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Kronk Gym is a boxing gym located in Detroit, once led by trainer Emanuel Steward. [1] It was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit, and became a household word in the sport of boxing [2] and its gold shorts a magnet to young talent following the enormous success and high profile of multiple World Champion and Boxing Hall of Famer Thomas "The Hitman ...
McCrory trained under the legendary Emanuel Steward in the famous Detroit Kronk Gym program. Known as "Ice Man", McCrory turned pro in 1980 and won his first 20 bouts, establishing himself as the unified #1 contender for the welterweight title at the time of Sugar Ray Leonard retirement.
Emanuel "Manny" Steward (July 7, 1944 – October 25, 2012) was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing.Known as "the godfather of Detroit boxing," Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, most notably Thomas Hearns, [1] through the famous Kronk Gym and later heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.
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James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF cruiserweight title in 2003.
Category: Boxing in Michigan. ... Kronk Gym; T. Toughman Contest This page was last edited on 14 December 2013, at 06:06 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
“Detroit is a beautiful place, but you have to be around the right stuff (and) the right people to survive in this jungle here,” Coker says. “It's very tough because you can't be with your ...
48300 Kronk, an asteroid named after Gary Kronk; Paul Kronk (born 1965), Australian retired tennis player; Kronk Gym, a former boxing gym in Detroit headed by legendary trainer Emanuel Steward; Kronk Pepikrankenitz, a character in the animated film The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and its sequel, Kronk's New Groove (2005)