That’s because he’s a heavyweight, and there are the heavyweights, and then there are all the other weight classes. “In my eyes, Tyson Fury is the new big superstar in boxing,” Steward declared. Little did I grasp, another Tyson had entered the gym and risen the ranks, and yeah, it’s quite possible that boxing has a superstar to lift it one or two notches as an entertainement attraction. I told SugarHill about my hit on the Diehards Radio Show with Anthony Pepe, and how I’d said that boxing just ain’t what it used to be, that it won’t get back there until the next Mike Tyson-type enters that gym and rises the ranks. I went further, admitting even more so how I’d gotten it wrong. Last Tuesday, we talked, and Steward said we’d all have to see on Saturday if the talk was just that, or Fury would walk the path he promised. “Actions speak louder than words,” he said, and he knew that would be the case. Yeah, all the things that were said in the lead-in, about what Fury would weigh, and how he’d fight - we were on the level, he noted. “You just shoulda thought there were two geniuses over there,” he said, chuckling hard, tongue planted in cheek. I mea culpa’d, admitting that I think I overthought matters, and looked for reasons why Fury would lose rather than why Wilder might not win. “Because nobody expected that pillow fist to knock him out!” It was a bit sweeter, maybe, because pretty much everyone was thinking Wilder was going to maintain the momentum gained in that rubout of Luis Ortiz because people like me wondered hard if switching trainers late in the game wasn’t an indication of instability. And that’s because of what it was, what it meant for me, because of what Emanuel started.” “It was a sensational feeling, like I said the fight would be. OK, so how did it feel? Did it feel like he pictured in his head, after those decades soaking up the sun’s ray given off by the magnetic Emanuel? Because of Steward’s being the recipient of this buzz blast, he won’t be afraid to shift into another lane. He’s ready, though, if people start acting different or weird. I like the way he did it, I just wanna stay the same.” “Am I ready for it? I was watching Emanuel do this forever, so I’m pretty much aware of what’s gonna happen. And yes, he knows, there will be some extra attention, and people maybe saying hello at the urinal, or whatever. “I’m happy not getting the attention,” the continuation of the Kronk ideology told me. Their project: hone with Fury what we saw him do at MGM, shift from a herky-jerky mover to a less-herky-but-still-somewhat-jerky aggressor, who acted every bit of his 273 pounds while grinding down a consummate sniper, who was used to seeing targets run for cover. The Fury cornerman was happy to be back in his hood after relocating to Vegas, and settling in with Lee, with whom he lived for seven years when the Irishman was trained by Uncle Manny. Negative he digs the Delmonico ribeye, and has stuck with that after grooving on the T-bone and the Porterhouse as a younger man. But, has he at least upgraded his steak selection? OK, OK, Steward isn’t get stalked by masses of casuals who’ve swarmed the sweet science after seeing “The Gypsy King” do Vegas like prime Elvis. Naw, he didn’t get swarmed at the market, and no one offered to pay for the steak dinner in honor of the masterpiece of an outing he helped create on Feb. “I’m doing my regular stuff, I just got a couple steaks, some potatoes, asparagus.” “I’m back home,” the Michigan resident stated. You are being inundated with interview requests. Now everyone’s coming up to you, patting your back. The nephew of the Godfather of Kronk, Emanuel Steward, replied, “I’m the same old G.”Ĭ’mon now, I pushed back, in good humor. He was at his typical tone and decibel level, mellow and measured. The man who did a seven-week stint with Tyson Fury, overseeing a pretty darn radical style shift (along with Fury’s cousin Andy Lee), paused and answered. Are you, I asked Javan “SugarHill” Steward, the frontrunner for Trainer of the Year 2020, on top of the world?
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