{"id":46238,"date":"2014-10-14T16:16:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46238"},"modified":"2014-10-14T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:46:33","slug":"seannie-monaghan-bobby-cassidy-jr-ring-8-guest-speakers-thursday-night-in-new-york-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46238","title":{"rendered":"Seannie Monaghan &#038; Bobby Cassidy, JR. Ring 8 Guest Speakers Thursday Night in New York &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46238\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46238\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-46239\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/24-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Undefeated light heavyweight contender Seannie Monaghan (22-0, 14 KOs) and multi-media personality Bobby Cassidy Jr. are scheduled to be this month&#8217;s Ring 8 guest speakers Thursday night, Oct. 16 (doors open 6 p.m, meeting starts at 8 p.m.) at Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, New York.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to expand its membership, Ring 8 has committed to holding four of its 10 monthly meetings a year at Plattduetsche Park Restaurant with the remainder at historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City, New York.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ring 8 will celebrate Oktoberfest with a meeting on Long Island for the first time,&#8221; Ring 8 president Bob Duffy explained. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had a lot of interest from potential Ring 8 members who live on Long Island but will also continue having meetings in Queens at the Waterfront Crabhouse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Monaghan, fighting out of Long Beach (NY), has risen to the top of the 175-pound ratings. The reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) Americas light heavyweight champion is world rated by all four major governing bodies: WBA (#3), IBF (#4), WBC #8) and WBO #13).<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy is a highly respected writer for Newsday, as well a producer of boxing documentaries who also wrote &#8220;Kid Shamrock,&#8221; a popular play about his father, Bobby Cassidy Sr., the retired boxer and New York State Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT RING 8: Ring 8 became the eighth subsidiary of what was then known as the National Veteran Boxers Association &#8211; hence, RING 8 &#8211; and today the organization&#8217;s motto still remains: Boxers Helping Boxers.<\/p>\n<p>RING 8 is fully committed to supporting less fortunate people in the boxing community who may require assistance in terms of paying rent, medical expenses, or whatever justifiable need.<\/p>\n<p>Go on line to www.Ring8ny.com for more information about RING 8, the largest group of its kind in the United States with more than 350 members. Annual membership dues is only $30.00 and each member is entitled to a buffet dinner at RING 8 monthly meetings, excluding July and August. All active boxers, amateur and professional, with a current boxing license or book are entitled to a complimentary RING 8 yearly membership. Guests of Ring 8 members are welcome at a cost of only $7.00 per person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">RSR is NOW Hiring Boxing Writers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated light heavyweight contender Seannie Monaghan (22-0, 14 KOs) and multi-media personality Bobby Cassidy Jr. are scheduled to be this month&#8217;s Ring 8 guest speakers Thursday night, Oct. 16 (doors open 6 p.m, meeting starts at 8 p.m.) at Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, New York. 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