{"id":60725,"date":"2015-03-08T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60725"},"modified":"2015-03-07T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T17:51:22","slug":"buddy-mcgirt-set-for-canastotas-boxing-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60725","title":{"rendered":"Buddy McGirt Set for Canastota\u2019s Boxing Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/McGirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60726\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/McGirt.jpg\" alt=\"McGirt\" width=\"200\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/McGirt.jpg 200w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/McGirt-109x150.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>(Canastota, NY \u2013 March 2015) The International Boxing Hall of Fame recently announced two-division world champion and standout trainer\u00a0James \u201cBuddy\u201d McGirtis set to participate in festivities planned for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend\u00a0June 11 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom his championship reigns in the ring to his great work in the corner, Buddy McGirt has dedicated his life to the \u2018sweet science,\u2019\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe are very much looking forward to his return to Canastota in June for the weekend celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fighting out of Brentwood, NY, McGirt is the former IBF junior welterweight and WBC welterweight champion. He holds wins over Saoul Mamby, Frankie Warren, Howard Davis, Jr., Livingstone Bramble and Simon Brown. During his career he posted a 73-6-1 (48 KOs) record. Now a highly respected trainer, he has worked with such fighters Arturo \u201cThunder\u201d Gatti, Antonio \u201cMagic Man\u201d Tarver, Nate Campbell and Matthew Macklin among many others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the Hall of Fame Weekend! The fans are great and Canastota makes everyone feel like a champion. It\u2019s always exciting,\u201d said McGirt.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, call the Hall of Fame at\u00a0(315) 697-7095, or visit online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.icptrack.com\/icp\/relay.php?r=25226745&amp;msgid=318269&amp;act=6CI3&amp;c=776393&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibhof.com%2F\">www.ibhof.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Canastota, NY \u2013 March 2015) The International Boxing Hall of Fame recently announced two-division world champion and standout trainer\u00a0James \u201cBuddy\u201d McGirtis set to participate in festivities planned for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend\u00a0June 11 to 14. \u201cFrom his championship reigns in the ring to his great work in the corner, Buddy McGirt has [&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-60725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60725","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=60725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}