{"id":42177,"date":"2013-02-13T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42177"},"modified":"2013-02-12T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T20:30:12","slug":"julian-the-hawk-jackson-to-attend-bhof-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42177","title":{"rendered":"Julian \u2018The Hawk\u2019 Jackson to Attend BHOF Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Canastota, NY \u2013 Feb. 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced two-division world champion\u00a0Julian \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Jackson\u00a0will make his first trip to Canastota for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian Jackson was one of boxing\u2019s most dynamic punchers,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cBoxing fans will really enjoy the opportunity to see \u2018The Hawk\u2019 in Canastota for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Jackson turned pro in 1981. During his career (1981-1998), he was a two-division champion, capturing both the WBA light middleweight and the WBC middleweight titles. \u201cThe Hawk\u201d compiled a professional record of 55-6 and 49 of his wins came by way of knockout. Among those he scored victories over include Buster Drayton (TKO 3), Herol Graham (KO 4), Dennis Milton (KO 1), Thomas Tate (W 12) and Hall of Famer Terry Norris (TKO 2).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous privilege for me to come to the Hall of Fame because I\u2019ve heard about Canastota for so long. It\u2019s an opportunity for me to be a part of something that is so vital to boxing today. I\u2019m really excited to be there and looking forward to meeting the fans,\u201d said Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>A list of more than 40 boxing greats from the United States and abroad are scheduled to participate in weekend festivities.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Hall of Fame\u2019s 24th Annual Induction Weekend, call 697-7095 or visit online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibhof.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibhof.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Julian-Jackson.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42178\" alt=\"Julian Jackson\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Julian-Jackson.jpg?resize=223%2C250\" width=\"223\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Julian-Jackson.jpg?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Julian-Jackson.jpg?resize=133%2C150&amp;ssl=1 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Canastota, NY \u2013 Feb. 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced two-division world champion\u00a0Julian \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Jackson\u00a0will make his first trip to Canastota for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9. \u201cJulian Jackson was one of boxing\u2019s most dynamic punchers,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cBoxing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94],"tags":[2873,9328],"class_list":["post-42177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-canastota-ny-news","tag-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-and-museum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-aYh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}