Jean-Yves Thériault (kickboxer)

This article is about the kickboxer. For the musician, see Jean-Yves Thériault.

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

Jean-Yves Thériault
Born	Jean-Yves Thériault Paquetville, New Brunswick, Canada
Other names	The Iceman
Nationality	Canadian
Division	Middleweight
Style	Kickboxing
Fighting out of	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank	Instructor in Muay Thai Black belt in Ju-Jitsu
Kickboxing record
Total	76
Wins	69
By knockout	61
Losses	6
By knockout	3
Draws	1

Biography

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, 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), and subsequently became Canadian middleweight kickboxing champion two and a half years later. 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. 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. 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. 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

Source:

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. The one draw was with Don "The Dragon" Wilson on December 18, 1984. Thériault was full-contact World Champion 23 times.

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

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.

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. Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
• "Jean-Yves Thériault, l'homme de glace (documentary)" (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-05.