{"id":191362,"date":"2016-04-08T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191362"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T17:59:09","slug":"video-former-boxing-champ-paul-spadafora-charged-with-assault-after-picking-fight-with-63-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/video-former-boxing-champ-paul-spadafora-charged-with-assault-after-picking-fight-with-63-year-old-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Former boxing champ Paul Spadafora charged with assault after picking fight with 63-year-old woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Witnesses: Boxer Paul Spadafora Assaulted Woman At Bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1hmxljmupQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Paul Spadafora can&#8217;t seem to stay away from trouble. The 40-year-old &#8220;Pittsburgh Kid&#8221; has had a history of trouble with the law and looks like he will soon be facing consequences from authorities once again.<\/p>\n<p>Spadafora has been charged with assault after witnesses say that on Wednesday, the former champ picked a fight with a 63-year-old woman at the Redstone Tavern, located just west of Pittsburgh. Witnesses say that Spadafora challenged patrons in the bar to box with him and then put the 63-year-old woman in a headlock and drank her beer. When the woman went outside to call the police, Spadafora followed her and threw her to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Spadafora holds a 49-1-1 record and lost his first fight in 2013 after serving time in jail but managed to pick up another win in 2014 in his last fight in the ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Paul Spadafora can&#8217;t seem to stay away from trouble. 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