Posted on 08/11/2011 8:08:07 PM PDT by EveningStar
Former world heavyweight boxing contender and Minnesota Duluth football lineman Scott LeDoux died this afternoon at his home in Coon Rapids, Minn., at age 62 after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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RIP.
RIP - ALS is a horrible way to die.
Thanks for those links. LeDoux was in the ring with lots of serious boxing history from Ken Norton to Ron Lyle and gave a manly accounting of himself.
He lived big.
IIRC , he fought 13 champions?
From everyone I’ve talked to, he was a good guy.
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