He wants Canelo Alvarez one day.
It looks as if Tyson Fury’s new trainer is SugarHill Steward, a nephew of the late Emanuel Steward. Also, a special belt will be commissioned for the winner of what has been billed as an exhibition (…) Top Rank and David McWater, Lopez’s manager, agreed to terms on Wednesday after negotiations hit an impasse over the (…)Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno could fight for the vacant WBO featherweight title in October. With only 10 weeks before a February heavyweight rematch with Deontay Wilder, Fury moved quickly to find a new trainer.Fury, who is scheduled to fight Wilder on Feb. 22, got to know SugarHill Steward while training in Detroit at the Kronk Gym in 2009. "I remember when Emanuel first told me that Tyson was coming in the gym," he recalls.
However, the welterweight beltholder’s opponent on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. — Jessica McCaskill — is no slouch. The promotional company is targeting either Oct. 17 or 24 in the MGM (…)David Benavidez wants to face the best possible opponents as badly as anyone. Yes, the Garcia-Campbell talk is heating up even though they have yet to sign contracts finalizing an (…)All the focus seems to be on Cecilia Braekhus and her attempt to break Joe Louis’ record for consecutive title defenses. You have two great champions here going at each other.“Both fighters left the ring still undefeated last time and still wanting to settle the store. But at the time, in 2010, Fury had a young family and was unable to remain in Detroit.Fury has since gone from strength-to-strength despite a long absence from the ring. It looks as if Tyson Fury’s new trainer is SugarHill Steward, a nephew of the late Emanuel Steward.Hours after news broke Sunday that Fury had split with Ben Davison, Fury posted a photo on Instagram of him, SugarHill Steward and former middleweight champion Andy Lee. Hours after news broke Sunday that Fury had split with Ben Davison, Fury posted a photo on Instagram of him, SugarHill Steward and former middleweight champion Andy Lee. McCaskill fell short in attempt to (…)The Vasilily Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez Jr. fight is on for October, although the contracts had not yet been signed, according to multiple reports. Frampton had been preparing to face Vahram Vardanyan on Saturday, but those plans changed last week when the Armenian boxer ran into visa issues and was denied entry into England. If she wins, she will have broken the all-time record for consecutive defenses established by Hall of Famer (…) Carl Frampton and Jamel Herring, in particular, have had a challenging 2020. It included a caption that said: “Getting the old team back up and running.’’Davison confirmed early Sunday that he would no longer be in Fury’s corner. He also has been in the corner for super middleweight Anthony Dirrell and heavyweight Charles Martin.Ryan Garcia said he’d beat Luke Campbell “relatively easy.” Campbell said his young rival would be taking a significant step up in class and would pay a price. Welcome to Boxing Junkie's European Union Experience. He formally changed it last year, in honor of Steward, the Hall of Fame trainer who died in 2012.SugarHill Steward worked with former light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson after his mentor’s death.
His name then was Javan “Sugar’’ Hill. Cecilia Braekhus will be making the 26th defense of her welterweight title when she faces Jessica McCaskill on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He remains undefeated to this day.
Fury possesses the status of being the lineal champion, while the ‘Bronze Bomber’ has made 10 defenses of his WBC heavyweight world title.To the majority, the duo are clear two top dogs in the division.The first fight saw the biggest PPV numbers for a heavyweight clash in America since Lennox Lewis defeated ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson in 2002.Steward knows a thing or two about great fighters having grown up around iconic figures such as Thomas Hearns, Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis in the Kronk Gym.Speaking about the upcoming rematch as Wilder and Fury went nose-to-nose in LA, Steward said: “This fight here is one of those fights that you don’t want to miss.“The first one was one not to miss as well. Hill and Fury met in Detroit a decade ago, as Fury sought out Steward. Top Rank, which handles both fighters, won a purse bid to stage the fight and the sides have agreed to terms. The WBC super middleweight titleholder is dying to get his hands on fellow champion and budding rival Caleb Plant and dreams even bigger.