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Yvon Durelle

5131 KOs

176 KOs

2Draws

Last six: W-W-W-L-W-W

Career

division

Light Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

70

rounds

523

KO %

60.8%

KO wins

31

KO losses

6

career

1949–1963

debut

1949-07-20

last fight

1963-03-24

Profile

alias

The Fighting Fisherman

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 11″ / 180cm

nationality

Canada

origin

Baie-Saint-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada

city / state / zip

Baie-Saint-Anne, New Brunswick

dob

1929-10-14

age

96

death

2007-01-06

Latest news

Famous Ring Wars: Archie Moore Vs. Yvon Durelle

2024-02-23 · Boxing News 24

2021-03-01 · The Canadian Encyclopedia

2 peak fighters + 1 big crowd = ?

2010-08-12 · CBC.ca (blog)

This is the biggest boxing match in the country aside from Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle, Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard, and any of Muhammad Ali's trips to…

Maritimers remember Yvon Durelle

2007-01-14 · The Daily News,Canada

For those among boxing's chattering classes of the 1950s who have been spared to remember, the recent passing of Yvon Durelle revived memories of middleweight nobility in the Maritimes.…

Boxing legend's mystery melee

2007-01-11 · The Ottawa Sun

There's a great, mysterious, unsolved, and little-known Ottawa angle to the life of fighter Yvon Durelle who died the other day from the effects of Parkinson's disease and a recent stroke.…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

15 4 0

W-TKO

Trois-RiviÃƒÂ¨res, Quebec, Canada

1 of 10

9 4 1

W-KO

Paul Sauve Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

7 of 10 · 199 / 186 lbs · 2:53

21 5 0

L-PTS

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 194 / 181 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10

6 4 4

W-DQ

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

9 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Brewer, Maine, United States

3 of 10

Elwood Thornton

18 6 0

W-TKO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

9 of 10 · 190 / 178 lbs

5 6 0

W-PTS

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

10 of 10 · 186 / 205 lbs

6 13 1

W-KO

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10 · 190 / 185 lbs · 2:45

0 0 0

W-TKO

General Carter State Armory , Caribou, Maine, United States

3 of 10 · 175 / 177 lbs · 2:16

0 5 0

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

2 · 184 / 190 lbs · 2:45

11 9 0

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

2 · 184 / 171 lbs

8 1 0

W-RTD

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight title

8 of 15 · 173 / 169 lbs

29 4 1

L-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

7 of 10 · 176 / 174 lbs · 0:31

Referee: Ruby Goldstein

Clarence Hinnant

27 7 1

W-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

7 of 10 · 175 / 172 lbs · 1:46

Referee: Ruby Goldstein

22 6 1

W-UD

Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 175 / 172 lbs

1 4 0

W-KO

Edmunston, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10

5 2 0

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

2 of 10 · 180 / 173 lbs · 0:40

12 7 4

W-TKO

Stadium, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

8 of 10 · 177 / 174 lbs · 2:15

13 13 10

W-TKO

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

8 of 10 · 175 / 173 lbs · 0:53

29 4 0

D-PTS

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10 · 177 / 175 lbs

11 8 2

W-TKO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

5 of 10 · 179 / 176 lbs · 2:05

Angelo DeFendis

18 2 0

W-MD

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 175 / 173 lbs

5 3 0

W-TKO

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

7 of 10 · 175 / 167 lbs · 1:14

Referee: Johnny LoBianco

Clarence Hinnant

25 7 0

L-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

7 of 10 · 182 / 177 lbs

14 5 0

W-KO

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

1 of 10 · 177 / 175 lbs · 2:50

27 37 4

W-SD

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 179 / 187 lbs

12 6 2

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

1 of 10 · 179 / 185 lbs · 2:10

14 2 1

W-TKO

Lord Beaverbrook Rink, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10 · 180 / 174 lbs

23 6 3

W-UD

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 180 / 175 lbs

14 1 1

W-TKO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10 · 177 / 170 lbs · 2:59

25 5 2

L-PTS

Clapton Greyhound Track, Clapton, London, United Kingdom

10 of 10x3

Jerome Richardson

8 11 0

W-PTS

Hamilton, Bermuda

10 of 10 · 165 / 174 lbs

22 3 0

L-DQ

Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

7 of 10x3 · 173 / 169 lbs

Referee: Eugene Henderson

26 2 3

L-TKO

Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom

7 of 10x3 · 170 lbs

23 12 4

L-TKO

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

8 of 10 · 169 / 177 lbs

31 12 2

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Light Heavyweight Title

1 of 12 · 170 / 170 lbs · 1:10

Floyd Patterson

21 0 0

L-RTD

Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

5 of 10 · 170 / 170 lbs

5 11 1

W-TKO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

8 of 10 · 175 / 165 lbs · 2:31

16 0 0

L-DQ

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

3 of 10x3 · 172 / 172 lbs

16 26 2

L-PTS

Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany

12 of 12

37 4 4

L-UD

Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany

10 of 10 · 167 / 174 lbs

26 21 5

W-PTS

Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 166 / 170 lbs

23 3 0

L-KO

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

5 of 10 · 167 / 175 lbs · 1:06

11 3 3

W-UD

Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Light Heavyweight Title

12 of 12 · 166 / 170 lbs

Jerome Richardson

7 8 0

W-SD

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10

26 5 1

W-UD

Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 170 / 170 lbs

4 2 1

W-SD

Stadium, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 168 / 162 lbs

31 11 2

W-KO

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

10 of 10 · 170 / 168 lbs · 1:28

23 4 1

L-PTS

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 170 / 169 lbs