Have you ever heard of fellow Maritimer Yvon Durelle?

Yes, I have but before my time so I can't compare. A New Brunswicker, no?

The Fighting Fisherman from N.B....fought Archie Moore and was a few minutes away from the title...light heavy, I think. Very tough guy, still alive, his son is a member of Codiac RCMP.

A one-hour film documentary of internationally known Acadian/Canadian boxer, Yvon Durelle – nicknamed the Fighting Fisherman – is now available in French on VHS. Durelle is one of Canada’s most famous light heavyweight boxers. His career spanned 1948 to 1963. World boxing fans will remember his epic fight of December 10 1958, in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), against world light heavyweight title holder, Archie Moore: three knockouts by Durelle in the first round.

«?The film is composed of warm testimonies, archival material and poignant interviews with Yvon Durelle and his wife Thérèse. You will follow the career of this great champion, still remembered as THE boxing hero of the 1950s. Nicknamed "Doux" by his entourage, despite his daunting physical force, Yvon Durelle is a hero and an inspiration, not only to many Acadians, but to fans the world over who still remember his exploits. A moving film on the life of a generous, sensitive man; a film about boxing, but also about a couple, for Yvon and Thérèse Durelle together faced challenges that went far beyond boxing?.» (Reference: NFB.ca, Press release dated November 7, 2003).

Durelle is a French language Canadian film: no English translation is available. The narration is solely in French; Yvon Durelle and his wife Thérèse, including their children, express themselves in their mother tongue, French. However, when some of the participants express themselves in English, such as J’Marie Moore (Archie Moore’s daughter) and her trainer, Miguel Diaz, Eddie St-Pierre, Norman Gautreau, Abe Pervin, there are French subtitles: absolutely no voice dubbing in this production. If you would like to see an English translation of Durelle, please make your interest known to the producers.

For fight collectors, this documentary contains excerpts from many archived fight footage such as Yvon Durelle vs. Archie Moore (1958 & 1959; unreleased camera angles), vs. Tony Anthony (1958), vs. Willy Besmanoff (1957), vs. Mike Holt in Montreal (1958), vs. George Chuvalo in Toronto (1959) and vs. Germinal Ballarin in Montreal (1958). The film includes footage of Yvon Durelle in training and sparring sessions, a post fight interview between Yvon Durelle and Archie Moore (1958; French subtitles) and many more unreleased archive footage.

You may order the Durelle documentary for $19.95 CAN, plus shipping charges, via the National Film Board of Canada boutique at http://www.nfb.ca or by telephone at 1 800 267-7710 (National distribution for Canada only). For inquiries from outside Canada, it is better to use the international@onf.ca email address. You will find Durelle in the French section of the Canadian buyers catalogue of the National Film Board of Canada.

In any way, I am not associated with, or employed by the producers. If you need more information on this documentary, please contact me at http://www.yvondurelle.com/.

Ask your questions by replying to this tread.

Robert Richard.

Title: Durelle http://www.onf.ca/durelle/(2003)
Language: French, closed caption available in French, subtitles in French to conversations in English – no voice dubbing (translation not available)
Format: VHS, NTSC (North America viewing)
Duration: 46 min 56 sec.

Lennox Lewis was born in Britian and went to Canada
at the age of 12. That makes him British, how come you don't
lay the same claim to Greg Rudeski... is it because he is crap!

Stop talking rubbish lennox is all Brit...Ask him he will tell you the same...

Poor little Canada trying to claim a sports star aint Johnson good enough for ya?

Pretty much.

This Lennox Lewis not being British crap is getting boring. He was born here ffs, lived here till he was 13 and then emigrated to Canada.

Are you Canadians pissed that he chose to not represent them as a pro? Sounds like a lot of sour grapes to me. Besides what country's flag did he wear on his shorts? British. I wonder what nationality is stated on his passport? British again.

If your still angry then you can have Rusedski back. We can spare him. It's not like your overrun with good Tennis players

Just get over it and move on

We really need to confirm we do not give a rats ass about Rusedski. Show of hands? Yes, we do not in Canada give a rats ass. It is interesting, however, to note that Robert and Delroy are posting from different IP addresses located in the UK on this archaic thread. Why the concern now, guys? Is there a story in the UK press?<p>Having said that, can we trade for anyone else? Garry Bettman, NHL Commissioner, for say a few good pubs and the guys who were in the band The English Beat?

Listen mate, Canada? what is the point of it? Rudeski
was born in Montreal and therefore Canadian... Lennox on
the other hand was born in West Ham in ENGLAND and is therefore
English.

Thats all there is to it...

You know you want Rusedski back, come on admit it you know you want him to be your number one. Actually you can have Henman as well then hopefully Tennis might die as a sport overhere. Don't know what we'd do with an NHL commisioner but throw in Shania Twain and you have a deal

I would much rather have a retired Lennox Lewis than an allegedly active Rusedski. Shania, sadly for this deal, lives in Switzerland. No one really likes tennis in Canada anyway. We like Westham footie, though.

I just realized there are three of you here - Carlos in Wales, RJ in London and Delroy generically in the UK. Is it taunt Canadians day?

Yeah... hahahaha... and once the other Brits have read your
site you'll have a few more visitors giving you their
opinion... ah well... if you had stuck to Canadas winter olympic
records comapred to ours... you might have won... well Alan...
good night and see ya tommorow!

See you Carlos! Post anytime.