Heavyweight History with Emanuel Steward (Boxing Documentary) 

I was dealing poker in Atlantic city back in the 90's and the man sitting next to me spoke. I recognized his voice immediately and said to myself that's Emmanuel Steward. Then I noticed his cuff links and they said the initials "E.S." before I had a chance to turn my head and look at him. I told him what an honor it was to meet him and he couldn't have been nicer. A real gentleman. R.I.P. Sir.

Quite seriously, this interview is a piece of boxing history. Well done sir.

Manny was such a gentle softly spoken man, but he'd come alive when he was in the corner of his fighters, i always remember him screaming at Lewis to finish Tyson off

That’s how you conduct an interview, Mr Stewart is a great talker and historian but a lot of these, so called “new media” guys don’t know when to let the guest just talk.

I love that old interview of him predicting Fury's success at a time when Fury was seen as a joke. Emanuel was a master.

Rummy this has to be the finest boxing interview about heavyweights I have ever heard. This is a MASTERPIECE. Thank you.

Rummy bro. You're a credit to the sport of boxing, bless you.

R.I.P. to the great Emanuel Steward. Incredible interview

Love how rummy kind of has that old timey boxing commentator voices. Legend

Wow.....I just can not say enough about what a Masterpiece of an interview this is. The wisdom of Mr. Steward and the knowledge of Rummy's questions are just amazingly accurate a year later and as more time passes, the more this interview will be recognized as a piece of history itself. Awesome interview and I feel very privileged to have been able to experience it.

I met him when I was 16 years old my first day at kronk gym Tommy Hearns walked up to me and showed me how to throw a proper jab three weeks later I was in San Diego Marine Corps Boot Camp being yelled at and called every name in the book by Vietnam combat vets I come back on leave and find out Tommy Hearns the world champion Then the legacy began

It’s 5 am were I live, but there’s always time for my boi Rummy

Mr Steward had a voice that sounds full of wisdom. Wish he would've been my grandad.

What a legend. Boxing has never be the same after his untimely death. This interview belongs in the hall of fame honestly

That was like a boxing masterclass. I feel that my IQ increases every time I listen to Manny talk about the fight game. Thanks for the upload. Really good, well thought out questions too - worthy of the great man. 10/10.

Wow hearing Steward say the great Eddie Futch told him it was his decision not to have Bowe fight Lewis...wow.

9:40 Interesting revelation about the great Eddie Futch making that call and also Steward's take on Sonny Liston's peak 1957-59 38:09. This is ten years old, how have I only discovered this gem now

Probably the best boxing interview I've ever heard.

“Who is Mike fighting? I didn’t care, I just knew he was going to knock somebody out with they head snapping up” I don’t know why but this has me in tears😂😂😂😂😂

Wow. You interviewed emanuel Stewart?????????????? Keep up the great work man.

Best interview of Heavyweights EVER! If you want the theory of relativity you go to Einstein. If you want the history of boxing you go to the guys that trained the great boxers and Emanuel Steward is one of its Geniuses. Bravo! Put it in the archives of relevant boxing history

Love how little Joe Frazier grabs Ali's arms and pulls him off the ropes 23:57.

WOW. Thanks for putting this interview together. Emanuel is still greatly missed by the boxing community, his knowledge and critique of the sweet science was one I always appreciated. This interview is truly a part of history, I'm so grateful for the knowledge he left through this medium and many others over his time in the corner and on the mic. May he rest in peace

My man. I had the honor of getting to go hang out at his house as a kid. My father and Emanuel were great friends. He always cooked his fighters food himself. What a great man.

Rummy, thank you for asking some of the most compelling questions to one of the grandmasters of boxing trainers. He was indeed a trove of technical and historical pugilistic knowledge. Wonderful interview! RIP, Emanuel.

This is absolute gold I would say the very best interview in the history of boxing the very best interview in my entire 54 years of life and I’ve been a boxing fan since I was five years old well done!!!

this was probably the best interview from Emanuel ever recorded, well done

Your best video since the 90's Heavyweights ✌🌴🏆

One of the great boxing interviews EVER!

Can't believe you held out on posting this for so long. You probably have one of the most extensive interviews with one of boxing's most knowledgeable scholars. Rummy, you better not be holding out on a Cus D' Amato interview! Edit: Kudos for syncing up clips with the topics being discussed. Felt like a flashback documentary. Extraordinary work Rummy

This got me in my feels. Didnt realize just how much I miss hearing Emmanuel talk boxing. I really miss him

Gone too soon but left a great lineage and legacy. Best trainer of modern times

Fantastic interview! This is the most objective, vividly articulate and absolute best breakdown of all the great heavyweights by an ATG trainer/boxing coach that I have ever had the privilege to listen to. Thanks Rummy!

I can now look at heavyweight icons with a much clearer vison without being muddied by boxing folklore. Thank you Emanuel and Rummy.

That was excellent. Rummy, if Joe Rogan is making a fortune ( im not knocking Joe ) you must be due a serious contract. You're truly superb. You just made my Friday night. Thankyou.

Ur a legend

When I saw it was Emanuel Steward, I was in! He forgot more than a lot of trainers ever knew. Good upload!

Best boxing channel on RU-vid.

This is some real good shit. Excellent interviewer, legendary interviewee

U can’t dislike this video

A video about Manny Steward? I'm all ears dude, this guy was an absolute legend.

Rummy - a great interview with a great man. Clean, intelligent questions and you leave space for a clear response without overtalking or opinionating. Love it.

Legendary interview brotha

These 55 minutes just flew by so quick. Fantastic interview and great insight by Manny Steward and thx to Rummy for including footage to make it easier for the eyes. Great Vid

This is gold. You could tell Emanuel enjoyed this interview.

So glad Steward dispelled the myth of Marciano. Still a great fighter, just doesn't measure up to the best of the best historically.

I love his insight about Liston. He was leaving a trail of destruction through the heavyweight division in the 50s. He was likely older than his handlers claimed by the time he fought Clay.

This is freaking pure gold!!! Thank you!

Rummy, thank you for the amazing boxing content. One of my favorite channels on here, always excellent stuff brother!

This interview was awesome... as a fan of boxing, it answered so many looming questions for me. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

nice to hear emanuel's voice again. loved him calling fights on HBO. lampley so over the top, merchant just all-around bad but i was always impressed how steward called fights so matter of factly, straight to the point. i know each played their role but even when there was an absolute war going on in the ring emanuel called it like a true professional and an expert - even if you didn't know who he was you could tell from his voice he'd seen that sort of stuff thousands of times before. must've been a real pleasure talking to him and i'm very grateful for this upload, a real gem.

Credit where credit is due to Rummy. Thank you for asking good questions, but more importantly, letting the man answer uninterrupted.

All the questions all fight fans would want answered. Insightful interview thank you a lot.

Finally new video emanuel steward rip legendary trainer

Excellent, excellent interview. One of the best I've ever heard in my life. Full of wisdom, knowledge and insight. What a gem!

My favourite coach and trainer of all time. Emanuel Steward forever.

Emanuel was the GOAT.

Hey Rummy, my 90 year old father made me watch my first fight in 1974, I’ll give you a hint, it was held in Africa. Manny is the only voice I miss when I have to hear the very average commentary, that is our plight today. He, undoubtedly, gave us the most knowledgeable and articulate commentary of anyone. You, my friend, come in a very close 2nd.

Hey Rummy, old esb poster here and Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes fan. Rarely comment but feel i must here. What a treat this has been to listen to sir. Like the the man says below this is a piece of history. Manny always gave us real value in his interviews and wow where 'you' and now 'we' spoilt here. He's knowledge and personality are sorely missed in our sport. Genuine Legend. Fantastic job Rummy, love your vids mate, keep up the good work.

i come back to this interview from time to time. Just the level of knowledge that Emanuel had and the genuine love for the sport is inspiring. Also great questions made this great interview come together. Truly great work.

Rummy your a star. I love all your stuff. This was so special thanks

I really miss Emanuel Stewart. Great interview!

THIS is what I have been waiting for! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Thoughtful questions and it's always a pleasure to hear Emanuel speak. He and Cus are completely soothing and reassuring. That's how I feel, so I can imagine how their charges felt.

I must say that I am extremely envious of the fact that you got to have this type of conversation with the great Emmanuel Stewart. What I wouldn't give to just sit down for an hour or two and pick the brain of a guy like that.

This is incedible. Thank you so much Rummy. We really needed this!! ❤❤

I wasn't gonna watch this when you said was an interview. Listened to 1 min and was sucked in. Thanks for uploading, Remy!

Second time watching this. I have a feeling I am going to be back many many more times. This is PURE GOLD!

This man talked smart, intelligent, fascinating, a true expert imho.

Rummy, you are to RU-vid what Ali was to boxing.....the greatest! You’re channel is great and this interview was GOLD! Others should take notes. Perfect questions...great job letting Him speak as much as he wanted and needed to..entertaining the whole way Easily My best subscription. Keep it up! .

Brilliant Strategist, Wonderful Mentor, & Hall of Fame Trainer! What more is there to say his Record Speaks for itself!

Just perfect. So pleased something like this will be preserved for posterity.

Best heavyweight history ever on youTube absolutely special .spellbinding .absorbing.insightful and thought provoking.

As the old saying goes, a good big man will beat a good small man. Tyson was just lucky that he never fought a great big man in his prime. This is an outstanding interview. Steward is obviously a very smart boxing expert. I plan to share this with everybody I know who loves boxing. But I think Steward should have mentioned that Ali was out of boxing for three and a half of the best years of his life before he came back and fought Fraizer too soon.

interview was obviously amazing but video went superbly well with it. a really good video thank you

Fantastic interview. Really, really good. One of the better videos you`ve put out. I would probably not call int a documentary though, rather a really good interview.

This is a must watch for boxing fans, essential to heavyweight boxing fans..thanks for sharing.🇬🇧

This is the first time I've heard this interview. Man I miss Emmanuel Steward, one of the greatest trainers of all time. Thanks for this Rummy

Beautiful. I love my sport of boxing found this so interesting. R.I.P the great Emanuel Steward🥊

This is an interview you could listen too over and over and each time you'd learn something new. You let a master speak Absolutely brilliant interview Rummy

E.S speaks so much boxing sense. The boxing IQ on this guy is out of the world.

Thanks Rummy, this is compelling viewing

Absolutely fantastic interview. You asked excellent questions and the answers Emmanuel gave were insightful and full of knowledge. In my opinion one of the best trainers ever in the sport along with Eddie futch, Angelo Dundee, jack Blackburn and cus d'amato. Rip Emmanuel steward.

As s lifetime fan of the sweet science, I am ashamed that I'm just finding this channel and interview, yet I am elated and privileged to be able to partake and indulge in this timeless interview and treasure chest of pugilistic history, knowledge and wisdom. Thank you Rummy for having the courage to reach out to the great legend Emmanuel Stewart to bring us this timeless masterpiece.

This is the best heavyweight history interview i've ever heard. Cheers

legend of the sport

A real treasure, always loved Emmanuel stewart

You have no idea how much this interview benefits boxing. Thank you.

I grew up watching HBO boxing with my Dad, a lot of great memories. Besides my Dad, a voice of reason and simple observation of the sweet science, was provided by Emmanuel Steward, he was so wise. Of course as well as Jim Lampley. Both easily the greatest, commanding commentators in tone and voice inflection. Sincere cats and always dressed to the nines. As a kid those days seeing Las Vegas, the fights, the show..it always drove me to get ringside seats. ☝🏻 It just broke my heart when I heard he die, I wondered how Jim Lampley must of felt..after losing his long time buddy/mentor/ boxing enthusiast and co worker. God bless everyone, fight the good fight and thanks for reading. Thank you for posting this video. ✊🏻💯

NEXT VIDEO IDEA: Brilliant work Rummy, I must have watched this 5 times over already in isolation, looking at the views already I am sure I am not alone, I know there must have been a lot of hard work involved and much appreciated. Each time I watched this, I learnt something new, one of the biggest things that shone through was how much Emanuel thought one of the key things that made a fighter great was a fighter who could RE-INVENT themselves. Ali who beat Frazier 3 was a totally different fighter from Cassius Clay who beat Sonny Liston, George Foreman V1 was a totally different fighter from George Foreman V2. Tyson Fury who drew with Wilder, had to re-invent himself to KO Wilder in the second fight, even Joshua had to re-invent himself to beat Ruiz in their second fight. I am probably a little biased being from the UK but Joe Calzaghi who beat Hopkins and Jones (who both probably deserve their own mention) was a totally different fighter from the raw kid who beat Nigel Benn. The GOLD standard Manny is probably on version 12 of himself. And then there are the fighters who could not re-invent themselves, maybe Tyson falls into that category, certainly Sonny Liston, maybe in the modern era yet to be determined Wilder, I am sure you know better than me the other examples. So after you have had a rest RUMMY, maybe you could follow up on Emanuel's notion of greatness, who were the great RE_INVENTORS that made themselves great. Anyway thanks again Rummy, you me and many others may be the reason why bookmakers are rich, but you are proving yourself as a GREAT BOXING HISTORIAN.....even though you allege you don't know shit about boxing.

This was a real treat. Legendary!

This is pure quality, Rummy. Feels like a documentary. Thank you.

Great content! I wish this interview was 4x longer. Emanuel is a legend!

I sure do miss Manny. He was a Hall of Fame trainer to some of some of the best fighters to have ever laced em up and stepped into the ring and his commentary was spot on. Manny was a class act.

Great job - I love when the interviewer lets the guest talk....well done Rummy!

Excellent matching of words and pictures.

I know its a RU-vid video and you can't see me.. but... 👏👏👏👏 Standing ovation....

This is my favorite video on youtube. This is a Master speaking nothing but the truth. I miss you Manny, u were the best mind ever in boxing. Thank you!!!

What a great interview. Emanuel Steward is (now that he's gone, he IS even more than ever) an absolute voice of wisdom in the boxing world

My favourite boxing expert , love to hear his comments , amazing job donewith the fighters as a trainer ... And a great interview as well , very interresting questions , thank you !

I could listen to ES all day and all of the night. (RIP)