EST, with the fight to start at about 10:15 p.m. McCall is getting $3.1 million and Lewis is getting $2 million for the 12-round bout to be televised by HBO. The title became vacant when Mike Tyson, who won it by stopping Bruno in the third round, gave it up to successfully challenge Bruce Seldon for the WBA title. That was his second title defense, and since that loss he has fought and won twice. McCall has had a batch of drug and legal problems since he lost the title on points to Frank Bruno. ``I prefer that Manny be in Lewis’ corner more than anyone else because I know what Manny will teach him to try to do to me,″ McCall said. I have a boxer that has enough to handle anything that happens that night.″ ``I think he’s at 70 percent of his potential. ``My relationship with Lennox is just to bring out the best in him and that should be enough for him to win. Emanuel Steward always had a great vision toward me. May God rest his soul, Karim said immediately after relaying that info. ``I did not learn anything special involving Oliver McCall that I’m bringing to Lennox Lewis,″ Steward said. Karim trained with Steward until Steward’s passing in 2012. He was also called the Godfather of Detroit Boxing. ``I had a great cheerleader in my corner, but not much of a trainer. Emanuel 'Manny' Steward (J October 25, 2012) was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing. ``I was making a lot of mistakes and I wasn’t being told about it,″ Lewis said. Trainers leaving fighters and fighters changing trainers are common occurrences. George Benton replaced Steward as McCall’s trainer. Steward replaced Correa after that fight and since then Lewis is 4-0. Pepe just told him to hit him with a right hand, and it will be all over″ Steward, however, thinks, ``Our biggest asset for that fight was Pepe Correa (Lewis’ trainer). He was extremely sharp and focused that night.″ ``But I don’t think he’ll ever attain the level he was at for the first fight again. ``Oliver’s full of confidence that he can beat Lennox because he has been led to believe Lennox doesn’t have heart,″ Steward said. Emanuel Steward, a Hall of Fame trainer and iconic figure in Detroit who put his hometown on the boxing map by turning out some of the greatest fighters the sport has seen, died Thursday in a. ``He wasn’t impressive in the Mercer fight (a controversial decision win over Ray Mercer last May 10).″ ``He’s got to win impressively,″ Steward said Wednesday before the final pre-fight news conference. Just winning, however, is not enough if Lewis is to be a major player in the division, according to Steward. “I was there for three weeks in Detroit with him, we trained every day, we talked about a lot of stuff, he had a lot of knowledge on boxing.``If Oliver McCall beats me, I deserve to retire,″ Lewis said. Emanuel Steward trained 41 world champions, and his heavyweights accumulated a record of 34-2-1 in title fights. “They took me down to see him and that was it. Before training McCall, Steward guided Evander Holyfield to his rematch victory over Riddick Bowe in 1993, the infamous Fan Man fight. “They said, ‘Who are you?’ I was like, ‘I’m the next heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury.’ I walked in the gym, I was like, ‘Is Emanuel Steward here?’ “So I just landed over there, they didn’t even know I was coming. Mike Tyson hailed by Sugar Ray Leonard with brilliant boxing impersonation.Andy Ruiz reckons Anthony Joshua has major worry ahead of boxing rematch."I had the opportunity to go there – the Kronk Gym – and I ended up going. “Very important," Fury told talkSPORT when asked how important Steward was to his development. The Gypsy King decided to fly over to Steward's famous Kronk Gym, which is based in Detroit, without invitation to see if he could wangle some priceless advice during his three-week trip. Steward, who passed away in 2102, trained heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko during his career. Tyson Fury has been a student of the boxing game since before he he was in his teens, but it was back in 2010 when he found himself with the chance to train with legendary trainer Emanuel Steward.
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