About 50 members of the boxing community joined in afternoon prayer Sunday at the Orchard Grove Community Church to pray for recovery of Emanuel Steward from an undisclosed stomach ailment for Kronk's Godfather and boxing trainer.
Terry Foster of the Detroit News reports Steward is in a Chicago-area hospital following surgery last week. Many in boxing know the disease that has disabled Steward, but in holding to the spirit of the boxing community they have refused to reveal what ails him.
However, there are a number of people who know the ailment and want full disclosure. They want the public to know the severity of Steward's ailment in hopes the entire community rallies around him.
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