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Yvon Durelle (The Fighting Fisherman) was born on 14 October, 1929 in Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada, is a Canadian professional wrestler and boxer. Discover Yvon Durelle's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As The Fighting Fisherman
Occupation N/A
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 14 October 1929
Birthday 14 October
Birthplace Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada
Date of death 2007
Died Place Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Yvon Durelle Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Yvon Durelle height is 5 ft and Weight Middleweight Light Heavyweight Heavyweight.

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Height 5 ft
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Yvon Durelle Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yvon Durelle worth at the age of 78 years old? Yvon Durelle’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from Canada. We have estimated Yvon Durelle's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1929

Yvon Durelle (October 14, 1929 – January 6, 2007), was a Canadian champion boxer.

He was of Acadian descent.

Durelle grew up in a family of fourteen children, in Baie-Ste-Anne, a small Acadian fishing village on Miramichi Bay on the Atlantic coast.

Like many others of his generation, he left school at an early age to work on a fishing boat.

In his spare time, Durelle liked to box and while still working in the fishery, he began prize fighting on weekends.

1948

Billed as The Fighting Fisherman, Durelle began his professional career in 1948, boxing at various venues around the province of New Brunswick.

1950

By August 1950, Yvon showed only one defeat in twenty three starts, the lone blemish a loss by disqualification, to Billy Snowball.

Over time he was gaining a reputation as a tough opponent with a hard punch.

A large fan following in Chatham, one in Newcastle and as well in Fredericton resulted in a groundswell of popularity as his victories eventually made him one of the top ranked middleweight fighters in Canada.

1953

In May 1953, Durelle won the Canadian middleweight championship.

He defended his title, winning 8 straight bouts.

He moved up in weight class to fight in the light heavyweight division.

In his first fight against a heavier and stronger opponent, he defeated the Canadian champion to take the light-heavyweight title.

The following year, he fought outside his native Canada for the first time, going to Brooklyn, New York to fight Floyd Patterson, an up-and-coming American Golden Gloves champion.

Outpointed in 8 rounds by the man who soon became the heavyweight champion of the world, Durelle's strong performance in a losing cause against Patterson gained him wide respect in the international boxing world.

1957

In New York City in March 1957, Durelle broke into the top ten world rankings with a 10-round decision over Angelo Defendis.

In May he won the British Empire light-heavyweight championship and the following month fought the top-ranked contender in the world, Tony Anthony.

In a fight most experts say he won handily, Durelle was given only a draw against the heavily favored Anthony but it elevated him to the number 3 ranking in the world.

He became a much talked about sports personality in his native country after he beat the German champion, Willi Besmanoff.

1958

In 1958, he defeated Clarence Hinnant, regarded by many as one of the best all around boxers of the time.

The victory provided Durelle with the opportunity for his first chance to fight for a world title.

Durelle's light-heavyweight championship fight against the great Archie Moore on December 10, 1958 at the Forum in Montreal, Quebec, is one of the most memorable fights in boxing history.

Listed as a 4-to-1 underdog, Durelle became a legend in Canada after the bout.

In one of the first fights broadcast coast-to-coast on American television, Durelle stunned boxing patrons by knocking the champion down 3 times in the first round.

Under boxing rules today (except those of the World Boxing Council), the fight would have been stopped after three knockdowns in one round and Durelle would have been world champion.

Also, he missed an opportunity when, after the first knockdown, he stood over Moore watching for several seconds before returning to his corner.

As a result of his delay, the referee had to wait to begin the count, and Moore made it to his feet at the count of nine.

Durelle would have likely won if he went to his corner.

Durelle swarmed all over the champion for four more rounds and knocked him to the canvas again in round five but Moore held on and eventually wore Durelle down to retain his world championship with an eleventh-round knockout.

The fight was the talk of the boxing world and members of the Canadian press voted it the sporting event of the year.

1959

Six months later, in June 1959, at Durelle's home village of Baie-Ste-Anne, thirty-five fishermen died when they were swept out to sea by 40-foot tidal waves that pounded the wharf.

Distraught at the loss of friends and relatives, in August he lost in a world title fight rematch with Archie Moore by a third-round knockout.

In November of that year he lost in 12 rounds to the Canadian heavyweight champion, George Chuvalo.

1961

Durelle fought only a few more times, before taking up professional wrestling in 1961.

1963

He returned to boxing in 1963 winning twice more before retiring permanently.

He continued to earn a living at wrestling, primarily in eastern Canada but on occasion with Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling, in Calgary, Alberta.

Despite his size and brutal profession, Durelle is often referred to as a modest and gentle man (his nickname was "doux", meaning "soft").

1970

However, in the 1970s an event profoundly impacted him and his family when, in a bar that he owned and operated, he shot and killed a man who had attacked him.

Charged with murder, he was defended by a young lawyer by the name of Frank McKenna and was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence.

1994

In an interview in 1994, Archie Moore, upon recounting the fight still hailed as classic, had this to say: "As the fight wore on and I got stronger, I thought to myself that this fella was the toughest man I'd ever fought. I turned professional in 1936 and fought until 1965--229 bouts. And I still think Durelle was the toughest man I ever faced."