DETROIT - The famous Joe Louis Fist is no longer the only bronze statue in Detroit depicting the local boxing great.

A second Joe Louis statue has been erected in the city, located at a new section of the 27-mile Joe Louis Greenway at Grand River near Oakman Boulevard.

The new segments of the Greenway are located between Joy Road and Intervale Street, adding two new miles of greenway north of the section between Warren Avenue and Joy Road, which opened in 2023.

This new statue, created by artist Austen Brantley, honors Joe Louis’ barrier-breaking work in the world of golf.

“The spirit that never quits, that’s what this statue means to me, “said Joyce Barrow-Henderson, daughter of Joe Louis. “Not only for golfers, but for families, for children, for dreamers... for every person who

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