One of the most iconic boxing gyms in the sport's history will reopen in a new location late this summer.

Detroit mayor Mike Duggan and various dignitaries gathered Wednesday to announce that Kronk Gym will open again inside the Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center in downtown Detroit, near Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions. Joe Louis and Ray Robinson were among the legendary fighters who trained at the Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center in the 1930s and '40s.

Despite numerous attempts to keep it open, the original Kronk Gym, which opened in 1921, closed in 2006. It reopened in May 2015, but a fire in October 2017 shuttered the original location for good. It was torn down a year later.

Late Hall of Famer trainer Emanuel Steward ran Kronk for many years in its heyday. Steward often led funding campaigns to help keep it open.

Pros are expected to train at the new Kronk Gym, which will offer state-of-the art equipment. The 3,500-square foot facility also will accommodate amateurs and members of community outreach programs Steward always tried to assist.

"Can you imagine a more perfect use for this building than the Kronk Gym?," Duggan asked during a press conference. "And to have Emanuel Steward's family, Maria and Sylvia Steward, being a part of it, they have been working to keep the legacy alive. We are so lucky to have Paul Bhatti and the [Kronk] team step up and say, 'We are not going to let the legend die.' Kronk Gym has given Detroit such pride. This is the city we are building, the city where we honor our history, and we keep it alive."

Steward trained at Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center after he moved to Detroit from West Virginia as a youth. He won a national Golden Gloves title in 1963 and had a stellar amateur career, but Steward made his name in boxing as a trainer.

Steward worked with numerous champions at various stages of their careers. They included Oscar De La Hoya, Naseem Hamed, Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield, Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Mike McCallum, Milton McCrory, Michael Moorer, Aaron Pryor, Adonis Stevenson, Jermain Taylor and James Toney.

Steward was an analyst for HBO’s boxing broadcasts later in his career. He was 68 when he died in October 2012 due to complications from colon cancer.

"Seeing Kronk return full circle to the Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center, where his journey began, is deeply meaningful," Sylvia Steward-Williams, Steward's daughter, said.

"It's not just a building — it's history, heart and home. I'm very impressed by the new team's vision and direction. My father left Kronk in a place where it could one day become exactly what he had always envisioned, and that time is now. He would be incredibly proud of our efforts."

Bhatti, Kronk's CEO, estimated Wednesday that the new Kronk Gym will open either late in August or early in September.