On This Day: The Kronk Gym Picks Up Its First Gold As Hilmer Kenty Wins The WBA Lightweight Title
When it comes to a certain distinction, Hilmer Kenty is in a class of his own. For it was Kenty, who in defeating Ernesto Espana to win the WBA lightweight title on this day in 1980, who became the very first world champion trained by the one and only Emanuel Steward.
