{"id":42915,"date":"2013-03-02T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42915"},"modified":"2013-03-01T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:26:49","slug":"the-dutch-destroyer-plans-bhof-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42915","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Dutch  Destroyer\u2019 Plans BHOF Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer\/Actress Appeared In Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby<\/p>\n<p>(Canastota, NY &#8211; March 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced female boxing star\u00a0Lucia Rijker\u00a0will be in Canastota for festivities planned for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>Rijker will be making her first trip to \u201cBoxing\u2019s Hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLucia Rijker was one of the top female fighters in boxing,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cBoxing fans will surely be excited to see \u2018The Dutch Destroyer\u2019 in Canastota for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rijker made her boxing debut in 1996. During her career, she posted an undefeated record of 17-0 (14 KOs) and was trained by Hall of Famers Emanuel Steward and Freddie Roach. Rijker holds wins over Chevelle Hallback, Andrea DeShong and Jane Couch among others. She captured the WIBF super lightweight title in 1997 and the IBO light welterweight title in 1998. Rijker portrayed Billie \u201cThe Blue Bear\u201d in the 2005 Academy Award winning motion picture\u00a0Million Dollar Baby, starring alongside Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to be there for Arturo Gatti\u2019s induction. I\u2019ve seen him fight several times and watched him go to war. He gave it his all. His heart and what he contributed to boxing with his exciting fights was a great asset to boxing. And I\u2019m also excited for Jimmy Lennon, Jr. He is the face of boxing. When you see him you think of boxing,\u201d said Rijker.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhof.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibhof.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Dutch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42916\" alt=\"The Dutch\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Dutch.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Dutch.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Dutch-150x142.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer\/Actress Appeared In Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby (Canastota, NY &#8211; March 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced female boxing star\u00a0Lucia Rijker\u00a0will be in Canastota for festivities planned for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for\u00a0June 6 to 9. Rijker will be making her first trip to \u201cBoxing\u2019s Hometown.\u201d \u201cLucia [&hellip;]<\/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-42915","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\/42915","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=42915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}