Manny Steward diagnosed with cancer

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward has been diagnosed with cancer, according to French Canadian newspaper Le Journal de Quebec.

The newspaper cited boxing promoter Yvon Michel, who promotes Adonis Stevenson, a super middleweight contender Steward trains.

Michel told the newspaper that Steward will not be in Stevenson’s corner for his Oct. 12 bout against Donovan George, as Steward has undergone surgery and will soon be receiving chemotherapy treatments.

The 68-year-old’s health concerns were alluded to recently, but not delved into, on a pair of HBO broadcasts for which Steward was not present to do commentary.

 

Sad news indeed. Get well soon Manny!

 

Will pray for him, Sad news. A gentleman and a fantastic trainer..

 

If it is true, good lucky Manny; land that Dynamite right hand against the big C, and show us why 'Kronk Gold' shines so brightly.

 

Damn!

Anyone know where he has it? Hope it ain't a bad place.

 

That really is sad. Dude is an absolute legend. Inshallah, he'll get better.

 

Nice of Yvon Michel to reveal it before steward or his family did.

Hope he gets better

 

Sad news indeed. Hope he pulls through. He's one of my favorite characters in boxing today.

 

There's an update on the scene saying it's NOT cancer. Hopefully that's true.

 

:huh:blood

Sad news if true, I hope he can pull through.

 

Dafuq?

Ban!

 

As in hopefully the update's true and it's not cancer but something less serious.

 

wow, i hope he stays strong and positive ans beats it.. I'll pray for him

 

From the scene

UPDATE: Steward's sister, meanwhile, says her brother is suffering from diverticulosis, which is not cancer but rather a colon condition.

"My brother has had problems with a nervous stomach, which turned into diverticulosis," Diane Steward-Jones told the Detroit Free Press. "He had to have some repairs and he is resting and recuperating. He is doing very well."