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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

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

Date12/1/1981
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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
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
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
8/13/1986
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
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
Victory hug: Heather Pennock, 12, hugs cousin Darren Pennock after her father won the nomination as federal Conservative candidate in Etobicoke North last night
Victory hug: Heather Pennock, 12, hugs cousin Darren Pennock after her father won the nomination as federal Conservative candidate in Etobicoke North last night
4/21/1983
New luck? The new Miss Argo, 21-year-old Darlene Heaslip, gets a congratulatory hug from her predecessor, Susan Spencer, after being chosen last night(...)
New luck? The new Miss Argo, 21-year-old Darlene Heaslip, gets a congratulatory hug from her predecessor, Susan Spencer, after being chosen last night(...)
9/30/1981
A hug for the leafs' hero. Overjoyed by Leafs' 2-1 victory last night over Los ANgeles Kings, team owner Harold Ballard hugs 27-year-old rookie goalte(...)
A hug for the leafs' hero. Overjoyed by Leafs' 2-1 victory last night over Los ANgeles Kings, team owner Harold Ballard hugs 27-year-old rookie goalte(...)
4/12/1975
Gordon Lawson, 6, hugs his dog Ralph last night after returning home from a scary experience in the woods near Algonquin Park. He was lost in the rain(...)
Gordon Lawson, 6, hugs his dog Ralph last night after returning home from a scary experience in the woods near Algonquin Park. He was lost in the rain(...)
8/30/1985
After his sixth, and biggest, victory in Hamilton East, Labor Minister John Munro hugs a supporter last night
After his sixth, and biggest, victory in Hamilton East, Labor Minister John Munro hugs a supporter last night
7/8/1974
Asking for a kiss, a supporter hugs Donald Macdonald, who won handily in Rosedale for the sixth time
Asking for a kiss, a supporter hugs Donald Macdonald, who won handily in Rosedale for the sixth time
7/8/1974
Family reunited: Arkady Markh, 21, hugs his nephew, Max, 4, at Toronto International Airport yesterday
Family reunited: Arkady Markh, 21, hugs his nephew, Max, 4, at Toronto International Airport yesterday
1/27/1981