Detroit sculpture of boxer Joe Louis’ fist getting fixed up (The Associated Press)
Work began Wednesday on Detroit’s massive sculpture of the arm and hand of heavyweight champion Joe Louis. The 24-foot bronze ”Monument to Joe Louis,” known to many as ”The Fist,” is displayed downtown, not far from the arena also named for the famed boxer who moved to Detroit as a boy and is a hero in the city. The monument sculpted by Robert Graham was a gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts in the 1980s by Sports Illustrated magazine.