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Famed boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who died last month, was remembered by family and friends at a memorial service, dinner and party in Detroit on Tuesday.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Sugar Ray Leonard, Former boxer
"Emanuel Steward was a class act, a very knowledgeable guy who knew boxing inside and out. Had his own way of training, and he exemplified that by producing so many world champions. It speaks for itself."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lennox Lewis, Former heavyweight champion
"You know, Emanuel (Steward) was there for all my major fights, and I just wish I was there for his major fight. I've been interviewed by a lot of TV stations around the world. They have put Emanuel Steward in a league of great trainers. And I say, he is the greatest trainer that ever lived."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Wladimir Klitschko, Heavyweight champion
"Emanuel Steward lives in the hearts of each of us, not just the people present in this room, the people around the world."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Roy Jones Jr., Boxer
"So when you remember Emanuel Steward, you got to look at Emanuel Steward like you look at a Michael Jordan or a Barry Sanders, there is only one of a kind. None of them coming back. You all should be happy today, because that man touched lives of people that had nothing to do with him."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Lampley, HBO Sports commentator
"There are five legitimate heavyweight champions sitting in the first two rows. There are four other people who would have or should have ranked as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. And they're all here to honour the greatest trainer of all time. The greatest trainer in the history of our sport."