Dave Leduc
The Canadian who took Myanmar's golden belt
- Born
- December 13, 1991, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Nationality
Canada- Height
- 188 cm (6′2″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Unorthodox elbow striker
- Weight
- Openweight, Cruiserweight
- Active
- 2013–2023
- Status
- Active · age 34
The record
Professional Lethwei, per Wikipedia; Lethwei World (2026) also gives six wins and six draws. Under traditional rules a bout with no knockout is a draw. Pro Muay Thai 15-1, pro MMA 0-2 (Wikipedia). Retired in November 2023; announced a comeback with Lethwei Fighting Championship in March 2026, with no bout since as of September 2026. record
The story
ave Leduc started martial arts in Gatineau, Quebec, in 2009 under Sifu Patrick Marcil, who showed him an old tape of Lethwei. With the sport illegal in Quebec, he built a pro Muay Thai record in Phuket, then made his Lethwei debut in Yangon in 2016 with a draw against unbeaten 75 kg champion Too Too. After a draw with openweight champion Tun Tun Min, he won their December 2016 rematch when a knee injury ended the fight in the third round, becoming the first non-Burmese Golden Belt holder. He never lost in 12 Lethwei bouts, stopped UFC veteran Seth Baczynski for the first WLC cruiserweight title in 2019, and beat Cyrus Washington in Wyoming in the first Lethwei title fight in the United States. He retired in 2023 and signed a comeback deal in March 2026.
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- Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt (2016–2023, 9 defences)
- WLC cruiserweight champion (2019, inaugural)
- ILFJ openweight world champion (2017, inaugural)
- Air KBZ Aung Lan champion (2016–2018)
- Certificate of Honour, Myanmar Minister of Health and Sports (2017)
- Lethwei World Person of the Year (2019)
- Chelsea Wall of Fame, Quebec (2024)
Defining fights
- 2016DRAWvs Too Too (5 rounds, Lethwei debut)
- 2016WINvs Tun Tun Min (TKO 3, knee injury; won openweight Golden Belt)
- 2018DRAWvs Tun Tun Min (5 rounds, retained Golden Belt)
- 2019WINvs Seth Baczynski (stoppage 2, won inaugural WLC cruiserweight title)
- 2020WINvs Cyrus Washington (TKO 4, first Lethwei title fight in the US)
Control range with a push kick to the lead leg, and when a pressure fighter rushes in, meet him with a short elbow instead of backing straight up.
c. 1997–2019
c. 2014–2023