DETROIT — The Kronk Gym, where Detroit boxing royalty sweated on the road to glory, is expected to reopen this summer in a building where Hall of Famer Joe Louis once trained.
The Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center will be the gym’s new home, city leaders and the team behind the project told reporters Wednesday.
The room that housed the gym where Louis trained remains in the building’s basement. But the center had become so dilapidated that it faced a wrecking ball about a decade ago, Mayor Mike Duggan said…