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	Kronk Gym
		Kronk Gym is a legendary boxing gym located in Detroit, and led by equally legendary trainer Emanuel Steward.
		Kronk began to take fame during the late 1970s, when boxers like Thomas Hearns, Hilmer Kenty[?] and others trained there.
		Milton McCrory[?], another Kronk fighter, won, in 1983, the WBC's world Welterweight title that had been vacated by Sugar Ray Leonard, Jimmy Paul[?] beat Harry Arroyo[?] for the International Boxing Federation's world Lightweight title in 1985, and Duane Thomas[?], another Kronk fighter, beat John Mugabi for the WBC's world Jr.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/kr/Kronk_Gym.html (194 words)

	Kronk Gym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kronk Gym (5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, MI 48210-1724) was a legendary boxing gym located in Detroit and led by equally legendary trainer Emanuel Steward.
		The gym was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit.
		The gym and recreation center was officially closed by the Recreation Department on November 28, 2006 due to the prohibitive cost of repairs to the plumbing and building infrastructure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kronk_Gym (397 words)

	AP Wire \| 09/22/2006 \| Future of famed Detroit gym in doubt after latest setback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The Kronk - the dingy, overheated basement gym that has produced more than two dozen world champions - is nearly down for the count, and Steward isn't sure whether he should throw in the towel.
		The best of the Kronk's amateurs are scheduled to compete in the coming weeks in the National PAL Championships in Oxnard, Calif., and in late October, several Kronk professionals are to appear on a card at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
		The Kronk's first professional champion was Hilmer Kenty, a lightweight from Columbus, Ohio, who started training there in 1978 and won the WBA title two years later.
	www.sunherald.com /mld/sunherald/sports/15584935.htm (995 words)

	ESPN.com - BOXING - Drehs: Saving the Kronk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		This door is the entrance to the world famous Kronk Gym, a bruised, battered and beaten-down rec room that has produced 50 amateur boxing champions, 30 world champions and three Olympic gold medalists.
		One of them was the Kronk Recreation Center, which housed a basketball gym, a pool, programs for teenagers and arts and crafts for seniors, as well as the boxing gym.
		Kronk, named after longtime Detroit city councilman John Kronk, is the oldest of the city's 29 recreation centers; and, according to Beckham, it's in the worst shape.
	sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2314067 (1661 words)

	ITV Boxing - Kronk fails to beat the count] Boxing Columns, Boxing Features, Barry McGuigan, Derek Bilton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The fabled Kronk Gym closed its doors after more than 30 years last week, and boxing is all the poorer for it.
		Whatever the season, the Kronk was always like a sauna inside; dark, dank with a pungent smell of sweat, leather and linament in the air.
		However the Kronk must be remembered for the lives it saved and the positive impact it had on the Detroit community and beyond.
	www.itv-boxing.com /News/Story_Page/0,14442,6243_1755040,00.html (612 words)

	KRT Wire \| 11/29/2006 \| Legendary Kronk Gym closes for good
		The final blow was a theft: In September, thieves stole the copper pipes in the Kronk, cutting off the gym's water supply and forcing legendary trainer Emanuel Steward to close it, at least temporarily.
		The gym is located in a city recreation center at Junction and McGraw that was closed earlier this year because of Detroit's budget problems.
		The Kronk center is a brownish-red brick building that looks its age; it was opened not long after World War I. For decades its steel gratings have bled rust onto its masonry, which is crumbling.
	www.mercurynews.com /mld/mercurynews/sports/16125447.htm (627 words)

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	ESPN.com - BOXING - Atlas: What the Kronk means
		The sparring sessions in Philadelphia gyms are legendary; the ones in this Detroit club were gothic and everyday.
		These guys often were not seen on television but were always in the gym, with the fighters and the kids.
		The Kronk, which has been operating for 30 years, is in danger of closing due to lack of funding.
	sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2314947 (660 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Steward of Kronk Gym wants Andy Lee
		Despite his second round exit at the Athens Olympics, Irish middleweight Andy Lee is still very much the target of Emanuel Steward, the world-famous Detroit trainer/manager who has worked the corners of over 30 world champions.
		Steward's Kronk Gym enterprise has spawned many worldwide incarnations since its beginnings in 1970, and if the 60-year-old hall of famer gets his way, Lee could be prized from the amateur ranks and inhabiting their celebrated McGraw Street gym sooner, rather than later.
		Kronk Vice President Richard T. Slone has confirmed that Steward is still interested in the 20-year-old Limerick fighter.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0827/leea.html (369 words)

	Famed Detroit boxing gym closes - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The Kronk Gym, Detroit's oldest recreation center and a boxing mecca, has closed its doors for good, city officials said this week.
		The gym already was struggling to stay open when vandals stole copper pipes in September.
		A Kronk boxing fundraiser was held in February in conjunction with Detroit hosting the Super Bowl.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2006-11-30-kronk-gym_x.htm?csp=34 (292 words)

	Kronk's biggest fight - The Boston Globe
		This is the gym legendary trainer Emanuel Steward transformed in 1971 when, after training his younger brother to a Golden Gloves championship a year earlier, he was asked to take over the boxing program at Kronk, which is now one of nine city rec centers targeted for closing because of a budget crunch.
		That life remains a struggle for him and for many families in the city, but a place such as Kronk has made it better for his kids and for thousands of others from hard Detroit neighborhoods who have opened that red door despite their fears and walked inside.
		She found Kronk after she and her younger brother were beaten up by two boys when she was 11.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/boxing/articles/2006/02/02/kronks_biggest_fight?mode=PF (1607 words)

	Detroit Loves Kronk \| Critical Moment
		The oldest in the city, the Kronk Rec Center has been open for 85 years and is home to the famous Kronk Gym, where over 30 world champion boxers had trained at one point in their careers.
		While the Kronk might be a historic icon to many boxers and celebrities, it is the lifeline for many of the kids in the community, and the neighbors have stepped up to stop it from closing.
		As a result of this, conversations have taken place between the many parties involved, and the Kronk Gym is staying open for the next 5-6 months until a final deal is worked out between the foundation and the city.
	criticalmoment.org /issue15/kronk (1636 words)

	Discuss Detroit: Kronk Gym closed for good (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Although most people only know of Kronk as a boxing gym, the truth is the boxing gym was only a small (although very famous) part of the recreation center.
		When the city notified Emanuel Steward that the Kronk Recreation Center, where the famed Kronk Gym is located, was one of nearly a dozen centers being closed by the City of Detroit because of budget shortfalls, he did what anyone in his unique position could do — he called on his friends.
		Whether the night was stacked in favor of Kronk fighters in light of the fundraising event or whether Thomas outfought Young is a matter of debate but Thomas’ skill can not be questioned even if the outcome of one fight can be.
	atdetroit.net /forum/messages/5/88100.html?1165027414 (1415 words)

	Kronk Boxing Gym FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Kronk is named after a Detroit politician, John F. Kronk.
		Currently, the Kronk Gym in Detroit is open to all ages over eight years old.
		Training at the Kronk Gym in Detroit begins for anyone over the age of eight.
	kronkgym.com /OldKronk/faqs.htm (443 words)

	Kronk Gym officially closed. NOOOO!!! - Boxing Chat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Efforts to raise enough funds to save the city-run facility were unsuccessful and the September theft of the copper pipes in the Kronk delivered the final KO blow, prompting Detroit's Recreation Department to force out the Kronk fighters, who have regrouped at a Gold's Gym in Dearborn.
		Kronk has a lot of history known world wide but thats what it is now, History.
		The rec center and Kronk is owned by the city, not Stewart, it's just where he did his business and trained many champions, blame the city for it's demise not Emanual Stewart.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php/topic,39391.0.html (1511 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - Boxing's legendary Kronk Gym closed for good, Detroit says - Wednesday November 29, 2006 10:13AM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		DETROIT (AP) -- The legendary Kronk Gym, a dingy basement that has produced more than two dozen world champions, has closed for good, the city's Recreation Department says.
		The gym already was struggling when thieves stole copper pipes in September, cutting off its water supply and forcing Steward to close it.
		Steward had been paying to keep the Kronk running for months after Detroit shut down the recreation center that houses it because of a budget shortfall.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/more/11/29/bc.box.kronkgym.ap/index.html?eref=si_more (211 words)

	Save The Kronk Recreation Center Petition
		The Kronk Recreation Center is a valued center to many Detroit residents, young and old, who use the center for swimming, basketball, and arts and crafts.
		In the basement of the Kronk Recreation Center is the world renowned boxing gym that has produced a phenomenal list of World Champion boxers.
		We are asking people to sign this petition to have their voices heard, and to help us spread the word to show how the Kronk Gym truly is an asset to the residents of the City of Detroit.
	www.petitiononline.com /Kronk (309 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Sports: Toney, Holyfield debate Kronk approach
		Evander Holyfield, speaking at a news conference Wednesday for his Saturday fight against James Toney, said many top Kronk Gym boxers have had their careers hindered through aggressive sparring with lesser skilled opponents at the gym.
		Holyfield said the overwhelming majority of fighters who work out at Kronk go in as if they are training to prove their manhood.
		He said one reason many of Steward's highly touted Kronk fighters, particularly former world champion Tommy Hearns, have had hand problems is because they wind up hitting lesser skilled fighters on the top of the head.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2003/Oct-02-Thu-2003/sports/22285522.html (660 words)

	Taylor at Kronk - Boxing Chat
		Everyone in the small, crowded gym was on their feet — boxers and spectators alike — yelling and cheering as if Taylor were in an actual prizefight, not just his fourround, daily sparring session.
		The hot, humid and sweaty gym buzzed for the entire 12 minutes of the session, and the athletes were slow to return to their workouts when it was over; they would rather talk about how impressive Taylor looked.
		Unlike the previous gyms where Taylor has trained, Kronk is open to the public, and there were plenty of people interested in watching the middleweight champion train, including three members of Detroit’s police vice squad who stopped in on a lunch break Friday.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php/topic,32267.0.html (3204 words)

	Emanuel Steward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1971 Steward took his half brother James to the nearby Kronk Gym and became a part time head coach in Kronk Gym.
		Kronk became a property of Steward, who now is famous also for his collection of Rolls Royce cars and mansion.
		He opened a branch of the gym in Tucson, Arizona, and has started an association with the Dodge Theater in Phoenix to present boxing undercards once a month.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emanuel_Steward (378 words)

	KO for gym where Leonard, Hearns trained? - Other Sports - MSNBC.com
		The Kronk — the dingy, overheated basement gym that has produced world champions like Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard and Lennox Lewis — is nearly down for the count, and Steward isn’t sure whether he should throw in the towel.
		In the meantime, Steward is renting space at a gym in Dearborn so his young fighters — many of whom he says are confused about the Kronk’s predicament — can train for upcoming matches.
		The best of the Kronk’s amateurs are scheduled to compete in two weeks in the National PAL Championships in Oxnard, Calif., and in October, several Kronk professionals are to appear on a card at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14958030 (716 words)

	Glory and Misfortune -- The Kronk Gym Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The little Kronk gym on Detroit's battered southwest side spawned more than 50 amateur champions, over 120 titles, three Olympic gold medalists, and established a boxing dynasty whose fame would spread worldwide.
		It is a story told by an unmarked grave in a closed city cemetery, final resting place of Bernard "Superbad" Mays, one of the greatest fighters in Kronk history, who died at 33, penniless and alcoholic.
		The story of Emanuel Steward, Kronk's successful graduates and today's generation at the famed boxing club.
	www.detnews.com /specialreports/2001/kronk/index.htm (254 words)

	Boxing News : Fischer : Media Daze & Gym Spies (or 'Big Brother' is Watching) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		For years, Steward has told me that the Kronk Recreation Center in Detroit, the stuffy little basement gym he made into an international institution, was an "almost mystical" place that had a way of "bringing out the best in all fighters who train there".
		That's good news for me. I live near the corner of La Brea and Centinela in Inglewood, and the gym is only a six and a half mile drive north on La Brea from my house.
		When I first saw Vitali work out at Freddie Roach's Wild Card gym almost a year ago, he looked like a rigid, one-armed bandit whose only talent was being a friggin' giant with a big right hand.
	www.maxboxing.com /Fischer/Fischer033004.asp (1748 words)

	Kronk Boxing Gym - Home of Emanuel Steward and the Kronk Boxing Team - Michigan
		Kronk's humble beginnings emerged from the basement of Detroit's Kronk Recreation Center in the Early 1970's, under the guidance of the legendary boxing trainer and manager, Emanuel Steward.
		Progressing into a new century, boxers from all around the globe are arriving at the Kronk Gym, eager to be trained by Emanuel Steward, wearing Kronk's red, gold, and blue.
		Kronk, however, is one of our city's few icons that defies such negativity.
	www.kronkgym.com (1240 words)

	Steward Goes Back to the Future
		His father's pictures are on the walls of Detroit's Kronk Gym, where he is a Motor City legend, and now the son is following in his old man's large footsteps.
		Steward began training fighters in 1969 when he took his younger brother James to Kronk (named after Detroit city councilman, John Kronk) when the boy was 15, and guided him to a Detroit Golden Gloves championship.
		Soon after he became a part-time trainer at the gym while working as an electrician for Detroit Edison, where he oversaw 200 employees.
	www.maxboxing.com /Stowell/Stowell061804.asp (633 words)

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