Wednesday, September 12, 2012

THE MARC LEDUC BOXING STORY



It was 1989 and Marc Leduc and Dominic Filane Figliomeni were there.

THREE YEARS LATER - 1992
*The year was 1992 and Marc was selected for the
Canadian Olympic Boxing team  with the
following boxers:
domenic figliomeni  
ray downey
marty o'donnell
chris johnson
michael strange 
 dale brown 
billy irwin   kirk johnson
marc leduc    tom glesby

1992:  Special Reception for Mark in Kingston
















mark leduc (1962 - 2009)
*It was the saddest day of the year
for many in the boxing world who
knew marc as a club mate or a team
mate, a friend and a leader:

the saddest song of the year - 2009
*One of the reports was by Danielle Wong who reported
the sad news for the "Sun" that Marc Leduc, a silver
medalist in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics died at
St. Michael's Hospital.

Marc's brother- in-law Mark Johnson was quoted 
with the following two comments among others:
"They thought that he would be the worst (of  '92 taam)
but he knew how to hit...and not get hit", and to 
measure the character of the man, Mark stated:
"He was a caring giving person who would
give the shirt off his back for you."

*FOREVER REMEMBERED:  MARC LEDUC*

Canada's own Billy  "the Kid" Irwin
sums it up with two words:
**********"Friend"  &  "Leader"**********

HALLS OF FAME:
Marc Leduc is one of 18 select inductees
for the ONTARIO AMATEUR BOXING
HALL OF FAME.

Marc is presently one of about 55 amateur
boxing folks that are presently nominees for
a new CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING 
WALL of FAME included in the list are some
of his former team mates from Canadian teams.


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