The Fist is a symbol of Detroit's reawakened self-confidence. A pyramid-shaped statue, the steel arm and iron fist of boxing champion Joe Lewis hangs from a five-meter-high frame. The two-ton monument near Hart Plaza not only commemorates one of the city's most famous sons. The sports monument is a symbol that the Motor City can fight. The Fist stands as a memorial to boxer Joe Louis on Detroit's Hart Plaza. Detroit, United States Stock Photo