Former heavyweight contender makes it official

He took shots from some legit heavy hitters, like Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes and Mike Weaver. Now is ready to enter another arena and take his chances.

Scott Ledoux has been installed by the governor of Minnesota as the head of the state boxing commission. “The Fighting Frenchman,” who said he wants to bring a nationally televised event to the state by the time the leaves start to fall, will be in charge in a state that disbanded its regulatory agency five years ago.

He was part of the commission for eighteen years until it folded, and worked the pro wrestling circuit for a spell after the boxing petered out…

Fights were held in Minnesota until last summer under the regulation of other overseeing bodies, but that practice fell out of favor because of liability concerns.

LeDoux, who fought eight men who were heavyweight champions at one time another, went 33-13-4 during a boxing career that ran from 1974-1983.

By the way, the Fighting Frenchman nickname was absurdly unfit for the big lug. Word was he knew about 50 French words total…

However his foray into regulation goes, Ledoux will always be fondly remembered for knocking Howard Cosell’s toupee off his head. That celebrated moment in time occurred in February 1977, after Ledoux had just finished kicking Johnny Boudreaux’s butt on ABC.

The judges, however, because of blindness or something more odious, didn’t agree. Boudreaux got the nod and Ledoux went ballistic as the “victor” talked trash. He went after Boudreaux and Cosell got caught in the mix. The Minnesotan tossed a kick at Boudreaux that hit Cosell instead, and knocked his rug awry. Cosell reset the wig and went about his business.

Scott Ledoux, for all his limitations, did something Muhammad Ali was never able to pull off.

Good luck, Ledoux, from the TSS Blog Squad…