Jean-Yves Thériault

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 a 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 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.

• 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

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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]

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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		Montreal, Quebec, 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, Quebec, 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, Quebec, Canada	KO	3		68-5-1
1993-06-22	Loss	Tosca Petridis		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Decision (Split)	12		67-5-1
Loses P.K.C. Full Contact Super Middleweight World title.
1992-12-15	Win	Leo De Snoo		Montreal, Quebec, 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		Marseille, 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		Marseille, France	TKO	4		64-3-1
Retains I.S.K.A. Light Heavyweight World title.
1990-12-17	Win	Yediah Judah		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	TKO	6		63-3-1
1990-12-11	Win	Mark Longo		Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	Decision (Unanimous)	12		62-3-1
1990-02-20	Win	Andy Mayo		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	4		61-3-1
1989-12-12	Win	William Knorr		Montreal, Quebec, 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, Quebec, Canada	KO	2		57-3-1
1987-05-?	Win	C.L. Bergeron		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	1		56-3-1
1986-12-14	Win	Ernesto Hoost		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Decision (Unanimous)	12		55-3-1
1986-09-?	Win	Richard Green		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	4		54-3-1
1986-04-26	Win	Bob Thurman	Karatemania	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	4		53-3-1
Retains P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1986-02-?	Win	Bob Handegan		Atlanta, Georgia, United States	KO	1		52-3-1
1985-10-12	Win	Paul Madison		Denver, Colorado, United States	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, Quebec, Canada	KO	1		49-3-1
1985-02-?	Win	Bret Zwierzynski		Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Quebec, Canada	KO	2		48-3-1
1984-12-18	Draw	Don Wilson		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Decision Draw	12		47-3-1
1984-10-30	Win	Bob Handigan		Hull, Quebec, Canada	KO	3		47-3
1984-10-?	Win	Virgil Myers		Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	KO	1		46-3
1984-09-?	Win	Gary Cicciolletti		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	1		45-3
1984-06-?	Win	Lonnie Grady		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	4		44-3
1984-04-10	Win	Rodney Batiste		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	7		43-3
1984-01-?	Win	Paul Ford		New York City, New York, United States	KO	6		42-3
1983-12-20	Win	Leroy Hopkins		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	TKO	9		41-3
1983-11-?	Win	Larry McFadden		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO	3		40-3
1983-09-?	Win	David James		Hull, Quebec, Canada	KO	1		39-3
1983-09-?	Win	Steve Wright		Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	KO	3		38-3
1983-08-23	Win	Wade Woodbury		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Decision (Split)			37-3
1983-06-28	Win	Roosevelt Moss		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO			36-3
1983-05-11	Win	Don Setzer		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO			35-3
1983-03-?	Win	Junior Bowden		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO			34-3
1983-01-?	Win	Steve Mackey		Toronto, Ontario, Canada	KO			33-3
1982-11-17	Win	Kerry Roop		Montreal, 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		Montreal, Quebec, 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		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	KO			25-3
1981-11-17	Win	Eddie Durant		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	TKO			24-3
1981-04-25	Win	Rodney Baliste		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	KO			23-3
Retains P.K.A. Middleweight World title.
1981-02-24	Win	Glenn McMorris		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	KO (body shot)			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, United States	KO			19-3
1980-04-19	Win	Ron Thiveridge		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	KO			18-3
1980-03-?	Win	Jeff White		Detroit, Michigan, United States	KO			17-3
1979-11-?	Loss	Ralph Hollet		Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Decision (Split)			16-3
1979-11-?	Win	Doug Ware		Boston, Massachusetts, United States	KO	1		16-2
1979-10-19	Win	Doug Ware		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	KO	1		15-2
1979-07-?	Win	Ace Lewis		Boston, Massachusetts, United States	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, United States	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, United States	TKO			6-1
1977-10-?	Win	Carl Beamon		Buffalo, New York, United States	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, United States	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
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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

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