Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
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.