The Free Press is reporting that Kronk gym has been by locked up and memorabilia removed following the passing of Detroit boxing legend Emanuel Steward.

The gym had been operating at his expense on a month-by-month basis and his family, citing fears of scavengers stealing the items as had happened after his restaurant on Jefferson closed years back, ordered the move.

The future of this historic gym is clouded. I feel sorry for the boxers who were training there and are now left in the lurch. Hopefully some benefactor will step up and continue the tradition.