{"id":46427,"date":"2014-10-17T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46427"},"modified":"2014-10-17T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T17:15:08","slug":"ring-8-boxing-meeting-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46427","title":{"rendered":"Ring 8 Boxing Meeting &#8211; Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46427\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-46428 aligncenter\" title=\"1442\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>(L-R) &#8212; Bobby Cassidy JR., Seannie Monaghan, former WBC\/WBA Vito Antuofermo and\u00a0Ring 8 president Bob Duffy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Photo by Stanley Janousek)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undefeated light heavyweight contender Sean Monaghan (22-0, 14 KOs) and multi-media personality Bobby Cassidy Jr. were guest speakers at last night&#8217;s Ring 8 monthly meeting, held for the first time at Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, New York.<!--more--><\/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.<\/p>\n<p>Monaghan, fighting out of Long Beach (NY), is the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) Americas light heavyweight champion. He 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>(L-R) &#8212; Bobby Cassidy JR., Seannie Monaghan, former WBC\/WBA Vito Antuofermo and\u00a0Ring 8 president Bob Duffy (Photo by Stanley Janousek) Undefeated light heavyweight contender Sean Monaghan (22-0, 14 KOs) and multi-media personality Bobby Cassidy Jr. were guest speakers at last night&#8217;s Ring 8 monthly meeting, held for the first time at Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10810],"class_list":["post-46427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ring-8-boxing-meeting-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46427"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}