THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JunE 20, 2025 Page 15 Everett’s “Showtime” Shea Willcox Headlining “Fight Night At The Vets Club 4” this week in Bridgewater Q UINCY, Mass. (June 15, 2025) – Promising junior welterweight prospect “Showtime” Shea Willcox (2-0, 2 KOs), fi ghting out of Everett (MA), is headlining this Friday night’s “Fight Night At The Vets Club 4” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Willcox faces Kadhim Alkhazaali in a scheduled 4-round bout at the Bridgewater Veterans Club. Willcox signed with Granite Chin prior to his pro debut last September, also at the Bridgewater Vets Club, where he knocked out Travis Cain in the opening round. After recovering from an injury that sidelined him for several months, he scored a first-round technical knockout of Igor Santos on April 19th at Brookline High School. The 23-year-old Willcox, who was a member of two Everett High’s Super Bowl, Division One, football championship teams, captured a gold medal and was selected as the “Most Outstanding Boxer” at the 2024 New England Golden Gloves Championships. The crafty boxer/puncher was a 2018 Rocky Marciano Tournament Champion as well. Willcox, one of the most popular pro boxers in New England, trains at the City of Everett-owned Broadway Boxing “free” gym, located on the second fl oor of old Everett High School, which is operated by his head trainer, Joe Ricciardi, and is father, Dennis Willcox, who serves as his son’s manager and assistant trainer. The co-featured event sho w cases Kingston (MA) junior middleweight Rich Allen (1-0, 1 KO) in a 4-rounder against the aforementioned Santos. Allen is a Silver Lake High School resource police offi cer. The other bouts on the “Fight Night At The Vets Club 4” card are as follows (all 4-round fi ghts, subject to change): Light Heavyweights: Anthony “The Gentle Savage” Andreozzi, Swansea, MA vs. Juan Celin Zapata, The Bronx, NY by way of Honduras; Andreas Enetzelis vs. Bruno Saraiva, Boston, MA by way of Brazil. Middleweights: Daniel Sostre, San Juan, Puerto Rico vs. Alfred Raymond, Warwick, RI; Bernie McDonaugh, Boston, MA by way of Ireland vs. Guilherme Da Silva, Woburn, MA by way of Brazil. Junior Middleweights: Rich Allen, Kingston, MA vs. Igor Santos, Boston, MA by way of Brazil; Justin “The Bandit” Laporte, Millbury, MA vs. David Rodriguez, Boston, MA by way of Brazil. Granite Chin Promotions is once again partnering with the Bridgewater-based “Fire For Effect Foundation,” whose mission is to honor and empower veterans, fi rst responders and their families by providing essential resources, support and community-building initiatives that foster resilience, restore hope, and strengthen the fabric of our community. Go to www.ff efi nc.org for more information. Tickets are priced at $80.00 (VIP stage seating), $65.00 (fl oor seats), $45.00 (standing room only), and $420.00 for ringside tables of 4 are available for purchase at www. Granite-Chin-Promotions.ticketleap.com. Limited tickets will be on sale this Friday night at the door. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. ET, fi rst bout at 7 p.m. ET. Bridgewater TV is taping the event live to air the week after the fi ght. INFORMATION: Facebook.com/GraniteChin SPRING POP-UP MARKET SATURDAYS 11AM - 2PM MAY 17 JUNE 21 THE YARD @ BEACHMONT SQUARE 10 SUFFOLK DOWNS BOULEVARD SUFFOLK DOWNS - REVERE, MA (Steps from Beachmont Station & Amaya ) JOIN US AT OUR UPCOMING SPRING POP-UP MARKETS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REVERE BEACH FARMER’S MARKET, FOR A DAY OF FARM-FRESH GOODIES, ARTISANAL BITES, AND FUN SPRING ACTIVITIES S!
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