Record details

Yvon DURELLE

"The Fighting Fisherman"

Light-Heavyweight

Male

Canada, Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick
Born: October 14, 1929, Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: January 6, 2007, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Height: 5ft 9 1/2in, mt 1,75

No amateur results

Professional record


1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 28	Sonny Ramsay	Chatham, Canada	KO 2
+ Aug. 25	Al Fraser	Chatham, Canada	W 4
+ Sept. 13	Al Fraser	Chatham, Canada	W 4
+ Nov. 11	Percy Richardson	Chatham, Canada	W 4
+ Dec. 3	Al Batten	Baie-Sainte-Anne, Canada	KO 3
- Dec. 7	Billy Snowball	Tracadie, Canada	LDQ 4

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Al Batten	Newcastle, Canada	KO 5
+ Feb. 25	Crosley Irvine	Chatham, Canada	TKO 3
+ Mar. 23	Harry Poulton	Newcastle, Canada	W 6
+ Apr. 20	Harry Poulton	Newcastle, Canada	W 8
+ May 17	Manuel Leek	Fredericton, Canada	KO 6
+ May 30	Joe Tyne	Chatham, Canada	KO 1
+ June 12	Cobey McCluskey	Baie-Sainte-Anne, Canada	W 8
+ July 6	Jimmy Mooney	Chatham, Canada	W 8
+ July 15	Cobey McCluskey	Newcastle, Canada	W 8
+ July 20	Billy Landry	Chatham, Canada	W 8
+ Aug. 7	Kid Wolfe	Chatham, Canada	W 10
+ Aug. 26	Bill McLaughlin	Fredericton, Canada	W 8
+ Sept. 18	Pat Davis	Newcastle, Canada	KO 2
+ Oct. 12	Bernard McCluskey	Chatham, Canada	KO 5
+ Oct. 26	Ossie Farrell	Chatham, Canada	KO 1
+ Nov. 11	Bob Stecher	Chatham, Canada	W 10
+ Nov. 25	Eddie Hamilton	Chatham, Canada	TKO 3

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 20	Roy Wouters	Halifax, Canada	L 10
+ May 23	Alvin Upshaw	Chatham, Canada	TKO 7
+ June 18	Coot O'Rea	Bathurst, Canada	KO 2
+ July 1	Tiger Warrington	Moncton, Canada	W 10
- Aug. 14	Cobey McCluskey	Charlottetown, Canada	L 10
+ Aug. 19	Ossie Farrell	Moncton, Canada	KO 1
+ Aug. 25	Al Couture	Chatham, Canada	TKO 6
- Oct. 22	Cobey McCluskey	Springhill, Canada	L 10
+ Nov. 5	Alvin Upshaw	Yarmouth, Canada	KO 7
+ Dec. 10	Tiger Warrington	Yarmouth, Canada	W 10

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 23	Bob Stecher	Chatham, Canada	W 10
* June 5	Cobey McCluskey	Charlottetown, Canada	NC 9
+ June 20	Arnold Fleiger	Chatham, Canada	KO 2
+ July 12	Cobey McCluskey	Moncton, Canada	TKO 6

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 21	Eddie Zastre	Chatham, Canada	W 10
- June 25	Hurley Sanders	Chatham, Canada	L 10
+ Sept. 24	Hurley Sanders	Chatham, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 9	Jimmy Nolan	Calgary, Canada	W 10

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 4	George Ross	Glace Bay, Canada	TKO 12
vacant Canadian Middleweight Title
+ May 20	Tony Amato	Chatham, Canada	KO 6
+ June 19	Harry Poulton	Stellarton, Canada	W 12
Canadian Middleweight Title
+ June 25	Curtis Wade	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ July 20	Joey Greco	Chatham, Canada	TKO 4
+ Aug. 2	Archie Hannigan	Glace Bay, Canada	KO 5
+ Aug. 20	Curtis Wade	Moncton, Canada	TKO 8
+ Aug. 26	Wilfredo Miro	Newcastle, Canada	KO 2
+ Sept. 7	Gordon Wallace	Glace Bay, Canada	W 12
vacant Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
+ Sept. 24	Melvin Wade	Moncton, Canada	KO 9
+ Sept. 30	Al Winn	Newcastle, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 15	Gordon Wallace	Moncton, Canada	W 12
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
- Nov. 17	Doug Harper	Calgary, Canada	L 12
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 27	Doug Harper	Calgary, Canada	Draw 12
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
- Feb. 15	Floyd Patterson	Brooklyn, United States	L 8
- May 5	Waddell Hanna	Chatham, Canada	L 10
+ May 24	Billy Fifield	Glace Bay, Canada	KO 10
+ June 4	Charley Chase	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ June 9	Sampson Powell	Newcastle, Canada	W 10
+ June 23	Jerome Richardson	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ July 7	Doug Harper	Newcastle, Canada	W 12
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
- July 26	Paul Andrews	New York, United States	KO by 5
+ Aug. 25	Bob Isler	Newcastle, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 27	Gordon Wallace	Glace Bay, Canada	W 12
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
- Nov. 12	Gerhard Hecht	Schoeneberg, Germany	L 10
- Dec. 10	Art Henri	Schoeneberg, Germany	L 12

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 24	Ron Barton	Kensington, Great Britain	LDQ 3
+ June 16	Jimmy Garcia	Moncton, Canada	TKO 8
- June 23	Floyd Patterson	Newcastle, Canada	TKO by 5
+ July 28	Billy Fifield	Moncton, Canada	KO 1
Canadian Light-Heavyweight Title
- Sept. 3	Jimmy Slade	Glace Bay, Canada	TKO by 8
- Oct. 18	Yolande Pompey	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 7
- Nov. 28	Artie Towne	Nottingham, Great Britain	LDQ 7

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 20	Jerome Richardson	Hamilton, Bermuda	W 10
- June 19	Arthur Howard	Clapton, Great Britain	L 10
+ July 19	Wilfred Picot	Moncton, Canada	TKO 4
+ Aug. 16	Alvin Williams	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 6	Wilfred Picot	Saint John, Canada	TKO 4
+ Sept. 20	Gary Garafola	Moncton, Canada	KO 1
+ Oct. 4	Chubby Wright	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Bobby King	Fredericton, Canada	KO 1

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 19	Clarence Hinnant	Miami Beach, United States	TKO by 7
+ Mar. 25	Clarence Floyd	New York, United States	TKO 7
+ Apr. 22	Angelo DeFendis	New York, United States	W 10
+ May 16	Leo Johnson	Moncton, Canada	TKO 5
+ May 30	Gordon Wallace	Moncton, Canada	KO 2
Canadian and British Empire Light-Heavyweight Titles
= June 14	Tony Anthony	Detroit, United States	Draw 10
+ Aug. 15	Guenter Balzer	Chatham, Canada	TKO 8
+ Aug. 29	Tim Jones	Moncton, Canada	TKO 8
+ Sept. 25	Willi Besmanoff	Detroit, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 7	Floyd McCoy	Moncton, Canada	KO 2
+ Nov. 22	Mario Nini	Edmunston, Canada	KO 4
+ Dec. 11	Jerry Luedee	Tampa, United States	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Clarence Hinnant	New York, United States	TKO 6
- Mar. 14	Tony Anthony	New York, United States	TKO by 7
+ May 21	Germinal Ballarin	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ July 16	Mike Holt	Montreal, Canada	TKO 8
British Empire Light-Heavyweight Title
+ Aug. 28	Freddie Mack	Moncton, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 2	Louis Jones	Moncton, Canada	KO 2
- Dec. 10	Archie Moore	Montreal, Canada	KO by 11
World Light-Heavyweight Title

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 12	Teddy Burns	Caribou, United States	TKO 3
- Aug. 12	Archie Moore	Montreal, Canada	KO by 3
World Light-Heavyweight Title
+ Sept. 15	Al Anderson	Chatham, Canada	KO 4
+ Sept. 28	Charlie Jones	Quebec City, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 23	Young Beau Jack	Moncton, Canada	TKO 9
- Nov. 17	George Chuvalo	Toronto, Canada	KO by 12
Canadian Heavyweight Title

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 26	Emile Dupre	Brewer, United States	KO 3
+ June 15	Ray Batey	Chatham, Canada	WDQ 9
+ June 22	John Armstrong	Woodstock, Canada	KO 4
- Sept. 15	Paul Wright	Moncton, Canada	L 10


1961-1962 Inactive

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Cecil Gray	Montreal, Canada	KO 7
+ Mar. 24	Phonse LaSaga	Trois-Rivieres, Canada	TKO 1

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 6	Jean-Claude Roy	Montmagny, Canada	L 8

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