Thread: Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward

Good read:

Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward

Great stuff man. Here's hoping.

Wonder why Stewards sister want the Gym knocked down..?
Seems strange to me as Manny was boxing thru and thru...?
Surely keeping the Gym going would be a nice touch and what he would have wanted.?

Steward put a lot of money in it and unless it makes money it will get closed very quickly.

Hope it works as it will be a tourist attraction.

It should be a shrine...an institution even.

Steward really was something special ...so.recognisable in the UK because of his close ties with Lennox.

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Good read:

Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward

Hearns sounds like he is really hurting.

The original Kronk actuallly shut down a few years ago. Detroit city council wouldn't spend any money on the building and wanted to put the rent up so Manny buggered off elsewhere. It's not a nice thing to say but Tommy Hearns had to sell off everything he owned a year or two ago to pay back taxes and he sounds like he's looking for the council to set him up in a new gym.

Everything in that gym including the sign and the ring will make it onto the memorabilia market toot sweet.

The real genius behind Kronk was Bill Miller. He even trained Emmanuel. He's dead, too.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

The original Kronk actuallly shut down a few years ago. Detroit city council wouldn't spend any money on the building and wanted to put the rent up so Manny buggered off elsewhere. It's not a nice thing to say but Tommy Hearns had to sell off everything he owned a year or two ago to pay back taxes and he sounds like he's looking for the council to set him up in a new gym.

Everything in that gym including the sign and the ring will make it onto the memorabilia market toot sweet.

Gotta love Tommy, but a financial brain isn't something he was blessed with. I read somewhere that the old Kronk Gym might be renovated and/or rebuilt, so we shall see.

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Good read:

Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward

Hearns sounds like he is really hurting.

Tommy made mega-millions during his long, illustrious career, but like a lot of ex-pugs he blew through most of it.

Originally Posted by greynotsoold

The real genius behind Kronk was Bill Miller. He even trained Emmanuel. He's dead, too.

He was the guy who sculpted James Toney, right? He did an amazing job.