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Published August 12, 2011, 12:00 AM

Scott LeDoux (1979)


Heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux poses with a championship belt in November 1979. LeDoux died Thursday at his Coon Rapids home after a nearly three-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 62. LeDoux was nicknamed the "Fighting Frenchman" and faced some of boxing greats during his 10-years professional career, stepping into the ring with Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Leon Spinks. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Darlene Pfister)
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