In 1984 four Kronk team members of various weight classes were ranked world's top ten by AIBA: Steve McCrory #1 at 112 lbs, Mark Breland #1 at 147 lbs, Frank Tate #5 at 156 lbs, and Ricky Womack #3 at 178 lbs. McCrory's brother, Steve McCrory, was also a world champion who as an amateur won the flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Duane Thomas, another Kronk fighter, beat John Mugabi for the WBC light middleweight title in 1986. In 1983, Kronk fighter Milton McCrory won the WBC welterweight title vacated by Sugar Ray Leonard Jimmy Paul beat Harry Arroyo for the International Boxing Federation's world lightweight title in 1985. In 1980, Kenty became Kronk's first world champion, Hearns following him months after. Kronk began to earn fame during the late 1970s, when prospects like Hilmer Kenty, Thomas Hearns and Mickey Goodwin trained there. The training facility opened shortly after World War I (~1920) and closed in 2006. ![]() It was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit, and became a household word in the sport of boxing and its gold shorts a magnet to young talent following the enormous success and high profile of multiple World Champion and Boxing Hall of Famer Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns in the 1980s. Kronk Gym is a boxing gym located in Detroit, once led by trainer Emanuel Steward.
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