Scott LeDoux - RIP
Posted: 12 Aug 2011, 03:31
Former world heavyweight title challenger Scott LeDoux has died at the age of 62 from Lou Gehrig's disease.
LeDoux, a renowned tough guy with a distinctive blonde mop of hair, was thumbed out of his challenge to Larry Holmes in 1980 but proved his toughness against men of the calibre of Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, George Foreman, Mike Weaver, Gerrie Coetzee, Duane Bobick and Greg Page, among many others. When he folded in three rounds against our own Frank Bruno at Wembley in 1983, a disgusted LeDoux immediately walked away from the sport.
LeDoux's greatest performance came when he held "Neon" Leon Spinks to a 10-round draw in Las Vegas in October 1977 - just a few months before Spinks deposed Muhammad Ali - but LeDoux is probably best remembered for dislodging Howard Cosell's wig in a post-fight scuffle after he was robbed of the verdict against Don King fighter Johnny Boudreaux in February 1977. LeDoux proceeded to chase King out of the arena.
LeDoux, a renowned tough guy with a distinctive blonde mop of hair, was thumbed out of his challenge to Larry Holmes in 1980 but proved his toughness against men of the calibre of Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, George Foreman, Mike Weaver, Gerrie Coetzee, Duane Bobick and Greg Page, among many others. When he folded in three rounds against our own Frank Bruno at Wembley in 1983, a disgusted LeDoux immediately walked away from the sport.
LeDoux's greatest performance came when he held "Neon" Leon Spinks to a 10-round draw in Las Vegas in October 1977 - just a few months before Spinks deposed Muhammad Ali - but LeDoux is probably best remembered for dislodging Howard Cosell's wig in a post-fight scuffle after he was robbed of the verdict against Don King fighter Johnny Boudreaux in February 1977. LeDoux proceeded to chase King out of the arena.
