![]() ![]() I saw him at the Leonard-(Roberto) Duran fight, and all he said to me was, ‘Hi, how ya’ doin?’ ”ĭennis Rappaport of New York said he will promote Hearns’ future fights. Yet, during my period of incarceration, my time of crisis, he never contacted me once. “Of all the people I ever dealt with in boxing,” Smith said, “I spent more money on Emanuel than anyone. The FBI said at the time of Smith’s trial that the Wells Fargo case was the biggest bank computer fraud case in U.S. Of course, years later, it might be questioned whose money was involved. It took a tremendous amount of money to get Cuevas to fight Tommy in his backyard (Detroit).” ![]() He knows he never would have got that title shot with Cuevas without me Emanuel never could have done it. Ten years later, to the day, Tommy flew to L.A. 2, 1980, I promoted the show in Detroit (Hearns-Pipino Cuevas) that made Tommy a world champion. “And he told Emanuel that, that he wanted to go out on his own. “Tommy came to me and told me he wanted me to handle his affairs,” he said. Smith, who will act as Hearns’ adviser, had a markedly different version. My attitude now (toward Hearns) is, ‘Goodby, and good luck.’ ” “He knows I feel this way, and he disagrees. “I got out the films of his fights since the (James) Shuler fight in ‘86, and I could see clearly the deterioration in his ability. “I wasn’t in favor of Tommy fighting again unless he could get another (Sugar Ray) Leonard fight,” Steward said. Hearns wouldn’t say why he left Steward, only that he “wasn’t happy.” Steward said Hearns left over a difference of opinion on whether Hearns, 31 and a pro since 1977, should retire. was two-timing me with Tommy behind my back.” I put his hotel bills and his rental car on my credit card, and I loaned him $1,000 in cash, so he could have some walking-around money. Steward said: “Harold came into town (Detroit) a few weeks ago, told me he had a possible TV deal for Kronk fighters and that he needed some money to put it together.” ![]()
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