{"id":434242,"date":"2026-01-26T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434242\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:13:13","slug":"paddy-gallagher-kicking-alcohol-got-me-back-on-path-to-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434242\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Gallagher: Kicking alcohol got me back on path to ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paddy Gallagher is excited about returning to the ring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9_Boxing_at_SSE_Are.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Paddy Gallagher is excited about returning to the ring<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Paddy Gallagher hasn\u2019t fought in a professional boxing match in almost seven years but since he decided to give up alcohol, adopt a new mindset and take on a new outlook on life, the comeback is officially on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Belfast native will enter the squared circle once again as he prepares to fight Jake Dodd on February 27 during a stacked card at the Waterfront Hall and, even though he has had a few extra birthdays since his last bout, the \u2018Pat Man\u2019 is feeling fresher than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paddy Gallagher is excited about returning to the ring Paddy Gallagher hasn\u2019t fought in a professional boxing match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,17141,82],"class_list":["post-434242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}