Fernand Marcotte

Fernand Marcotte was a Canadian former professional middleweight boxer who won the Canadian middleweight title five times.

Early life Fernand Marcotte Jr. was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Amateur boxing career As an amateur, he won the Commonwealth championship title before he entered the pro ranks in 1970. Fernand Marcotte Sr., his father, was responsible for supervising, advising, training, and managing him.

Professional career Fernando Marcotte launched his professional boxing career on March 16, 1970, in Quebec City, where he faced Robert Lalonde.

Marcotte's rivalry with Donato Paduano produced two major fights: they fought to a stalemate in 1971, with Paduano winning their 1972 rematch. Marcotte became the first fighter to knock Paduano down. During their initial bout, Marcotte was floored in the opening round but recovered to win via split decision. However, an official later arrived in the locker room after the fight to inform them the verdict had been overturned and the bout was ruled a draw.

Taking the NABF welterweight championship, August 1972 He knocked out Al Romano for the North American Boxing Federation welterweight championship on August 21, 1972.

Loss against reigning Canadian welterweight champion Clyde Gray, December 1973 The following year, in December 1973, he faced 40-3-1 Clyde Gray at the Colisée de Québec for the Canadian welterweight championship, losing by TKO.

In 1975, he challenged Elisha Obed, who held a 54-1-2 record, for the North American Boxing Federation super welterweight title in Miami Beach, suffering a TKO defeat.

Taking the Canadian middleweight championship, March 1976 Fernand Marcotte captured the Canadian middleweight title in March 1976 with a TKO victory over Lawrence Hafey. Against Leonard, who was debuting at middleweight, Marcotte suffered an eighth-round TKO loss as his opponent remained unbeaten through 19 professional fights. He gave Melo his first lost.

Losing the Canadian middleweight championship to Ralph Hollett, January 1980 Marcotte lost his middleweight title on January 22, 1980, to Ralph Hollett of Halifax in a 12-round bout.

For the third and final time, in June 1980, he faced Eddie Melo at the Olympic Stadium, resulting in a draw. Following back-to-back wins, he lost to Ralph Hollet by TKO in their rematch for the Canadian middleweight championship, then had one additional bout in December 1982 before retiring. He secured a win against Savoie in May 1995 in a non-title fight.

Professional boxing record

Legacy Marcotte reached the eighth world ranking in the middleweight division in 1976.

A community center was named after him in Saint-Alban, Quebec.