{"id":46549,"date":"2013-05-24T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46549"},"modified":"2013-05-23T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:45:12","slug":"heavyweight-earnie-shavers-set-for-hall-of-fame-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46549","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight Earnie Shavers Set for Hall of Fame Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Earnie-Shavers.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46550\" alt=\"Earnie Shavers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Earnie-Shavers.jpg?resize=179%2C225\" width=\"179\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Earnie-Shavers.jpg?w=179&amp;ssl=1 179w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Earnie-Shavers.jpg?resize=119%2C150&amp;ssl=1 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a>(Canastota, NY \u2013 May 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced hard punching 1970s heavyweight contender\u00a0Earnie Shavers\u00a0will attend the Banquet of Champions on\u00a0Saturday, June 8. The banquet is part of festivities planned for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 6 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarnie Shavers played a big part of the legendary heavyweight division of the 1970s that produced so many memorable moments,\u201d said Hall of Fame Executive Director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to welcoming him back to Canastota and to the Banquet of Champions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Garland, Ala.,\u00a0Shavers\u00a0is considered by many as the hardest puncher in heavyweight history. A top rated contender during the 1970s, he challenged both Muhammad Ali (L15) and Larry Holmes (TKO by 11) in title bouts. Shavers compiled an impressive 73-14-1 (67KOs) record during his career and holds wins over such notables as Jimmy Young, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Bugner and Ken Norton among others.<\/p>\n<p>The banquet will be held at the Syracuse OnCenter.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Hall of Fame\u2019s 24th Annual Induction Weekend, call (315) 697-7095 or visit online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=25226745&amp;msgid=243381&amp;act=6CI3&amp;c=776393&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibhof.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibhof.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Canastota, NY \u2013 May 2013) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced hard punching 1970s heavyweight contender\u00a0Earnie Shavers\u00a0will attend the Banquet of Champions on\u00a0Saturday, June 8. The banquet is part of festivities planned for the 24th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 6 to 9. \u201cEarnie Shavers played a big part of [&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_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":[],"class_list":["post-46549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-c6N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46549","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=46549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}