Jean-Yves Thériault (kickboxer)

Jean-Yves Thériault (born January 15, 1955) is a Canadian kickboxer, kickboxing trainer, and author.

Biography

Jean-Yves Thériault was born on January 15, 1955 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 Muay Thai and Kickboxing few years later. He won his first kickboxing competition in 1976 after only six months of training under the direction of John Therien (who now holds Hanshi degree in Ju-Jitsu), 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. He has also won world titles in both the ISKA and PKC associations.

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, Children's Wish Foundation, Laucan. He is author of a book on kickboxing techniques and has a series of videos on the science of combat sports. He is the subject of an hour and a half film produced by the National Film Board. He was voted Athlete of the Decade by the Sports Writers Association of New Brunswick. However, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame still will not induct him into their ranks after several attempts by fans and friends.

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

• 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]

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 Nonnenmaher Thriller from Paris II Paris, France TKO 8 65-3-1 1991-03-? Win Michel Mongeot 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 Danny Macaruso Verdun, Québec, Canada Decision 12 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-?-? Win Wade Woodbury Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Decision (Split) 12 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 Warcloud Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada KO 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

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

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

Notes

References

• Kelly, Perry William (2006). Iceman: Kickboxing Legend Jean-Yves Thériault. Skelval Pub. ISBN 0-9780223-4-3.
• Thériault, Jean-Yves. "An Interview With 'The Iceman' Jean-Yves Thériault". Fight Times Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Nick Hewitson. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
• Thérien, John (August 2005). "A talk with Kyoshi John Thérien". Your Martial Arts Resources (Interview). Interviewed by Torbjorn Arntsen. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• Kelly, Perry William (May 2006). "A talk with Perry William Kelly". Your Martial Arts Resources (Interview). Interviewed by Torbjorn Arntsen. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "Jean-Yves Thériault's Career". icemankickboxing.com. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "Don "The Dragon" Wilson". ikfkickboxing.com. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "About Jean-Yves Thériault". Therien Jiu-Jitsu & Kickboxing. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "Association acadienne de la région de la capitale nationale - La vie acadienne" (in French). jiu-aarcn.ca. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "Jean-Yves Thériault, l'homme de glace (documentary)" (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-05.