Boxing Legend and Detroit Kronk boxing icon Emanuel Steward dead at 68

Kronk Gym boxing icon Emanuel Steward died today, his sister, Diane Steward-Jones, told the Free Press.

Steward, who had been in a Chicago-area hospital for several weeks after undergoing surgery for what was termed diverticulitis, died at 2:46 p.m. Detroit time, Steward-Jones said. He was 68.

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Boxing Legend and Detroit Kronk boxing icon Emanuel Steward dead at 68

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