Former boxer LeDoux diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease
Posted January 26, 2009 10:00 pm
Former heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux has Lou Gehrig's disease.
The 60-year-old LeDoux confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press that he has the condition, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
It's a normally fatal disease that cripples the body and takes away the ability to speak, but LeDoux says he won't let the diagnosis stop him from living a full life. LeDoux was diagnosed in August.
He 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.
LeDoux is a lifelong Minnesotan who fought George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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