Article Photos: Detroit's Kronk boxing gym eyes move to suburbs



This Aug. 8, 2012 photo shows a closed Kronk Recreation Center at 5555 McGraw in Detroit on Sunday 8.5.12. Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, owner of the current gym said he wants to move to Southfield, where he will have a bigger space that's more accessible to an increasing number of suburban youth fighters. The city closed the original Kronk Recreation Center, a hot, sweaty basement gym on the west side after vandals stole its copper piping in 2006. Although Kronk has been a haven for Detroit's youths for decades, Steward said it's time to move. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

This Aug. 8, 2012 photo shows a closed Kronk Recreation Center at 5555 McGraw in Detroit on Sunday 8.5.12. Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, owner of the current gym said he wants to move to Southfield, where he will have a bigger space that's more accessible to an increasing number of suburban youth fighters. The city closed the original Kronk Recreation Center, a hot, sweaty basement gym on the west side after vandals stole its copper piping in 2006. Although Kronk has been a haven for Detroit's youths for decades, Steward said it's time to move. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Elizabeth Conley) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT