Charles Ledoux
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Name: Charles Ledoux
Alias: Little Apache
Hometown: Pougues-les-Eaux, Nièvre, France
Birthplace: Pougues-les-Eaux, Nièvre, France
Died: 1967-05-21 (Age:74)
Height: 154cm
Reach: 160cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Charles Ledoux was a gritty, hard-hitting French bantamweight who mixed it up with many of the best fighters in his weight range during a long boxing career (1909-1925)--such greats as Joe Bowker, Johnny Buff, Joe Burman, Eddie Campi, Johnny Curtin, Kid Francis, Danny Kramer, Andre Routis, Sid Smith, Digger Stanley, and Hall of Famers Johnny Coulon, Eugene Criqui, Jim Driscoll, Joe Lynch, Kid Williams and the legendary Pete (Kid) Herman.
He was at one time recognised by London's National Sporting Club as the world bantamweight champion (Coulon had wider recognition). In 1913, at the age of 20, Ledoux lost a decision to Campi for the vacant bantamweight title of the old IBU and less than a month later he was beaten by Williams, who claimed the world title; Williams would go on to beat Campi and Coulon as well to cement his claim.
Ledoux would have to wait a long time for another shot at the bantamweight title. At the age of 32 and nearing the end of his years in the ring, Ledoux challenged world champion Abe Goldstein and lost a 15-round decision. Less than a year later he hung up his gloves for good. Ledoux died in 1967 at the age of 74.
In October 1914 Ledoux was mistakenly reported as having been killed in action during the great war then ongoing, along with fellow French boxers Charles Struber, Adrian Hagan and Max Stinger. [1]