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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

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

Date11/30/1981
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Object NumberTSPA_0064427F
    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
    MacDonald, Roddy
    12/2/1981
    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
    MacDonald, Roddy
    5/16/1978
    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
    Dunlop, Alan
    8/13/1986
    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
    Griffin, Doug
    8/19/1986
    Already showing what its stripes are made of-although it's only 2 weeks old, 10 inches long and weighs in at 3 pounds-this Siberian tiger needs a name(...)
    Already showing what its stripes are made of-although it's only 2 weeks old, 10 inches long and weighs in at 3 pounds-this Siberian tiger needs a name(...)
    Lennon, Frank
    10/28/1976
    Bottled up: Custom-made door to Tony Aspler's wine cellar is 2 inches thick and weighs 125 pounds
    Bottled up: Custom-made door to Tony Aspler's wine cellar is 2 inches thick and weighs 125 pounds
    Aspler, Tony
    4/20/1989
    A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
    A 2-year-old wolf, Rocky, who weighs 80 pounds, was at the Ontario Wolf League's picnic yesterday at Horton's Tree Farm, near Ballantrae, and made fri(...)
    Beaty, Keith
    7/14/1974
    George Chuvalo has that look of ferocious determination as he pounds on practice bag during his final prep for Monday night's bout at Maple Leaf Garde(...)
    George Chuvalo has that look of ferocious determination as he pounds on practice bag during his final prep for Monday night's bout at Maple Leaf Garde(...)
    Chuvalo, George, 1937-
    5/5/1971
    Sophisticated machine: Kyocera's new KD-2010 model 8-mm camera-recorder weighs only three pounds 10 ounces with battery and cassette installed
    Sophisticated machine: Kyocera's new KD-2010 model 8-mm camera-recorder weighs only three pounds 10 ounces with battery and cassette installed
    Combs, Erin
    12/1/1986
    Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.
    Over-size drama: Above, floor lamp in George Bartello's living room is the largest in the world. Designed by Gaetano Pesce, it's eight feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. Bartello, above, had it flown from Italy to stand over his grand piano.
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    11/2/1982
    Would she be Amused?, Laboring under its weigh of 300 pounds, workmen carry an oil painting of Queen Victoria down the stairs of old City hall today
    Would she be Amused?, Laboring under its weigh of 300 pounds, workmen carry an oil painting of Queen Victoria down the stairs of old City hall today
    Darrell, Dick
    2/18/1966
    Crystal beauty: Joe Markovic, who hopes to open a gallery in North York to display his glass-art collection, displays a piece called The Forest, which weighs 80 pounds
    Crystal beauty: Joe Markovic, who hopes to open a gallery in North York to display his glass-art collection, displays a piece called The Forest, which weighs 80 pounds
    Markovic, Joe
    3/31/1982