It appeared to be as if the guy (Maussa) was hurt to me and to everyone. Vivian, like many fighters who try to make a big impression on a big card like this, came out and, I guess that before I had even gotten off the steps after the first bell, I heard the crowd leap to their feet. I guess that’s just the type of fighter he is. What went wrong? “Maussa has a strange way of stumbling, fumbling, and falling all over the place and looks hurt all the time. Harris looked amateurish at times, and completely ran out of gas after the second round. It is not that he lost, as any fighter can lose at anytime, but it is the way he lost that baffles the mind. How could a fighter with as much potential as Vivian Harris, trained by such a legend as Steward, be embarrassed on a world stage so easily? ![]() Exposure was what happened that night, but not the kind that “Manny” was looking for as his charge ate a vicious left hook in the seventh round, and just like that, Harris was no longer a world champion. In fact, Vivian’s manager/trainer, the legendary Emanuel Steward, actually recommended to his charge that he take the fight against Maussa, which only paid him $70,000, for the exposure that a Gatti vs. Harris seemed well on his way to entering the “Who should Ricky “Hitman” Hatton next” sweepstakes. “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view card featured then WBA light welterweight champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris defending his title against awkward and rugged Colombian Carlos Maussa. On June 25, 2005, the chief supporting under-card bout of the Arturo “Thunder” Gatti vs. We will be back and Vivian will be a champion again, and soon.”– Emanuel Steward intends to guide Vivian Harris back to the top. Harris will also learn from this fight and will be back even better. But what Tyson lacks neither one of those has.“Life is a learning experience and we can only get better for our mistakes. ![]() "Top three? Tyson is the one who has everything. Initially from afar, Sugarhill always expected Fury to eventually come out on top. Tyson is the same, he loves to be challenged."įury and Sugarhill currently plan their training camp for the Wilder fight to be in Las Vegas.Īnthony Joshua's rematch win against Andy Ruiz Jr has breathed more life into the heavyweight division ahead of Fury and Wilder's expected second meeting on February 22. I loved training Adonis Stevenson because he stayed in the gym. Guys in different eras stayed in the gym. "I, like Emanuel, believe training camps shouldn't be so long. "He's doing it now which is a big positive for me. Sugarhill's existing stable includes Shohjahon Ergashev and Apti Davtaev.ĭeontay Wilder is confident the Anthony Joshua fight will happenįury was led to becoming world heavyweight champion against Klitschko by his uncle and then-trainer Peter, before a two-and-a-half year hiatus when his weight ballooned and he suffered from mental health issues.ĭavison helped Fury overcome those problems and resume his career, and Sugarhill believes the heavyweight will remain on the right path. ![]() Initially he spoke to me about coming into camp, then I heard Ben Davison is gone and I'm the head trainer." These are the characteristics he was looking for when he called me, and I fit the description. "He wanted a trainer who was technical," Sugarhill explained about their link-up. That was one of five fights under ex-trainer Davison - most recently he outpointed Otto Wallin despite sustaining a bad cut. Why think anything less?"įury dramatically climbed off the canvas twice (once significantly in the 12th round) and was left frustrated by a stalemate in his WBC title challenge of Wilder a year ago. But one punch changes a fight and this is why the heavyweights are the big daddies of them all. Both guys are big punchers but Wilder is bigger, he is a beast of a puncher. Image: Emanuel Steward turned Klitschko into a dominant championĪsked if Fury was capable of knocking Wilder out, Sugarhill added: "Definitely, this is the heavyweight division.
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