Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward
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Great stuff man. Here's hoping.
Re: Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward
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.
Re: Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward
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Mars_ax
Hearns sounds like he is really hurting.
Re: Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward
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.
Re: Hearns wants original Kronk Gym re-opened for Steward
The real genius behind Kronk was Bill Miller. He even trained Emmanuel. He's dead, too.
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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.
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Greenbeanz
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Mars_ax
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.
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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.