*”The Fist” is in need of repair. Work began Wednesday on Detroit’s mammoth sculpture of the arm and hand of heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The 24-foot bronze “Monument to Joe Louis ...

AP Photo | Detroit News Graffiti on the Joe Louis fist statue is shown near downtown Hart Plaza in Detroit, Tuesday, May 31, 2011.

DETROIT, MI-- Crews on Wednesday began conservation work on the famous Joe Louis fist sculpture on Woodward Ave. and Jefferson in Downtown Detroit. The 'Monument to Joe Louis,' or 'The Fist' as it ...

On Oct. 16, 1986, a memorial to boxing great and World War II veteran Joe Louis was dedicated at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The sculpture, commissioned ...

Artists interested in creating the commissioned statue should apply to [email protected] by Monday.. Detroit ACE pledged $60,000 from the Public Art Fund, while the Joe Louis Greenway ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Vandals strike at Detroit's Joe Louis fist. Reporting from Woodward Ave. at Jefferson in downtown Detroit, WWJ's Florence Walton said that someone, over the Memorial Day Weekend ...

Detroit — The idea with the replica Joe Louis fist was to hit people in the face, metaphorically speaking: Hey, you're in Detroit. There's a scale model Spirit of Detroit statue inside the ...

DETROIT — “The Fist” is getting fixed up. Work began recently on Detroit’s massive sculpture of the arm and hand of heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The 24-foot bronze “Monument to Joe ...

A Detroit sculpture commemorating former heavyweight champion Joe Louis was vandalized with white paint early Monday, and two men were in custody, police said. The suspects were stopped by police i… ...

DETROIT – The City of Detroit is calling out to artists to make a new statue for Joe Louis, and there’s a perfect spot for it. The statue will be located along Joe Louis Greenway.

Detroit is known for its statues like the Joe Louis fist and the Spirit of Detroit, but a monument to RoboCop is not in Mayor Dave Bing's plans for the city.

On Oct. 16, 1986, a memorial to boxing great and World War II veteran Joe Louis was dedicated at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The sculpture, commissioned ...