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A man's best friend, Welterweight Donnie Poole, with his dog jet, jogs through a park in preparation for his upcoming bout with Louisville's Monk Fain(...)
A man's best friend, Welterweight Donnie Poole, with his dog jet, jogs through a park in preparation for his upcoming bout with Louisville's Monk Fain(...)

A man's best friend, Welterweight Donnie Poole, with his dog jet, jogs through a park in preparation for his upcoming bout with Louisville's Monk Fain(...)

Date4/30/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: A man's best friend, Welterweight Donnie Poole, with his dog jet, jogs through a park in preparation for his upcoming bout with Louisville's Monk Fain Tuesday night. Poole, one of Toronto's most popular fighters, puts a 12-1-1 record on the line.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0074175F
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