Yvon was not the kind of boxer who had a quick climb to the top. Like his life outside the ring, he had his ups and downs in the boxing sport. To this day, he still feels very bad that he came within one second of winning the world championship. These two famous lines seem to fit Yvon Durelle’s life very well:

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been.”