The city renamed Lincoln Park Drive as Ezzard Charles Drive in 1976, a year after his death. In 2015, Cincinnati’s ArtWorks installed a mural depicting Charles near Republic and Liberty streets ...

Charles was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, in 1966. He died in 1973. A year later, his hometown named Ezzard Charles Drive in his honor.

At the foundation's opening fundraiser August 15, Charles saw the sculpture for the first time. "It's a wonderful thing," said Charles, who lives in Illinois.

Ezzard Charles Charles lived in the West End. He would pass the spot where Laurel Park now stands on his regular training runs between Union Terminal and Music Hall, and on toward Mt. Adams.

The statue sits in Ezzard Charles Park, surrounded by 100 newly-planted trees. All of it was made possible with the $275,000 raised by Cincinnati parks, donors, and residents in the West End ...

Ezzard Charles was a professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion from 1949 to 1951. A longtime Cincinnatian, Charles was also an entrepreneur, musician, multi-linguist and a good-will ...

WINTON PLACE, Ohio (WKRC) - Ezzard Charles' son and namesake saw the full-body sculpture of his father for the first time Thursday evening. "I think it's very accurate, and it's a wonderful ...

Ezzard Charles and James Brown will live forever in Cincinnati through a bright, colorful ArtWorks mural gracing the three blocks of Liberty Street between Main and Race.

They incessantly booed him, and it only got worse after he defeated Louis for the heavyweight title in 1950, writes Bill Dettloff in his new book, "Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life." ...

Police are on scene of a crash with reported injuries on south I-75 Tuesday morning. Crews have blocked the ramp from south I-75 to Western Avenue and the Ezzard Charles area.

CINCINNATI — Southbound I-75 at the Ezzard Charles Drive exit has reopened after a pedestrian was fatally struck on the highway in the area. Police said just before noon Wednesday that the ...