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Colorado Springs, Lap. (Nobyembre 19, 2018) – Ang ulahi Emanuel Piniyalan, arguably the greatest boxing trainer of all-time, is a member of the Class of 2018 nasulod sa USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.
Ang ikaduha nga tinuig nga pagdawat sa Hall of Fame sa USA Boxing Alumni Association, gipahigayon inubanan sa 2018 USA Boxing Elite ug Youth National Championships ug Junior ug Prep Open, Disyembre 2-8, ipahigayon sa Disyembre 7, sa Radisson Hotel (215 S. Templo St.) sa Siyudad sa Salt Lake, Utah.
Steward was a boxer, trainer extraordinaire, and HBO commentator until his untimely death in 2012 sa edad nga 68. His boxing career culminated with his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.
Sa edad nga 12, Manny moved with his mother from West Virginia to Detroit, where his life soon turned to boxing. Ingon sa usa ka amateur boxer, he compiled a 94-3 nga rekord, nagpasiugda sa usa ka bulawan nga-medal performance sa 1963 National Golden Gloves Tournament as a bantamweight, but he decided against trying out for the US Olympic Boxing Team.
Sa 1971, Steward became a part-time trainer at Kronk Gym, where he eventually guided many of the country’s top amateur boxers. Kronk Gym later became a property of Steward’s and he developed it into one of the most successful and famous boxing gyms in the world.
Steward also served as National Director of Coaching for USA Boxing in the early 2000’s.
Throughout his incredible career, Steward reportedly trained 41 world champions, tingali, the most noteworthy were Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis ug Wladimir Klitschko. He also trained Julio Cesar Chavez, Miguel Cotto, Oscar de la Hoya, Naseem Hamed, Evander Holyfield, ug Mike McCallum. Manny also trained a young Detroit rapper, Eminem, how to box at Kronk Gym.
The last world champion Manny trained was Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, who remains the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) World light heavyweight champion since 2013.
“Emanuel would always say, knockouts ibaligya!” Stevenson fondly remembered. “He was also the first to tell me, ‘You will be a superstar and a world champion. Just make sure you don’t listen to people with bad intentions because you’ve got natural talent.’ He believed in me even if some people did not think I would ever become a world champion.”
“Emanuel Steward impacted the lives of so many who walked through the doors of Kronk Gym,” miingon Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “While he’s most recognized for his achievement at the professional level, his impact was significant in the amateurs. Manny serves as a model coach for USA Boxing today, and his impact will be felt for a long time. The USA Boxing Alumni Association overwhelmingly supports his induction and looks forward to honoring him as part of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”
USA Boxing Alumni Association
Gibuhat aron kampeon sa tibuok kinabuhi, mutually beneficial nga relasyon tali sa USA Boxing ug sa alumni niini, –boxers, mga opisyal, coach ug boxing fans — Ang Alumni Association nagkonektar sa mga henerasyon sa mga kampeon, makapadasig ug naghatag balik sa umaabot nga boxing champion sa USA Boxing, sa ug gikan sa mga singsing.
Ang USA Boxing Alumni Association bukas sa bisan kinsa nga adunay gugma sa boksing ug gusto nga magpabilin nga konektado sa amateur boxing. Ang mga miyembro gihatagan og access sa usa ka halapad nga lainlain nga espesyal nga mga panghitabo nga gi-host sa Alumni Association, lakip ang pagdawat sa Hall of Fame sa USA Boxing Alumni Association.
Aron makaapil sa Alumni Association, magparehistro lang sa alumni@usaboxing.org para sa a $40.00 kada tuig nga membership fee. Ang mga bag-ong miyembro makadawat og T-shirt, keychain ug e-wallet.
“For years he would come to my National Silver Gloves Tournament that I sponsored and put on in Kansa City just to show his support of the youth program,” added USA Boxing president Juan Brown dugang pa. “Every year I would tell him to let me know if he was coming, so I could VIP him, and every year he would ignore me and just quietly show up. I would notice him in the crowd. I would ball him out and then we did the same thing the following year.
“I also used to see him at big fights and he would always make me feel special by saying my company saved boxing in the seventies and eighties by providing safe, well-made, fair priced boxing equipment for the sport. No one else ever gave me that recognition. He was humble and not a blowhard, my kind of guy.”
Emanuel Steward left his mark on earth, not only as a multi-faceted personality in boxing, but he’s also remembered for his magnanimous charity work in Detroit, in which he helped youths in their pursuit of education.
Sa mubo nga, bisan, he taught boxing, and nobody has ever done it any better.
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