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Yvon Durelle

8749 KOs

239 KOs

2Draws

No contest: 1

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

Career

division

Light Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

113

rounds

800

KO %

56.3%

KO wins

49

KO losses

9

career

1948–1963

debut

1948-07-28

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

22 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

16 3 1

L-KO

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada heavyweight title

12 of 12 · 186 / 210 lbs · 1:01

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 16 1

W-KO

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

4 of 10 · 190 / 185 lbs · 2:45

175 21 10

L-KO

Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

NYSAC World light heavyweight title

3 of 15 · 173 / 174 lbs · 2:52

Judges: Leon Germain 10-8 | Johnny Gow 10-8 | Rene Ouimet 9-9

Referee: Jack Sharkey

0 0 0

W-TKO

General Carter State Armory , Caribou, Maine, United States

3 of 10 · 175 / 177 lbs · 2:16

173 21 10

L-KO

Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

World Light Heavyweight Title

11 of 15 · 172 / 174 lbs · 0:49

Judges: Rene Ouimet 46-45 | Harry Shulman 44-42 | Leon Germain 44-42

Referee: Jack Sharkey

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

31 6 0

W-RTD

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight title

8 of 15 · 173 / 169 lbs

Germinal Ballarin

45 8 6

W-UD

Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

10 of 10 · 179 / 172 lbs

Referee: Leo Fisher

31 5 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

28 10 1

W-TKO

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

7 of 10 · 175 / 172 lbs · 1:46

Referee: Ruby Goldstein

23 6 1

W-UD

Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 175 / 172 lbs

1 6 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

Willi Besmanoff

37 8 7

W-UD

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10 · 177 / 189 lbs

Judges: Jack Aspery 45-56 | Ed Wagonlander 37-38

Referee: Tom Briscoe (44-47)

15 8 4

W-TKO

Stadium, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

8 of 10 · 177 / 174 lbs · 2:15

15 17 10

W-TKO

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

8 of 10 · 175 / 173 lbs · 0:53

31 4 0

D-PTS

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10 · 177 / 175 lbs

32 13 1

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Canada light heavyweight title

2 of 12 · 174 / 166 lbs · 2:17

Referee: Eddie Lansdale

13 10 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

7 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

26 9 0

L-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

7 of 10 · 182 / 177 lbs

17 6 0

W-KO

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

1 of 10 · 177 / 175 lbs · 2:50

29 40 4

W-SD

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 179 / 187 lbs

15 7 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

48 14 6

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

27 7 2

L-PTS

Clapton Greyhound Track, Clapton, London, United Kingdom

10 of 10x3

Jerome Richardson

13 11 1

W-PTS

Hamilton, Bermuda

10 of 10 · 165 / 174 lbs

83 12 1

L-DQ

Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

7 of 10x3 · 173 / 169 lbs

Referee: Eugene Henderson

29 2 3

L-TKO

Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom

7 of 10x3 · 170 lbs

29 15 5

L-TKO

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

8 of 10 · 169 / 177 lbs

33 12 2

W-KO

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Light Heavyweight Title

1 of 12 · 170 / 170 lbs · 1:10

Floyd Patterson

21 1 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 29 2

L-PTS

Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany

12 of 12

46 5 6

L-UD

Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany

10 of 10 · 167 / 174 lbs

26 11 1

W-UD

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canada light heavyweight title

12 of 12 · 167 / 164 lbs

26 25 5

W-PTS

Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

10 of 10 · 166 / 170 lbs