** Emanuel Stewart and "Kronk-izing" a boxer"

yea emaunel is a good trainer.

 

i think it has little to do with the trainer.........more with the comp.

lets not forget that both cintron and wladdy fought very undeserving challengers!!!!!

there is nothing to indicate that they can do this vs top guns like margo, cotto etc.

 

You can't improve by sparring with chumps. The better your competition during sparring, the more you'll learn. :bbb

 

The Kronk competition hasn't seemed to help Taylor
Not Mannys fault

 

Taylor seems a bit too content with the gifts that he's been receiving from the judges. I wonder if he's been blowing much? :think

 

WHOA WHOA WHOA. I am a little sick of hearing about trainers taking and already established fighter and getting him a frew wins and all of the sudden this trainer gets credit for the success. Lets not forget that Kermit was 24-0 with 22 kos with his old team. Lets not forget that he ko-d Elio Ortiz, and Teddy Reid when both were "Ring Magazine" ranked top 10 welterweights. Lets not forget that Kermit was the first man to EVER knock Reid off his feet. Look at the connect percentages of Kermits opponents pre manny steward. He rarely got hit. Look at the connect percentages now... it has nearly doubled. Go look at the Reid fight and then look at any of Kermits fights since being with Manny. Kermits skills have regressed. His hand speed is not as good. Kermit lost to Margarito because he is a basket case mentally, and once personal problems creep back into his life he will suffer another implosion the same way he did against Margarito.
As for the "tough sparring?" Who Andy Lee? Kermit boxed a tall southpaw middleweight to prepare for a short orthodox welterweight? Sounds pretty stupid to me. Now I will give you the role call for who Kemit sparred under his old teams tutelage. When he was 4-0 he went into camp to spar Gatti as gatti prepared for Oscar. After that the list reads like this. Andrew Lewis (when he was champ and undefeated) Kassim Ouma (whom he dropped with single left hook) Bernard Hopkins (24 rounds total) Yusef Mack, Aslanbek Kodzoev (undefeated jr middle/middleweight at that time) Jimmy Lange, Aaron Mitchell, Steve Little, Bobby Heath, Naji Turpin,Tarvis Simms, Ian MacKillop, and Dennis Sharp.
Kermits old team took a 19 year old kid who had never boxed a day in his life and ran him to 24-0 with 22 kos, and did so in 5 years. That to me is what making a fighter is. To start from scratch. That is how it is done.

 

well kronkizing???yea i like it it totally dig that some guys with limited or low skill level gave them the abilty abilty to make people able to box but in an exiting fighters style.
Gereld mcClellen was a puncher but had no jab or right cross,Tommy Hearns veryko punch in the amateurs only 14 i think? anyways he gave him tools that gave so many men trouble,michael moorer had alot of talent and abilty but was too timid and shy and not a typical fighter architect but manny changed it round and made him quick sharp powerful ect ect.
three cases where 3 kronk gym guys changed up there style to help them all different cases as well

 

You have to give both teams credit...his old team gets the credit for taking a fighter with no ameteur back ground and getting him as far as Margo...but then you have to give Manny Steward his credit because he took over and got him as far as a title holder (IBF)...this kid was down after his forst loss and Manny helped him get back up and win a title...Walter Mathysse was also a good opponent, one that gave Paul Williams his toughest fight and that statement came from Paul Williams himself

 

Thats the same thing everyone said about Mcgirt and Gatti teaming up. All that was was good matchmaking. Terron Millet was already shot. Who did Gatti beat of note while under the tutelage of Mcgirt. Not to mention he has probably the worst record of any trainer right now.
As for Manny. David Estrada, Mark Suarez, and Mathysse? Cintron was close to losing against Estrada. He was obviously hurt several times. Who the heck is Suarez anyway, and who of note did Marthysse ever beat.
And, what about the "great" Jermaine Taylor? He left the team that made him and went to Manny Steward and has obviously been regressing ever since. He lost to Winky in my opinion. Granted Winky is exceptional, but still a Jr middle. Spinks beat him in my opinion and Spinks started at 140 and was ko'd by Zab and dropped how many times by Mayorga? Kassim Ouma (another jr middle) pushed him to the limit. Taylor had a stelar amateur career, was an Olympian, and was on a role under Pat Burns. Am I wrong? What has "MANNY THE GREAT" done with him.
Is Manny a bad trainer? Of course not, but he does not deserve the credit that is being heaped on him for Cintron. Marshall Kauffman and Joe Pastore made Cintron.
How can you not commend to guys that took a 19 yr old wrestler thaqt never boxed, and got him to 24-0 with 22 kos in under 5 years both amateur and pro career combined. He was ko'ing guys that were never knocked out. Dropping guys that were never dropped. Scarcely lost a round. Come on guys. Give credit where credit is due. Those guys deserve real recognition for what they did with Cintron. You could write a text book on how he was trained and brought along through his career. Like I said earlier. Go rewatch Cintron vs Ortiiz and Cintron vs Reid. Those fights were a thing of beauty. Cintron boxed flawlessly against Ortiz (Ring Magazine Top 10 at the time), and scored a more brutal ko against Ortiz than he did Mathysse. As for Reid... this is the Reid that was undefeated in all fights at 147 but one. Decision loss to Andrew Lewis. He was just as big, strong, and hard punching as Cintron. He had everything it took to push Kermit hard. Harder than anyone has to this point, and yet Kermit dominated him. Didn't lose one round, scored two knockdowns, and held Reid to an abismal connect %. Look at Cintron punch variety, his jab, his defense, his ring generalship(the constant movement to his right to avoid reids right hand) his amazing physique and condition, and what was at that time a granite chin. Those two fights are what made me a believer in Cintron.

 

Emanuel Steward is a great trainer. If boxers want to learn, he could teach them, like Wladimir Klitschko and Kermit Cintron.

 

Kronk use to produce fighters, now it seems that Manny is only interested in training fighters that are already champions, or just about ready to fight for a title. Who was the last fighter to actaully start at Kronk and win a world title. there is a good trivia question.




PS....I dont know the answer.

 

Not too sure on who the last was but you have two very strong possibilities in Johnathon Banks (cruiserweight) and Andy Lee (middleweight).

P.S. Obviously Lee fought as an amatuer in Ireland but didn't turn pro until he came to Detroit to train with Manny.