this is very interesting.    Boxing trainer Emanuel Steward has trained 'the Hitman' Hearns, Oliver McCall, Lennox Lewis, Zab Judah (I think) and the Klhisko bothers (sp).   Also notably - Prince Naz who is currently serving jail time for hit/run drunk driving resulting in death.     Naz is a super fat head, or was.   Not sure how he's doing in jail.

 

Emanuel Steward Link ………�?

Sometimes, no matter how much success a man has had in life, he gets a yearning to turn back the clock and relive the excitement of his youth. Emanuel Steward, one of the greatest trainers of all time, has made just such a decision, and he has not looked back since.

Last month Steward was on a plane from Detroit to New York when his cell phone rang. It was my request for an interview to discuss his quiet, unannounced decision to stop taking on established boxers and switch to young guns he could mold from the get-go.

Ironically, sitting on the plane next to him was a man named Tommy Hearns, who as an 18-year-old Detroit kid in 1976 walked into Steward's fledgling Kronk gym and helped launch one of the greatest assembly lines for young champions this sport has ever seen.

"Coming here (New York) from Detroit, Tommy and me talked about the fun we used to have back then, as compared to me traveling all over the world," Steward said.

 

I cant be right all the time.    Alfonso is sometimes a little lacking in his initiative.   However, his aptitude to  respond is phenominal.    That being said, particularly in fighting - the best defense is a good offense. 

 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -After two lopsided welterweight title fights, it's time for Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito to get it on in the ring.

That likely will happen this summer, and both champions can expect tougher outings than they had Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall.

Cotto battered Alfonso Gomez for five rounds to retain his WBA welterweight title and set up the fight with new IBF champion Margarito. Earlier, Margarito dominated Kermit Cintron for the second time, then knocked him out in the sixth round to win the IBF crown.

 

and Roy Jones Jr. looses to Joe Calzaghe

I'm sure this match served the boxing fans well.   Its always a pleasure to watch Jones box, even in a loss.