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Dave Leduc
Dave Leduc (born 13 December 1991) is a Canadian-Burmese Lethwei fighter. He is a former six-time Lethwei world champion who held the Openweight Lethwei World Championship and was undefeated under traditional rules KO to win. In 2014, Leduc first gained widespread notoriety by winning his fight in the controversial Prison Fight against an inmate inside Klongpai maximum security prison in Thailand. In 2016, he travelled to Myanmar to fight Burmese bareknuckle boxing, considered the world's most brutal sport, and defeated the reigning champion Tun Tun Min to become the first non-Burmese to win the Lethwei Golden Belt title. Leduc married Moldovan model Irina Terehova in a nationally televised traditional Burmese wedding ceremony in Yangon watched by 30 million viewers in Myanmar and became a superstar celebrity in the country. He is the biggest star in the sport of Lethwei and has been described as cultural phenomenon in Myanmar. Leduc headlined the two biggest combat events in Myanmar and Cambodia's history, with the Lethwei trilogy fight vs. Tun Tun Min in Myanmar and the Kun Khmer match vs. Prom Samnang in Cambodia, which Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet described as having contributed to strengthening the ties of friendship between Cambodia and Myanmar.
Born in Gatineau, Leduc starting playing baseball at a young age. In 2005, Leduc represented Outaouais in Baseball at the Summer Quebec Games in Amos and won the bronze medal. He also played in the United States as a pitcher. In 2011, at nineteen years old, Leduc was managing a nightclub in Ottawa and owned a limousine company. He also worked as a mortgage development manager at the Laurentian Bank of Canada.
In 2009, at the age of seventeen, a disagreement with his father forced Leduc to leave his home and live on the streets. Leduc decided to direct his anger into martial arts and joined the martial arts academy of Sifu Patrick Marcil in Gatineau, Quebec. He began learning Sanda, Jeet Kune Do principles, training his headbutts, and hitting the bag bareknuckle while competing in amateur fight nights. Leduc started training and organizing local no-gi grappling tournaments.
Sifu Patrick Marcil showed Leduc an old videotape of a Lethwei event in Myanmar and from this moment Leduc wanted to become a Lethwei fighter. In 2013, Lethwei being illegal in the province of Quebec and having difficulty getting a fight in Myanmar, Leduc went on his first trip to neighboring Thailand to begin his professional career. Myanmar's lack of training facilities led Leduc to move to Phuket in order to train at Tiger Muay Thai. Leduc fought MMA in Canada and went undefeated in his three amateur fights, winning two of them by submission via guillotine choke. His last win was against Tristar Gym fighter and Georges St-Pierre's protege, Yukinori Akazawa, which he won by unanimous decision.
In 2014, Leduc made his pro debut against future UFC welterweight fighter Jonathan Meunier. Having never cut weight as an amateur, Leduc fought at his walking weight 171 lbs. He lost by referee stoppage in the first round and would return to the cage in November 2015 to face future ONE Championship title contender Koyomi Matsushima, this time attempting to drop down to 155 lbs. Matsushima won by referee stoppage in the first round after Leduc was caught by a hammer fist trying to secure a triangle choke.
On July 12, 2014, Leduc took part in the controversial Prison Fight in Thailand, where inmates with serious convictions can reduce their sentences and even earn their freedom by winning a series of fights against foreign fighters. Prison Fight is sanctioned by the Thai Department of Corrections and described as a way for inmates to battle their way to an early release. The event took place in the maximum security Klongpai Central Prison, in Nakhon Ratchasima, two hours north of Bangkok. Leduc faced Thahan Chor.Chatchai, an experienced Muay Thai fighter who competed multiple times at Lumpini Stadium, but was arrested and incarcerated for trafficking methamphetamine. Leduc won by unanimous decision and left the top of his opponent's head lacerated because of repetitive elbow strikes.
When it came to fighting convicts, Leduc said to the Bangkok Post that he wouldn't feel bad if he won and his rival's sentence wasn't reduced. Leduc explained to Argentinian news Infobae the mentality of the inmates at the Prison Fight events, saying:
"They do not fight for money, they fight for their freedom. I only fight for honor and glory." "They deserve to get my 100%, if he wins, then he earns it."
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Dave Leduc
Dave Leduc (born 13 December 1991) is a Canadian-Burmese Lethwei fighter. He is a former six-time Lethwei world champion who held the Openweight Lethwei World Championship and was undefeated under traditional rules KO to win. In 2014, Leduc first gained widespread notoriety by winning his fight in the controversial Prison Fight against an inmate inside Klongpai maximum security prison in Thailand. In 2016, he travelled to Myanmar to fight Burmese bareknuckle boxing, considered the world's most brutal sport, and defeated the reigning champion Tun Tun Min to become the first non-Burmese to win the Lethwei Golden Belt title. Leduc married Moldovan model Irina Terehova in a nationally televised traditional Burmese wedding ceremony in Yangon watched by 30 million viewers in Myanmar and became a superstar celebrity in the country. He is the biggest star in the sport of Lethwei and has been described as cultural phenomenon in Myanmar. Leduc headlined the two biggest combat events in Myanmar and Cambodia's history, with the Lethwei trilogy fight vs. Tun Tun Min in Myanmar and the Kun Khmer match vs. Prom Samnang in Cambodia, which Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet described as having contributed to strengthening the ties of friendship between Cambodia and Myanmar.
Born in Gatineau, Leduc starting playing baseball at a young age. In 2005, Leduc represented Outaouais in Baseball at the Summer Quebec Games in Amos and won the bronze medal. He also played in the United States as a pitcher. In 2011, at nineteen years old, Leduc was managing a nightclub in Ottawa and owned a limousine company. He also worked as a mortgage development manager at the Laurentian Bank of Canada.
In 2009, at the age of seventeen, a disagreement with his father forced Leduc to leave his home and live on the streets. Leduc decided to direct his anger into martial arts and joined the martial arts academy of Sifu Patrick Marcil in Gatineau, Quebec. He began learning Sanda, Jeet Kune Do principles, training his headbutts, and hitting the bag bareknuckle while competing in amateur fight nights. Leduc started training and organizing local no-gi grappling tournaments.
Sifu Patrick Marcil showed Leduc an old videotape of a Lethwei event in Myanmar and from this moment Leduc wanted to become a Lethwei fighter. In 2013, Lethwei being illegal in the province of Quebec and having difficulty getting a fight in Myanmar, Leduc went on his first trip to neighboring Thailand to begin his professional career. Myanmar's lack of training facilities led Leduc to move to Phuket in order to train at Tiger Muay Thai. Leduc fought MMA in Canada and went undefeated in his three amateur fights, winning two of them by submission via guillotine choke. His last win was against Tristar Gym fighter and Georges St-Pierre's protege, Yukinori Akazawa, which he won by unanimous decision.
In 2014, Leduc made his pro debut against future UFC welterweight fighter Jonathan Meunier. Having never cut weight as an amateur, Leduc fought at his walking weight 171 lbs. He lost by referee stoppage in the first round and would return to the cage in November 2015 to face future ONE Championship title contender Koyomi Matsushima, this time attempting to drop down to 155 lbs. Matsushima won by referee stoppage in the first round after Leduc was caught by a hammer fist trying to secure a triangle choke.
On July 12, 2014, Leduc took part in the controversial Prison Fight in Thailand, where inmates with serious convictions can reduce their sentences and even earn their freedom by winning a series of fights against foreign fighters. Prison Fight is sanctioned by the Thai Department of Corrections and described as a way for inmates to battle their way to an early release. The event took place in the maximum security Klongpai Central Prison, in Nakhon Ratchasima, two hours north of Bangkok. Leduc faced Thahan Chor.Chatchai, an experienced Muay Thai fighter who competed multiple times at Lumpini Stadium, but was arrested and incarcerated for trafficking methamphetamine. Leduc won by unanimous decision and left the top of his opponent's head lacerated because of repetitive elbow strikes.
When it came to fighting convicts, Leduc said to the Bangkok Post that he wouldn't feel bad if he won and his rival's sentence wasn't reduced. Leduc explained to Argentinian news Infobae the mentality of the inmates at the Prison Fight events, saying:
"They do not fight for money, they fight for their freedom. I only fight for honor and glory." "They deserve to get my 100%, if he wins, then he earns it."