To carry on Emanuel’s mission is a dream come true.”Įmanuel Steward, who passed away in 2012 at age 68, was the world’s most successful boxing trainer, having trained 41 world champion fighters, including Tommy Hearns, Hilmer Kenty, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Milton McCrory, Andy Lee, and Oscar De La Hoya. To say I’m honored to be a partner in the international Kronk brand and with this legendary family, is an understatement. “Seeing an opponent in Kronk trunks across the ring, I knew it was going to be a good fight. ![]() “Even as a young boxer, I revered the Kronk name and the boxers it produced. “My relationship with the Stewards, getting to know Emanuel, his wife, Marie, and daughter, Sylvia, goes back many years,” says Styers. He has made it his mission to teach others. He credits the lessons he learned as both an amateur and a professional boxer as primary reasons for his success in life. It quickly grew into a program that includes mentoring, tutoring, community involvement, and leadership, in addition to athletics. Styers, founder and CEO of Arrow Strategies, an employment agency in Southfield, founded Norwayne Boxing Gym in 2015 so that kids in metro Detroit could learn life lessons that come from boxing training and competition. ![]() Steward-Williams has been leading the Kronk brand for more than 25 years and holds all the rights to the brand. When the opportunity came to partner with Jeff Styers, who has a track record of putting kids and their futures first, I knew we had to find a way to join forces.” “My father cared deeply about the young people at the (former Kronk Gym on Detroit’s west side),” says Steward-Williams.
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