Kronk Gym

Kronk Gym is a legendary boxing gym located in Detroit and led by equally legendary trainer Emanuel Steward.

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Kronk began to earn fame during the late 1970s, when boxers like Thomas Hearns and Hilmer Kenty trained there. In 1980, Kenty became Kronk's first world champion, and Hearns followed him as world champion months after. In 1983, Kronk fighter Milton McCrory won 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. Duane Thomas, another Kronk fighter, beat John Mugabi for the WBC's world Jr. Middleweight title in 1986. McCrory's brother, Steve McCrory, was also a world champion.

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Prentiss Bryd was vice president of the gym during the 1980s. In the Lennox Lewis era, Richard Slone served as VP directly under Steward.

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During the 1990s, Kronk opened a second gym, this one in Tucson. A new host of fighters who would later become world champions arrived at Kronk, among them Gerald McClellan, and the gym began to sell Kronk merchandise through catalog sales.

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Among the many world champions who have also trained at Kronk at least once during their careers are Wilfredo Benitez (in the Tucson gym), Hector Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez, Naseem Hamed, Evander Holyfield, and Lennox Lewis.

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In 1998 Kronk opened www.kronkgym.com, a website about the gym and its fighters.

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Boxing: Boxing is a combat sport that entails punching one's opponent. In both amateur and professional versions, the fighters wear padded gloves, attacking only with the front of the fist. In professional boxing each round usually lasts for three minutes and there may be 4-12 rounds in a bout. The winner i...

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Emanuel Steward: Emanuel Steward (born 1944) is a boxing trainer who is in the International Boxing Hall Of Fame....

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