Former boxer LeDoux has a new fight: Lou Gehrig’s (AP)

By on January 29th, 2009

In this Aug. 14, 1976 file photo, George Foreman's left connects with Scott LeDoux's face, left, in the second round of their bout in Utica, N.Y. The Associated Press reports on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, that LeDoux, 60, has Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Diagnosed in August, LeDoux has continued his work as a commissioner in Anoka County _ a suburban county north of Minneapolis _ and as executive director of the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission. He says he'll continue to work until he can't. (AP File Photo)

Scott LeDoux once went blow for blow and toe to toe with several heavyweight greats during a resilient, if unspectacular, career in the ring in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Last summer, this 6-foot-2, now-250-pound former boxer realized he could no longer button his shirt. “I thought it was arthritis in my shoulder,” LeDoux said.


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