Boxing trainer Emanuel Steward was born in Bottom Creek, and spent his early childhood there.
Rahm Emanuel | Emanuel Lasker | Emanuel Swedenborg | Emanuel Leutze | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria | Emanuel Ungaro | Emanuel Ax | Emanuel Schegloff | Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien | Steward (office) | steward | Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg | Lord Steward | Emanuel Litvinoff | Emanuel Hahn | Emanuel Feuermann | Emanuel Cleaver | Emanuel Bowen | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Walter Emanuel Jones | High Steward of Scotland | Emanuel Wynn | Emanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery | Emanuel Steward | Emanuel Schikaneder | Emanuel Mendel | Emanuel ('''Manny''') Rosenfeld | Emanuel L. Philipp | Emanuel Kiriakou | Emanuel Geibel |
In 1980, Kenty captured the WBA Lightweight Title with a TKO over Ernesto España, becoming Emanuel Steward's first world champion, and the first world champion from Detroit since Joe Louis decades earlier.