As far a setting up a game plan I think Mannys priceless.

[Azteca]

manny knew wladimir's limitations, and strengthened them. part of being a great trainer, is putting in a great training camp and instilling confidence in your fighter. manny has done exactly that, and added a wealth of experience.

[Mech.]

he trains big HWs to beat up smaller HWs.

[ferocity]

well, hes got a good prodagee and im sure lennox also serves as mentor to klitchko but credit does have to go to emanuel too, he did a good job with cintron too. and steward was a boxer himself too. but stward has a bunch of experiance. but more importantly wlad himself is of strong charector after all -plus was and is and excellent boxer and always fought with a clamness and steward just keep adding or helping to develop klitchkos skills or/and advantages as a good trainer should

[gattifan24]

Yeah Manny is a superb trainer. It will be interesting how things go with Taylor. People sort of criticize Manny, somewhat fairly perhaps, for falling for the offensive fighters (Hearns). He clearly knows how to coach up a big man, and he does great with guys who like to listen-whereas Vivian Harris didn't. I doubt he'll do much with Cintron as I don't think he's real high up on Manny's priority's now that he has the biggest force in the HW and MW divisions. Taylor has a real good jab but is a pretty defensive fighter so we'll see if he can architect a plan for beating WInky Wright

[ferocity]

Yeah Manny is a superb trainer. It will be interesting how things go with Taylor. People sort of criticize Manny, somewhat fairly perhaps, for falling for the offensive fighters (Hearns). He clearly knows how to coach up a big man, and he does great with guys who like to listen-whereas Vivian Harris didn't. I doubt he'll do much with Cintron as I don't think he's real high up on Manny's priority's now that he has the biggest force in the HW and MW divisions. Taylor has a real good jab but is a pretty defensive fighter so we'll see if he can architect a plan for beating WInky Wright

If emanuel can correct taylors ugly ass right hand, i'll be surprised, well not surprised but noted that he fixed a heavy error and by fixing the right hand made it more powerfull.

[DiegoFuego]

we'll probably find out how good he is on June 17th

[mokele]

he's good at teaching tall boxers to hold

Emanuel Steward has a long history of teaching tall boxers to do nothing except tie up inside going way back to the early days of the Kronk gym in Detroit, which I think ruins fights, taking much of the entertainment value out of them, and frustrating boxing fans if they're anything like me. I like guys who do at least a bit of inside fighting, although I respect good outside boxing too. The problem with most of Steward's tall fighters is that they do nothing other than hold on the inside. It can't be a coincidence. Manny must be teaching them to fight that way. Maybe Manny's a good trainer in other ways, but from my point of view this is unforgiveable. Maybe his fighters can win that way but many boxing fans end up angry, frustrated and not giving a damn about boxing after they watch a man like Wladdy just jab, hook , throw the right hand and tie up inside. He can win that way against a lot of heavyweights, especially shorter ones without a big punch, but I wouldn't call him a warrior or a great fighter, and the whole thing leaves me ice cold about Manny.

Mind you, I'm not calling Steward a bad trainer, just one that cares a whole lot more about his fighters winning than he does about producing great fights that we can remember or warriors that we admire.