Marcotte, Fernand vs. Durelle, Joey (Yvon)  III
  Gervais, Marc vs. Butler, Marshall  II
  Sponagle, Barry vs. Collette, Paul  II
  Borden, Joe vs. MacIntosh, Bert
  Maritime Light Heavyweight Championship

  Since falling to a technical knockout in the 11^th of 15 in a bid for the Commonwealth light middleweight crown in Sydney, Australia, in June the previous summer, former Canadian welterweight titlist Donato Paduano had scored 7 straight wins in long bouts.  An aging but intelligent fighter, the former world welter and middleweight champion Emile Griffith was no easy match though, and the U.S. Virgin Islander dominated the bout with the Italian-born Quebecer Paduano, taking the unanimous decision at the end of 10 hard fought frames.
  Former Canadian welterweight champion Yvon, or Joey, Durelle took on the future national middleweight titlist Fernand Marcotte for a third time, having lost the 1^st fight by a quick knockout and the 2^nd by a mixed decision, back to back in the fall of 1972.  Both fighters had lost multiple times to Paduano when he was campaigning at welterweight and held that title in 1969 and ’70, before Paduano lost it to Clyde Gray in early 1971, and Marcotte had lost to Gray as well the previous December.   Here in the Forum outside Montreal, the two battled to a draw over 10 frames.  While Durelle took the result as yet another sign of fading skills, choosing but once more to fight professionally, a loss the LeClair ending his long career, Marcotte next traveled to Miami Beach to face Elisha Obed for the NABF 154-pound honors.