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Yvon Durelle (October 14, 1929 – January 6, 2007), was a Canadian champion boxer. He was of Acadian descent. ... In an interview in 1994, Archie Moore, upon ...
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) ... His fight with Yvon Durelle in particular was of note: ...
Ex-world heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey refereed the world light heavyweight title defense by Archie Moore against Yvon Durelle on December 10, 1958, at The Forum, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of boxing's first championship televised bouts. Moore came off the canvas three times in the first round, and again in the fifth round, to knock ...
Originally cast in the lead role was champion boxer Archie Moore, who later exclaimed, "Man, I was in the Twilight Zone!" when describing the punch delivered by his opponent Yvon Durelle. This is one of several episodes from season one where some broadcast prints have the opening title sequence replaced with that of season two.
August 12 – In a rematch of their 1958 bout, Archie Moore retains his world Light Heavyweight championship, with a three-round knockout win of Yvon Durelle, in Montreal, Canada. August 28 – Gene Fullmer wins the National Boxing Association 's world Middleweight title, after the division had been vacated by Sugar Ray Robinson 's retirement ...
December 10 – Light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore is knocked down three times in the first round and once more in the fifth round by Yvon Durelle but Moore held on to come back to knock out Durelle in the 11th round.
He beat Yvon Durelle, Moses Ward, and Dave Sands. [7] Pompey was born in Princes Town. His parents died when he was a child and he spent a few years in an orphanage. After his boxing career he worked as a chauffeur for the High Commissioner of Trinidad in London. He died of cancer in London at 49. [7]
Yvon Cormier † The Beast 1969–1976 [1] [3] [5] [10] Giacomo Costa † Al Costello 1969 [3] Arnold Cream † Joe Walcott 1970 [5] Michael Davis: The Brute 1976 [1] Nicholas DeCarlo: Nick DeCarlo 1975, 1977 Peter Dougherty: Pete Dougherty 1977 Andrew Douglas: Andrew Douglas 1977 Yvon Durelle † Yvon Durelle 1969 [11] Bill Eadie: Bolo Mongol ...