Former Champ Yvon Durelle Passes Away
former british empire boxing champion yvon durelle whose 1958 fight against boxing great archie moore made him a canadian legend has died he was 77
family members said durelle who suffered a stroke on christmas day and also had Parkinson disease died in a hospital in moncton on saturday
:'(
Re: Former Champ Yvon Durelle Passes Away
Shame...My best to the family...Seems like we are losing a lot of guys lately..current or retired :(...
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
Shame...My best to the family...Seems like we are losing a lot of guys lately..current or retired  :(...
yea i was just thinking the samething
berbick
jack palance
willie pep
james brown and loads of other when will it end  :'(
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In my humble opinion, Durelle's first fight with Archie Moore was the greatest fight of all time. RIP
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Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
In my humble opinion, Durelle's first fight with Archie Moore was the greatest fight of all time. RIP
was that the one where he floored moore 3 times in first round ??
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Yes. see my thread on the fight. I saw it on tv in 1958. It was the greates fight I have ever seen. It was Castillo-Correlas for 11 rounds, not just one.
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