Durelle tried two comebacks in the early 1960’s. He had many bills to pay and he missed his fans. He felt very depressed sitting at home doing nothing. But Dr. Jewett and his wife made him give up boxing once and for all. His health would not allow him to continue.
To make a living, Durelle turned to wrestling. For a time, wrestling was his only way to make money. He got only about one hundred dollars from each wrestling match. The pay was very small. Yvon had been used to large paydays when he had been boxing. And there was danger in wrestling, too. Yvon recalls a time when he was wrestling in Ontario. He was thrown from the ring and was badly hurt. It took one month before he could return to the sport.
In the 1963, the New Brunswick Forestry Department gave Yvon a job. The pay was only four thousand dollars a year. Yvon needed to pay back taxes and a large loan at the bank. These were very tough years for Durelle. To add to his problems, his house burned down in 1972. He lost almost everything in the fire. With some fire insurance afld some help from his friends and fans, Yvon’s family were soon living in a new home.
In 1973, Durelle opened a night club called “The Fisherman’s Club.” He quickly made the money needed to payoff his bills. Still, there are often problems for owners of night clubs. Trouble always seemed just a step away for Yvon. One Friday night in 1977 he shot and killed Albin Poirier outside his Club. Poirier had been causing trouble at the Club for many months. Poirier had been in a mental hospital before. On that Friday night, people outside the Club said he tried to run over Yvon with his car. That was when Durelle shot him. That summer Durelle was tried in court in Newcastle and let go. Shortly after, he sold the club.
Since then, Yvon has lived a quiet life. He doesn’t have much money, but he also doesn’t have any big bills. Durelle has been honored many times for his boxing skills. In 1971, he was named to the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame. In 1975 he was given the selme honor by the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.