SugarHill Steward (formerly known as Javan "Sugar" Hill) is an American
professional boxing
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trainer, best known as the trainer of
Tyson Fury
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.
He changed his name in 2019 to honor his uncle, boxing trainer
Emanuel Steward
Emanuel "Manny" Steward (July 7, 1944 – October 25, 2012) was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing. Known as "the godfather of Detroit boxing," Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, mos ...
, explaining that he was like a father to him.
Career
Kronk Gym
Steward worked at his uncle's
Kronk Gym
Kronk Gym is a boxing gym located in Detroit, once led by trainer Emanuel Steward. It was originally run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit. The gym became a household name in the sport of boxing and its go ...
, where he first met Tyson Fury in 2010. After Emanuel Steward died in 2012, SugarHill worked with some of his uncle's former fighters, including
Adonis Stevenson
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,
Anthony Dirrell and
Charles Martin.
Tyson Fury
After Fury parted ways with former trainer Ben Davison in December 2019, Steward was appointed as Fury's head trainer, despite having been in conversations with Fury to join the team in a different role. At the time, Steward's existing clients were less prominent fighters such as
Shohjahon Ergashev and
Apti Davtaev.
After Fury's victory in a
rematch against Deontay Wilder in February 2020, Steward paid tribute to his uncle, saying: "Emanuel Steward is smiling down from heaven. He knew Tyson Fury would become a champion way back then."
In September 2020, Steward arrived in the U.K. to prepare Fury for a planned trilogy fight with
Deontay Wilder
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, despite hinting he would retire as a professional trainer after the second Wilder fight.
Following on from Fury's knockout win over Wilder in the second fight, Fury retained Steward as his head coach for a trilogy fight between the two heavyweights. The trilogy fight ended in a knockout win for Tyson Fury culminating in the end of a three-year rivalry and resulting in Steward getting his first heavyweight title defense as a head coach.
Benjamin Whittaker
In 2022 SugarHill Steward became
Benjamin Whittaker's trainer, as Whittaker had signed a professional deal with
Boxxer
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.
References
External links
Kronk Gym
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Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
American boxing trainers
21st-century African-American people
1975 births