{"id":42641,"date":"2013-02-23T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42641"},"modified":"2013-02-22T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T19:01:05","slug":"the-knockout-mia-st-john-to-attend-bhof-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42641","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Knockout\u2019 Mia St. John to Attend BHOF Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Canastota, NY – Feb. 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced\u00a0\u201cThe Knockout\u201d Mia St. John\u00a0will make her first trip to Canastota for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to welcoming Mia St. John to Canastota for the first time,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cShe\u2019s never been here so it will be a great opportunity for her to see the displays on boxing history and for fans to have the opportunity to meet her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in San Francisco and fighting out of Oxnard, Calif. St. John turned pro in 1997. During her 16-year career \u201cThe Knockout\u201d has compiled a pro record of 47-12-2 (18 KOs). On August 14, 2012 St. John scored a 10-round win over \u201cThe Coal Miner\u2019s Daughter\u201d Christy Martin for the WBC female light middleweight title. Next up for St. John is an April 13th WBA \/ WBC\/ WBO female welterweight title bout against champion Cecilia \u201cFirst Lady\u201d Braekhus in Denmark<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited and honored to be invited. I\u2019ve always wanted to see the exhibits of so many of the friends that I\u2019ve made through my 16-years as a professional boxer like Tommy Hearns, Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson. I\u2019m sure it will be an exciting and emotional time for me,\u201d said St. John.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Hall of Fame\u2019s 24th Annual Induction Weekend please call \u00a0697-7095 or visit www.ibhof.com.\u00a0\"Mia<\/a><\/p>\n

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(Canastota, NY – Feb. 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced\u00a0\u201cThe Knockout\u201d Mia St. John\u00a0will make her first trip to Canastota for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9. \u201cWe are looking forward to welcoming Mia St. John to Canastota for the first time,\u201d said Hall of Fame […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[2873,6870,9328],"class_list":["post-42641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-canastota-ny-news","tag-edward-brophy","tag-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-and-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42641","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=42641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}