/tags/ezzard-charles Ezzard Charles en-US Copyright Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:04:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-30/ezzard-charles-statue-ezz-fest-debut A statue of the Cincinnati Cobra is finally ready to be unveiled Saturday during Ezz Fest. "I think a lot of things happen in the West End and to the West End. I think this is one of the things that happens with the West End and for the West End," says Alexis Kidd Zaffer, executive director of Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:04:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-30/ezzard-charles-statue-ezz-fest-debut Tana Weingartner /local-news/2022-09-06/laurel-park-in-the-west-end-has-a-new-name-honoring-a-cincinnati-icon The Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners voted recently to rename Laurel Park in the West End to Ezzard Charles Park. The change comes at the request of the West End Community Council and the community at large. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:31:01 GMT /local-news/2022-09-06/laurel-park-in-the-west-end-has-a-new-name-honoring-a-cincinnati-icon Tana Weingartner /local-news/2022-08-03/construction-to-finally-begin-on-ezzard-charles-statue-in-the-west-end After pandemic and other delays, construction is finally beginning on a planned statue of Ezzard Charles in the West End. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:03:00 GMT /local-news/2022-08-03/construction-to-finally-begin-on-ezzard-charles-statue-in-the-west-end Tana Weingartner /local-news/2021-08-30/groundbreaking-set-for-ezzard-charles-statue-in-west-end After years of planning, the Cincinnati Parks Foundation is nearly ready to begin installing a bronze statue honoring famed boxer Ezzard Charles, the Cincinnati Cobra. Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:05:00 GMT /local-news/2021-08-30/groundbreaking-set-for-ezzard-charles-statue-in-west-end Tana Weingartner /local-news/2020-07-08/west-ends-ezzard-charles-statue-fighting-pandemic-related-delays Work continues on creating an 8-foot tall bronze statue honoring the "Cincinnati Cobra," Ezzard Charles. Like everything else this year, it seems,… Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:16:00 GMT /local-news/2020-07-08/west-ends-ezzard-charles-statue-fighting-pandemic-related-delays Tana Weingartner /local-news/2018-11-02/new-statue-will-celebrate-cincinnati-boxing-legend-ezzard-charles After several years of planning, a statue honoring Cincinnati boxing legend Ezzard Charles is finally about to become reality.Andrew VanSickle got… Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:06:00 GMT /local-news/2018-11-02/new-statue-will-celebrate-cincinnati-boxing-legend-ezzard-charles Tana Weingartner /local-news/2018-10-05/ezz-fest-celebrates-ezzard-charles-and-west-end-community The West End is celebrating its heritage Saturday with a festival named for one of the community's most well known residents, Ezzard Charles.Tia Brown is… Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:47:49 GMT /local-news/2018-10-05/ezz-fest-celebrates-ezzard-charles-and-west-end-community Tana Weingartner