"At this point, I'm asking EVERYBODY to LEAVE US ALONE so that we can comfort and communicate with Emanuel," Steward's sister Diane Steward-Jones emailed to the Free Press today. "His surgical team just dropped by and scoffed at the reports he is dead."
http://www.freep.com/article/20121025/SPORTS18/121025036/?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FEATURES02 Thirty minutes old. Says he alive.
Kevin Iole has wrote about it on Yahoo, a few other sites too. Really hope it's not so. I want the training forum re-named as the Kronk Forum.
Well, think about this: Ring Magazine has nothing on it's site about this at the moment, K2 promotions had Wlad's statement pulled from the scene and TMZ even got rid of the story. You can say, "They did it out of respect for the family" but when has that ever stopped TMZ?
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...Legendary-boxing-trainer-Emanuel-Steward-dies this is where the sisters confirmation is coming from.
From 1 hr ago: Andy Lee ‏@AndyLeeBoxing To all concerned, Emanuel's sister Diane just informed me that she is with Emanuel and thou he is seriously ill he is still alive & fighting Öffnen
My opinion is we lost Emmanuel when the rumors first started to leak. Family wants to keep this a private matter as they should. They are being hounded for information by media.