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Ready, get set . . . Toronto's Clyde Gray has his left hand ready to throw punch at world welterweight champion Jose Napoles, left, during their title(...)
Ready, get set . . . Toronto's Clyde Gray has his left hand ready to throw punch at world welterweight champion Jose Napoles, left, during their title(...)

Ready, get set . . . Toronto's Clyde Gray has his left hand ready to throw punch at world welterweight champion Jose Napoles, left, during their title(...)

Date9/23/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ready, get set . . . Toronto's Clyde Gray has his left hand ready to throw punch at world welterweight champion Jose Napoles, left, during their title fight at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night. Champion won a unanimous decision, but Gray made it exciting with flurries in the middle round and the final one. Toronto boxer earned only $20,000 for the bout, but says his days of $3,000 fights are over.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0051359F
Clyde Gray is in superb condition for the biggest fight of his life tomorrow when the challenges world welterweight titleholder Jose Napoles at Maple (...)
Clyde Gray is in superb condition for the biggest fight of his life tomorrow when the challenges world welterweight titleholder Jose Napoles at Maple (...)
8/27/1973
Handing out some batting tips to members of his girls softball team is Clyde Gray, who meets titleholder Jose Napoles in world welterweight championsh(...)
Handing out some batting tips to members of his girls softball team is Clyde Gray, who meets titleholder Jose Napoles in world welterweight championsh(...)
8/9/1973
Indoors in ring which he has set up in barn in Claremont farm, Clyde Gray rests during training for June 28 world welterweight title fight against Ang(...)
Indoors in ring which he has set up in barn in Claremont farm, Clyde Gray rests during training for June 28 world welterweight title fight against Ang(...)
5/26/1975
Clyde Gray of Toronto, Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight champion, is being checked by a doctor at the weigh-in for his non-title bout tomorrow n(...)
Clyde Gray of Toronto, Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight champion, is being checked by a doctor at the weigh-in for his non-title bout tomorrow n(...)
4/9/1973
No punching in this ring. Clyde Gray (left), the 26-year-old Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight boxing champion, and his wife, Evelyn, look over f(...)
No punching in this ring. Clyde Gray (left), the 26-year-old Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight boxing champion, and his wife, Evelyn, look over f(...)
11/12/1973
Honing his boxing skills. Canadian welterweight champion Clyde Gray works out on punching bag at Lansdowne Athletic Club in preparation for bout with (...)
Honing his boxing skills. Canadian welterweight champion Clyde Gray works out on punching bag at Lansdowne Athletic Club in preparation for bout with (...)
4/24/1974
It really didn't hurt, World welterweight champion Jose Napoles winces as Dr. Jerry Zownir examines his ear
It really didn't hurt, World welterweight champion Jose Napoles winces as Dr. Jerry Zownir examines his ear
9/17/1973
Clyde Gray: After his brother's death in the ring, Clyde almost quit boxing
Clyde Gray: After his brother's death in the ring, Clyde almost quit boxing
5/26/1975
Still slugging: Clyde Gray, his home bearing few signs of a once-stellar boxing career, is learning to roll with the punches
Still slugging: Clyde Gray, his home bearing few signs of a once-stellar boxing career, is learning to roll with the punches
9/21/1990
That's all: Clyde Gray is congratulated by handler as he returns to his corner after winning bout at Gardens last night on second-round TKO over Otho Thyson
That's all: Clyde Gray is congratulated by handler as he returns to his corner after winning bout at Gardens last night on second-round TKO over Otho Thyson
11/21/1972
Foreman and his cheerleaders. George Foreman, former world heavyweight boxing champion, has his own cheering section (left to right), Jo Jo Deville, A(...)
Foreman and his cheerleaders. George Foreman, former world heavyweight boxing champion, has his own cheering section (left to right), Jo Jo Deville, A(...)
4/21/1975
Wondering his future? What's ahead looks good for lightweight Nicky Furlano, considered the most promising boxer developed in Toronto since Clyde Gray(...)
Wondering his future? What's ahead looks good for lightweight Nicky Furlano, considered the most promising boxer developed in Toronto since Clyde Gray(...)
2/3/1978