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Jean-Yves Thériault (kickboxer)

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Jean-Yves Thériault is a Canadian kickboxer, kickboxing trainer, and author.

Jean-Yves Thériault
BornJean-Yves Thériault
Paquetville, New Brunswick, Canada
Other namesThe Iceman
NationalityCanadian
DivisionMiddleweight
StyleKickboxing
Fighting out ofOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Rankfull instructor in Muay Thai
Black belt in Ju-Jitsu
Kickboxing record
Total76
Wins69
By knockout61
Losses6
By knockout3
Draws1

Biography edit

Jean-Yves Thériault was born in Paquetville, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the fifth of six sons.

Thériault began his martial arts training in 1972 at age 17,[1] achieving blue belt status in Jujutsu before becoming interested in Karate and Full Contact Karate few years later. He won his first Full Contact Karate competition in 1976 after only six months of training under the direction of John Therien (who now holds Hanshi degree in Ju-Jitsu),[citation needed] and subsequently became Canadian middleweight kickboxing champion two and a half years later.[2] In 1980 he won the PKA Middleweight World title (Full-contact karate), and held the championship for a record of 15 years.[citation needed] He has also won world titles in both the ISKA and PKC associations. During the peak of his career, Thériault held only a yellow belt in Karate.

He was referred to as "The Iceman," a nickname given to him by Rodney Batiste during his first title defence, due to his intimidating icy stare and cool demeanour in the ring.[3] Thériault has a number of high-profile victories, including two wins against future four-time K-1 champion Ernesto Hoost and a draw against the legendary Don "The Dragon" Wilson. He has also fought world champions such as Rob Kaman, Tosca Petridis and Rick Roufus.

Thériault has worked with many groups and charities, such as the Big Brothers, Make a Wish Foundation - Canada, Leucan.[citation needed] He is author of a book on kickboxing techniques and has a series of videos on the science of combat sports.[citation needed] He is the subject of an hour and a half film produced by the National Film Board.[citation needed] He was voted Athlete of the Decade by the Sports Writers Association of New Brunswick.[citation needed] However, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame still will not induct him into their ranks after several attempts by fans and friends.[citation needed]

Since his retirement on December 1, 1995, (a third-round knockout of Marcus Reid) Thériault still trains five days a week and teaches classes at Therien Ju-Jitsu & Kickboxing Schools.

Thériault has also become a world-class promoter for the sport of kickboxing. With the aid of his friend Hanshi John Therien, he is giving young fighters an opportunity in the "Iceman Amateur Kickboxing Circuit".

Thériault obtained his Black Belt in Ju-Jitsu in early 2008.

Titles edit

  • 1995 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion
  • 1992 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion
  • 1988 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion
  • I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion
  • P.K.C. Super Middleweight Full Contact World Champion
  • 1980-1995 P.K.A. Full Contact Middleweight World Champion
  • 1978 Canadian Full Contact Middleweight Kickboxing Champion

Professional kickboxing record[4] edit

Thériault fought 76 fights from June 1976 to December 1995. Of those fights, 69 were wins (61 knockouts), 6 were losses, and 1 was a draw.[5][6] The one draw was with Don "The Dragon" Wilson on December 18, 1984.[7] Thériault was full-contact World Champion 23 times.[8]

Kickboxing Record
69 wins (61 (T)KOs, 8 Decisions), 6 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
1995-12-01 Win   Marcus Reed Verdun, Québec, Canada TKO 3 69-6-1
Wins vacant I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World title.
1994-03-26 Loss   Rick Roufus Karatemania VIII Montreal, Québec, Canada Decision (Unanimous) 12 68-6-1
Fight was for Roufus's P.K.C. Light Heavyweight World title.
1993-11-? Win   Sergei Andrianov Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 3 68-5-1
1993-06-22 Loss   Tosca Petridis Verdun, Québec, Canada Decision (Split) 12 67-5-1
Loses P.K.C. Full Contact Super Middleweight World title.
1992-12-15 Win   Leo De Snoo Verdun, Québec, Canada Disqualification 11 67-4-1
Wins vacant I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World title.
1992-06-20 Loss   Rob Kaman Paris, France TKO (Gave Up) 5 2:00 66-4-1
Fight was for Thériault's I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World title and Kaman's W.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World title. The I.S.K.A. title would be vacated due to Kaman coming in over the weight for the fight, although Kaman would retain his W.K.A. title.
1991-11-23 Win   Kevin Morton Marseilles, France Decision (Unanimous) 12 66-3-1
Retains I.S.K.A. Light Heavyweight World title.
1991-10-25 Win   Klaus Nonnemacher Thriller from Paris II Paris, France TKO 8 65-3-1
1991-03-? Win   Michel Mangeot Marseilles, France TKO 4 64-3-1
Retains I.S.K.A. Light Heavyweight World title.
1990-12-17 Win   Yediah Judah Verdun, Québec, Canada TKO 6 63-3-1
1990-12-11 Win   Mark Longo Quebec City, Québec, Canada Decision (Unanimous) 12 62-3-1
1990-02-20 Win   Andy Mayo Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 4 61-3-1
1989-12-12 Win   William Knorr Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 4 60-3-1
1989-04-21 Win   Ernesto Hoost Geneva, Switzerland Decision (Split) 12 59-3-1
1988-06-03 Win   Bob Thurman Le Havre, France KO 3 1:37 58-3-1
Wins I.S.K.A. Light Heavyweight World title.
1987-11-? Win   Larry McFadden Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 2 57-3-1
1987-05-? Win   C.L. Bergeron Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 1 56-3-1
1986-12-14 Win   Ernesto Hoost Montreal, Québec, Canada Decision (Unanimous) 12 55-3-1
1986-09-? Win   Richard Green Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 4 54-3-1
1986-04-26 Win   Bob Thurman Karatemania Atlanta, Georgia, USA TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 4 53-3-1
Retains P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1986-02-? Win   Bob Handegan Atlanta, Georgia, USA KO 1 52-3-1
1985-10-12 Win   Paul Madison Denver, Colorado, USA KO 5 51-3-1
1985-07-? Win   C.L. Bergeron Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada KO 4 50-3-1
1985-05-01 Win   Andy Brewer Hull, Québec, Canada KO 1 49-3-1
1985-02-? Win   Bret Zwierzynski Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada KO 2 48-3-1
1984-12-18 Draw   Don Wilson Verdun, Québec, Canada Decision Draw 12 47-3-1
1984-10-30 Win   Bob Handigan Hull, Québec, Canada KO 3 47-3
1984-10-? Win   Virgil Myers Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada KO 1 46-3
1984-09-? Win   Gary Cicciolletti Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 1 45-3
1984-06-? Win   Lonnie Grady Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 4 44-3
1984-04-10 Win   Rodney Batiste Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 7 43-3
1984-01-? Win   Paul Ford New York City, New York, USA KO 6 42-3
1983-12-20 Win   Leroy Hopkins Verdun, Québec, Canada TKO 9 41-3
1983-11-? Win   Larry McFadden Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 3 40-3
1983-09-? Win   David James Hull, Québec, Canada KO 1 39-3
1983-09-? Win   Steve Wright Quebec City, Québec, Canada KO 3 38-3
1983-08-23 Win   Wade Woodbury Verdun, Québec, Canada Decision (Split) 37-3
1983-06-28 Win   Roosevelt Moss Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 36-3
1983-05-11 Win   Don Setzer Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 35-3
1983-03-? Win   Junior Bowden Montreal, Québec, Canada KO 34-3
1983-01-? Win   Steve Mackey Toronto, Ontario, Canada KO 33-3
1982-11-17 Win   Kerry Roop Verdun, Quebec, Canada TKO 32-3
Retains P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1982-10-? Win   Bernard Clark London, Ontario, Canada TKO 31-3
1982-09-? Win   Tommy Richardson Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 30-3
1982-06-? Win   Maurice Moore Montreal, Quebec, Canada KO 29-3
1982-04-25 Win   Andy Brewer Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 28-3
1982-03-? Win   Ron Scott Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 27-3
1982-02-? Win   Mark Zacharatos Windsor, Ontario, Canada KO 26-3
1982-01-26 Win   Jarvis Gardner Verdun, Québec, Canada KO 25-3
1981-11-17 Win   Eddie Durant Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 24-3
1981-07-18 Win   Wade Woodbury Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Decision (Split) 23-3
Retains P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1981-04-25 Win   Rodney Baliste Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 22-3
1980-11-15 Win   Robert Biggs Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 21-3
Wins P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1980-08-11 Win   Larry Poore Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 20-3
1980-07-17 Win   Emilio Navarez Boston, Massachusetts, USA KO 19-3
1980-04-19 Win   Ron Thiveridge Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 18-3
1980-03-? Win   Jeff White Detroit, Michigan, USA KO 17-3
1979-11-? Loss   Ralph Hollet Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Decision (Split) 16-3
1979-11-? Win   Doug Ware Boston, Massachusetts, USA KO 1 16-2
1979-10-19 Win   Doug Ware Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 1 15-2
1979-07-? Win   Ace Lewis Boston, Massachusetts, USA KO 14-2
1979-06-09 Win   Emilio Navarez Kitchener, Ontario, Canada KO 7 13-2
1979-05-02 Loss   Blinky Rodriguez Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA KO (Left Hook) 1 12-2
1979-04-? Win   Kerry Roop Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 12-1
1978-11-07 Win   Ralph Hollett Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 11-1
1978-10-? Win   Kerry Roop Windsor, Ontario, Canada Decision (Unanimous) 10-1
1978-05-? Win   Robby Warchief Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada Corner Stoppage 4 9-1
1978-03-? Win   Fritz Matthiews Kitchener, Ontario, Canada TKO 8-1
1978-03-? Win   Mike Chapman Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 7-1
1977-11-? Win   Victor Hale Rochester, New York, USA TKO 6-1
1977-10-? Win   Carl Beamon Buffalo, New York, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5-1
1977-10-? Win   Mark Kosicki Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KO 4-1
1977-09-? Win   Roger Hurd Toronto, Ontario, Canada TKO 3-1
1977-08-? Win   James Louth Rochester, New York, USA TKO 2-1
1977-04-? Loss   Murray Sutherland Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 1-1
1976-06-? Win   Serge Simard Ottawa, Ontario, Canada TKO 1 1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Publications edit

Jean-Yves Thériault with coauthor Joseph Jennings wrote a 214-page book called Full-contact Karate, published by Contemporary Books in 1983.

  • Full-contact Karate (Google Books)
    • ISBN 0-8092-5597-9
    • ISBN 978-0-8092-5597-9

Further reading edit

  • Kelly, Perry (2006). Iceman: Kickboxing Legend Jean-Yves Thériault. Skelval Publishing. ISBN 0-9780223-1-9.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Thériault interview, question 2
  2. ^ Kelly 2006
  3. ^ Thériault interview, answer 22
  4. ^ "Jean-Yves Theriault". Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  5. ^ Article at jiu-aarcn.ca
  6. ^ Jean-Yves Thériault's Career
  7. ^ Article on Don "The Dragon" Wilson
  8. ^ Therien interview, question 7

References edit

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