{"id":14449,"date":"2011-08-12T23:28:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T03:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14449"},"modified":"2011-08-13T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T16:59:32","slug":"former-heavyweight-contender-scott-ledoux-dead-at-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14449","title":{"rendered":"Former Heavyweight Contender Scott LeDoux DEAD at 62"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former heavyweight contender Scott Ledoux, 33-13-4, 22 KO’s has died at the age of 62 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. On July 7, 1980, LeDoux faced then Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes for his WBC belt. In a one sided match, LeDoux was stopped in the 7th round of a scheduled 15 rounder. During his career, he faced such big names as George Foreman, Ken Norton, Ron Lyle and Mike Weaver to name just a few.<\/p>\n

Team RSR sends its condolences to the LeDoux family in their time of grief. RIP Scott…<\/p>\n

Scott LeDoux<\/strong>
\nNickname: “The Fighting Frenchman”<\/strong>
\nDivision: Heavyweight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professional Record: 3-13-4, 22 KO’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date Opponent Location Result <\/strong><\/p>\n

1983-05-03 Frank Bruno Wembley, UK L TKO 3
\n1983-04-07 Ken Arlt Portland, US W UD 10
\n1983-02-28 Larry Ware Edmonton, CA W TKO 7<\/p>\n

1982-11-13 Steve Ward Gillette, US W KO 8
\n1982-10-27 Marlo Malino West Fargo, US W KO 5
\n1982-09-23 Gordon Racette Vancouver, CA L SD 10
\n1982-03-27 Gerrie Coetzee Johannesburg, ZA L KO 8
\n1982-02-25 Steve Sanchez Sioux Falls, US W KO 8<\/p>\n

1981-12-11 Greg Page Nassau, BS L TKO 4
\nUSBA Heavyweight Title
\n1981-07-30 Arnold Sam Gillette, US W PTS 10
\n1981-04-24 Reggie Fleming Billings, US W KO 2<\/p>\n

1980-07-07 Larry Holmes Bloomington, US L TKO 7
\nWBC Heavyweight Title
\n1980-03-09 Marty Monroe Saint Paul, US W UD 10<\/p>\n

1979-11-24 Mike Weaver Bloomington, US L UD 12
\nUSBA Heavyweight Title
\n1979-08-19 Ken Norton Bloomington, US D PTS 10
\n1979-05-12 Ron Lyle Las Vegas, US L SD 10
\n1979-02-20 James J. Beattie Bloomington, US W TKO 3<\/p>\n

1978-12-15 Joe Donatto Omaha, US W KO 3
\n1978-11-10 James Brown Las Vegas, US W KO 2
\n1978-10-03 Sylvester Wilder Winnipeg, CA W KO 2
\n1978-09-26 Bill Sharkey Miami Beach, US D PTS 10<\/p>\n

1977-10-22 Leon Spinks Las Vegas, US D PTS 10
\n1977-07-28 Duane Bobick Bloomington, US L TKO 8
\n1977-06-23 Tom Prater Bloomington, US W TKO 7
\n1977-03-02 Pedro Soto New York, US W SD 10
\n1977-02-13 Johnny Boudreaux Annapolis, US L UD 8<\/p>\n

1976-11-30 Rocky Bentley Minneapolis, US W KO 2
\n1976-08-14 George Foreman Utica, US L TKO 3
\n1976-06-26 John Dino Denis Providence, US L PTS 10
\n1976-04-22 Duane Bobick Bloomington, US L UD 10
\n1976-03-09 Larry Middleton Minneapolis, US W PTS 10
\n1976-02-07 Bill Carson Minneapolis, US W KO 9<\/p>\n

1975-12-10 Ron Stander Bloomington, US W UD 10
\n1975-09-23 Brian O’Melia Saint Paul, US W UD 10
\n1975-08-14 George Johnson Saint Paul, US D PTS 10
\n1975-07-08 Terry Daniels Orlando, US W TKO 6
\n1975-04-23 Rodney Bobick Bloomington, US W UD 10
\n1975-03-14 Roy Wallace Saint Paul, US L TKO 2
\n1975-01-29 Larry Renaud Rochester, US W TKO 6
\n1975-01-18 C J Bar Brown Boston, US W PTS 6<\/p>\n

1974-11-22 John L Johnson Minneapolis, US W KO 5
\n1974-11-08 Lou Rogan Crosby, US W PTS 10
\n1974-10-08 Ron Draper Minneapolis, US W KO 10
\n1974-08-13 Tom Berry Minneapolis, US W KO 4
\n1974-07-31 Joe Batton Bloomington, US W KO 6
\n1974-05-23 Larry Penniger Minneapolis, US W KO 5
\n1974-05-15 Reggie Fleming Saint Paul, US W KO 3
\n1974-04-23 Steve Patterson Minneapolis, US W PTS 6
\n1974-03-14 Floyd Cox Minneapolis, US W TKO 3
\n1974-02-04 Arthur Pullins Minneapolis, US W KO 3<\/p>\n

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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Former heavyweight contender Scott Ledoux, 33-13-4, 22 KO’s has died at the age of 62 from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. On July 7, 1980, LeDoux faced then Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes for his WBC belt. In a one sided match, LeDoux was stopped in the 7th round of a scheduled 15 rounder. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,2825,319,2278,4606],"class_list":["post-14449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-dead","tag-heavyweight","tag-rip","tag-scott-ledoux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14449"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}