{"id":36639,"date":"2025-08-01T04:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36639\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:48:14","slug":"boxers-prepare-for-fourth-rockford-boxing-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36639\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxers prepare for fourth Rockford Boxing Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) &#8211; The fourth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plussevencompany.com\/rockfordboxingclassic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.plussevencompany.com\/rockfordboxingclassic\">Rockford Boxing Classic<\/a> returns Saturday, August 2. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event allows kids from the nonprofit Rockford Boxing Clinic to show their talents against competition from around the Midwest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It\u2019s not just a unique event for the city of Rockford, but it\u2019s also held in a unique venue. The Rockford City Market outdoor pavilion gives families plenty of room to bring lawn chairs or purchase ring-side tables<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The family-style atmosphere around the ring reflects the age range of the boxers competing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Boxers range from nine years old to some in their thirties. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gates open at 4 p.m. and the first fight is at 5 p.m., but the best fighters always come towards the end. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Julian Lugo, a top amateur prospect looking to go pro, will fight Tyrone Johnson in the final fight of the night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Money raised at the Rockford Boxing Classic goes back to the Rockford Boxing Club and Patriots Gateway Community Center, which has raised $15,000 over the years. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WIFR. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) &#8211; The fourth annual Rockford Boxing Classic returns Saturday, August 2. The event allows kids&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,1348,3774,33132,6462,33131,668,33133,85,33130],"class_list":["post-36639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-live-speeches","tag-live-updates","tag-live-video","tag-press-conference","tag-real-time-coverage","tag-sports","tag-video-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}