Kronked Out

Detroit's Kronk Gym, on queer street for a few years now, is officially out for the count due to unpaid heating bills, faulty plumbing, and some thieves who jacked its copper piping in September. Sly Stallone is holding a benefit in Detroit tonight to raise money for a new Kronk, which Manny Steward is hoping to open right away to keep the Kronk tradition alive.

The gym is/was one of the true boxing landmarks left in the States. The list of great fighters who trained there is much too long to mention - basically, if they were great, and they fought in the last 30 years, they probably put some time in at that sweaty little basement known as the Kronk. We here at No Mas deeply regret its passing.

Detroit's legendary Kronk Gym: Down for the count (Detroit Free Press)