Emanuel Steward's Top 10 all time

From the front page :





1: Sugar Ray Robinson – “The best welterweight ever! A Phenomenal record at a time when records were real!”
2: Muhammad Ali – “Ali fought everybody, no matter what style.”
3: Henry Armstrong – “Fought in all those divisions and was robbed in middleweight title fight when they called it a draw”
4: Willy Pep – “Just a totally amazing fighter”
5: Joe Louis – “Exemplified the world Champion”
6: Marvellous Marvin Hagler – “The best middleweight ever, no doubt!”
7: George Foreman – “So smart in his own way, and so strong.”
8: Sam Langford – “Way before his time”
9: Manny Pacquiao – “Has gone through division after division after division! Just a phenomena”
10: Roberto Duran – “The best lightweight ever!”




On the best fighters he's worked with :




Tommy Hearns.
“Not only was Tommy the best fighter I ever worked with, he was also the most exciting. For me, climbing in the ring whenever Tommy fought, it was just so exciting. Tommy was very special. He was probably the closest reflection to my own style of fighting (Emanuel, of course, was a fine amateur in the 1960s before switching to training). With Tommy, he had so many outstanding qualities it’s hard to list just one – but he was so dedicated. Tommy worked so hard in the gym. If I told him, ‘Tommy, today you spar 20 rounds.’ He’d say ‘Okay.’ That’s just the way he was – dedicated.”










Lennox Lewis.
“Lennox was another tremendously hard worker. When I took Lennox over, I had just trained a guy to knock him out – Oliver McCall. But I told everyone Lewis would be the next dominant heavyweight. Again, Lennox had natural talent, but I had to work with him to polish it. I worked on his jab and that became his most formidable weapon. The jab is the most important punch in boxing.”






Oscar De La Hoya.
“Oscar had tremendous natural talent. In fact, he had phenomenal talent. I’d probably say Oscar was the most naturally talented guy I worked with as a pro. Although one guy I worked with, but not as a pro, only as an amateur, was “Sugar” Ray Leonard. He was the most gifted guy I ever saw. Next to him, it’s De La Hoya.


Julio Cesar Chavez.
“Chavez was a surprisingly good boxer. I was surprised when I first started working with him. I asked him why he didn’t box more in his fights, why he was always so aggressive. He said, ‘Look at the guys Don King keeps putting me in with: Hector Camacho, Meldrick Taylor!’ All great boxers. Chavez’s physical strength was a great asset of his.”



Discuss !

 

It was only a matter of time

 

Maybe he makes his top 20

 

He did rate Duran as the best light weight ever ,I highly doubt Emanuel put tpoo much stock into the order ..

 

:good