Posted on 11/03/2004 1:10:26 PM PST by Rakkasan1
ANOKA, Minn. - Former boxer Scott LeDoux knocked out his opponent in a tight race for a seat on the Anoka County board.
LeDoux, a heavyweight contender in the late 1970s and early '80s, defeatedincumbent Dave McCauley, receiving 51.2 percent of the vote to McCauley's 48.5 percent.
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Man, I remember Larry Holmes beating the crap out of this guy one day on a Saturday afternoon. If i remember right though either he or his wife has a great personal story about beating cancer.
A funny aside. In one fight his opponent repeatedly fouled him. When the opponent finally got called by the ref, Scott and him walked toward each other and the dirty fighting opponent raised his glove in a display of conciliation. While he had his glove raised LeDoux knocked him out cold with a sucker punch. It was great. He got the knockout!
LeDoux was a wrestler/referee in the AWA for a while, so Minnesota seems to have a thing for wrestler politicos.
That may be true, but Larry Holmes beat him like a rented mule. It hurt to watch.
good memory-he was a ref.
beat him like a rented democratic senator from Mass.
I would like to see him fight George Foreman. I think George would walk him down but till then watching who would win the jabbing contest would be interesting.
and Frazier
Re Larry Holmes: He was a very good fighter. He was a top boxer, and hit hard enough. However, he lacked the stage charisma of some others like Ali, and the overwhelming power of a Foreman, so he didn't get the respect he deserved as a champ.
I would have actually liked to watch him fight Ali. The man he fought was not Mohammed Ali.
I think George Foreman would have Joe Fraziered Holmes if both were in their prime.
Transporting talent through time is fantasy, if fun. Would Reagan have beaten FDR if they were both in their demagogic prime?
Tyson was a different fighter early in his career. Though crazy early in his career he was disciplined, able to listen (to Cus till he died and to his trainer ) and able to execute what he was told. He may very well have beat Holyfield at that stage of his career. And that is not to take anything away from Holyfield, who probably was the least talented but most disciplined, conditioned, and steel chinned heavyweight champion of his era. He flat out executed two perfect fights against Tyson and it obviously infuriated Tyson.
I think Holmes was much better than Holyfield but at a different time and place.
Much better than Holyfield and as I remember Holmes looked great until Tyson hit him! He was snapping Tyson with that jab and moving well and then . . . .
Would Reagan have beaten FDR if they were both in their demagogic prime?
The American people were ready for Lenin at that point. Thank God Roosevelt was as "moderate" as he was. LOL
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