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Ready for Willie: Canadian light-heavyweight champ Roddy MacDonald works out before bout with Willie Featherstone next week
Ready for Willie: Canadian light-heavyweight champ Roddy MacDonald works out before bout with Willie Featherstone next week

Ready for Willie: Canadian light-heavyweight champ Roddy MacDonald works out before bout with Willie Featherstone next week

Date8/13/1986
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Too heavy: Roddy MacDonald was 2 1/2 pounds over the 175-pound limit at the official weigh-in yesterday but he'll shed that easily in preparation for the Canadian championship bout against the light heavyweight titleholder Gary Summer-hays, checking the s
Too heavy: Roddy MacDonald was 2 1/2 pounds over the 175-pound limit at the official weigh-in yesterday but he'll shed that easily in preparation for the Canadian championship bout against the light heavyweight titleholder Gary Summer-hays, checking the s
11/30/1981
Going down: Challenger Roddy MacDonald watches as champion Gary Summerhays heads for the canvas duing their Canadian light heavyweight championship fight last night at the CNE Coliseum
Going down: Challenger Roddy MacDonald watches as champion Gary Summerhays heads for the canvas duing their Canadian light heavyweight championship fight last night at the CNE Coliseum
12/2/1981
Lalonde next? Toronto's Willy Featherstone (left) trades punches with Danny Lindstrom duringtheir 12-round light heavyweight match at the CNE Coliseum(...)
Lalonde next? Toronto's Willy Featherstone (left) trades punches with Danny Lindstrom duringtheir 12-round light heavyweight match at the CNE Coliseum(...)
12/8/1987
New champ: Roddy MacDonald hugs his manager after the 21-year-old Toronto fighter won the Canadian light heavyweigh championship last night at the CNE Coliseum
New champ: Roddy MacDonald hugs his manager after the 21-year-old Toronto fighter won the Canadian light heavyweigh championship last night at the CNE Coliseum
12/1/1981
Agony and ecstasy: Toronto's Roddy MacDonald (left) is battered and on his way to defeat in defence of his light-heavyweight championship at Varsity Arena last night
Agony and ecstasy: Toronto's Roddy MacDonald (left) is battered and on his way to defeat in defence of his light-heavyweight championship at Varsity Arena last night
8/19/1986
He's the champ. Bill Bowen of Peterborough doesn't mind the work as he lifts the large Willie Park golf trophy. He won it Saturday at the Weston golf club with a par 71
He's the champ. Bill Bowen of Peterborough doesn't mind the work as he lifts the large Willie Park golf trophy. He won it Saturday at the Weston golf club with a par 71
9/6/1966
Willie de Wit: University education and business career also are among young heavyweight fighter's goals
Willie de Wit: University education and business career also are among young heavyweight fighter's goals
9/26/1984
Willie de Wit: University education and business career also are among young heavyweight fighter's goals
Willie de Wit: University education and business career also are among young heavyweight fighter's goals
9/26/1984
Comeback trail: Donny Lalonde, dethroned as light heavyweight champ by Sugar Ray Leonard, is coming out of retirement to fight Mike Pollitt March 20.
Comeback trail: Donny Lalonde, dethroned as light heavyweight champ by Sugar Ray Leonard, is coming out of retirement to fight Mike Pollitt March 20.
2/21/1990
Razor's Sharp. I love winning, Toronto boxer Razor Ruddock tells The Star a week before his biggest fight, against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson
Razor's Sharp. I love winning, Toronto boxer Razor Ruddock tells The Star a week before his biggest fight, against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson
2/12/1991
Working out on the punching bag, 165-pound Roddy MacDonald, 17, believes he'll keep the Canadian amateur senior middleweight boxing championship in challenge match tomorrow night
Working out on the punching bag, 165-pound Roddy MacDonald, 17, believes he'll keep the Canadian amateur senior middleweight boxing championship in challenge match tomorrow night
5/16/1978
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