MONCTON, New Brunswick (January 7, 2007) Yvon Durelle, born October 14, 1929, one of Canada's greatest boxers, passed away on Saturday, after he suffered a stroke on Christmas Day. Durelle also had Parkinson's disease. He was 77 years old.

Durelle, who grew up in a small New Brunswick fishing village, was called the "Fighting Fisherman". 

One of his noted fights was when he fought Archie Moore on December 10, 1958, at the Forum in Montreal, Canada.  

Yvon Durelle's biography, "The Fighting Fisherman: The Life of Yvon Durelle" by author Raymond Fraser, was published in 1981. In 2003, Ginette Pellerin of the National Film Board of Canada made a French film documentary on his life called "Durelle."

To visit a site on Durelle: Go to  yvondurelle.com. Boxing fans can read and leave your sympathies.