By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart

His final fight was against a British heavyweight legend but his progress to that last fight was littered with the types of names that make legends of the people who fight them. With names like Foreman, Spinks, Norton, Holmes, Lyle, Coetzee and Weaver on the resume you would think there should be states of the Fighting Frenchman who is Scott LeDeux, 33-13-4, 22 KO’s. Maybe there is and I missed it and his is a name that boxing fans might miss, but opponents a little less so!

And he was certainly not missed by broadcaster Howard Cosell whose toupee LeDoux knocked off his head in a scuffle after a fight – live on air! LeDeux was upset at the decision loss against Johnny Boudreaux in 1977 and according to ring reporter and legend, Bert Sugar, “He was complaining that the decision was rigged. “Cosell was standing by the ring, giving a post-fight recap when Scott, unleashing all his fury, kicked between the ropes and dislodged Howard’s hairpiece — one of the funniest moments in boxing history.”