LAFAYETTE, Ala. � Joe Louis� hometown plans to unveil a statue of the boxing great on Saturday.

The eight-foot bronze statue is on a base of Alabama red granite and will be erected outside the Chambers County Courthouse in LaFayette.
The boxer�s son, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., and other family members are expected to attend the unveiling in the town of about 3,000, some 80 miles east of Montgomery.
Residents raised about $60,000 over three years to honor Louis.
Fundraiser James Hardy says people mostly know of Louis�s days growing up in Detroit and aren�t aware that he lived in LaFayette until he was 10. He�s hoping the statue will remedy that.
In Detroit, a 24-foot bronze arm and fist was sculpted in his honor in the 1980s, and the NHL�s Red Wings play in Joe Louis Arena.