{"id":48811,"date":"2013-08-03T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48811"},"modified":"2013-08-03T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T13:30:18","slug":"lightweight-champ-boom-boom-mancini-returns-to-canastota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48811","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight Champ \u2018Boom Boom\u2019 Mancini Returns to Canastota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Boom-Boom-Mancini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48812\" alt=\"Boom Boom Mancini\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Boom-Boom-Mancini.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Boom-Boom-Mancini.jpg 275w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Boom-Boom-Mancini-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>(Canastota, NY \u2013 Aug. 2, 2013) Former WBA lightweight champion of the world Ray \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Mancini\u00a0visited the Boxing Hall of Fame Thursday to promote his new film\u00a0The Good Son.<\/p>\n<p>While in Canastota \u201cBoom Boom\u201d conducted media interviews to discuss his championship career and the film, toured the Hall of Fame Museum and stepped back into the MSG boxing ring where he successfully defended his world title 30 years ago. The Youngstown, Ohio native also signed autographs and posed for photos with fans who were on hand to meet him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an absolute thrill to welcome Ray back to Canastota and hear about the new film from the champ himself,\u201d said Hall director Edward Brophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Good Son\u00a0tells the story of Ray \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Mancini, who wasn\u2019t merely the lightweight boxing champion \u2013 he was a national sports hero, personifying blue-collar toughness. His vow to win the championship for his father, the original \u201cBoom Boom,\u201d captivated the country. The film includes appearances by fellow Youngstowner Ed O\u2019Neill (Modern Family), Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard and actor and pugilist Mickey Rourke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Canastota, NY \u2013 Aug. 2, 2013) Former WBA lightweight champion of the world Ray \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Mancini\u00a0visited the Boxing Hall of Fame Thursday to promote his new film\u00a0The Good Son. While in Canastota \u201cBoom Boom\u201d conducted media interviews to discuss his championship career and the film, toured the Hall of Fame Museum and stepped back [&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":[],"class_list":["post-48811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48811","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=48811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}