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Boxing Life Stories

Season 3: #9 SugarHill Steward

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

SugarHill is best-known as the man in the corner of heavyweight Tyson Fury. However, the former cop from Detroit has his own story to tell. He's a link back to the days of the old school Kronk boxing team, nephew of the late, great Emanuel Steward and he's worked with the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Andy Lee, Adonis Stevenson, Ruslan Chagaev and many more. Here, he talks about the night Stevenson suffered devastating injuries, his Detroit background and he discusses the proud Kronk heritage he's a significant part of – as well as his hopes for the future of the famous gym. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This ain't the Mike Tyson era no more with people so much believed in like I'm just a fighter.

0:04.7

I'm just a raw fighter coming in with just a towel on come knock somebody out and leave.

0:09.3

No, it's a business.

0:18.0

Those are the times I wish I had Emmanuel around to talk to him about, but I didn't, so I would just think, what would he do?

0:21.0

What would he have done? I guess what I've done. I'm sure he would have blamed himself in certain ways.

0:26.0

I don't think of it as affording to be. I think of these fighters as my family as children. I treat them as children I have to be able to take care of that

0:36.0

fighter my job is to look out for the well-being and safety of that fighter

0:40.6

period so I don't get into thinking about it so much like of that's

0:45.0

I don't get into thinking about it so much like, you know, like you mentioned.

0:47.0

It doesn't cross my, never crossed my mind until I'm hearing it from you at this point in time.

0:51.0

They're just, they're like family.

0:52.8

Yeah. So yeah, I'm treating them like I would want somebody to treat me.

0:56.8

Hello and welcome to boxing life stories with me Tristics.

1:00.8

What happened in the ring after to be nice and only good.

1:04.0

Was Charles Blake compared to that one?

1:06.0

Still they're coolspong to this day.

1:08.0

You couldn't take the tears from his eyes,

1:12.0

or the smile of his face, could you?

1:13.4

I know.

1:14.4

You've been bitten me.

1:15.4

He's a bullet for you back.

1:17.4

And the paper they made me look like Al-Kampine.

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