{"id":76372,"date":"2018-11-19T17:49:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76372"},"modified":"2018-11-20T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T03:22:45","slug":"granite-chin-promotion-presents-thanksgiving-eve-show-championship-boxing-at-the-armory-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76372","title":{"rendered":"Granite Chin Promotion Presents Thanksgiving Eve Show &#8220;Championship Boxing at The Armory&#8221; &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76372\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-76373 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/LOGO-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/LOGO-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/LOGO-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/LOGO.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A major change has been made to this Wednesday night&#8217;s (Nov. 21) &#8220;Championship Boxing at The Armory&#8221; card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) on Thanksgiving Eve, at the National Guard Armory (70 Victory Road) in Dorchester, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The originally scheduled headliner, three-time world title challenger Aleksandra Magziak Lopes (18-4-3, 1 KO), withdrew when she accepted a world title shot Dec. 8 in Carson, California, against undisputed World welterweight champion Cecelia &#8220;First Lady&#8221; Braekhus (34-0, 9 KOs) in the main event on HBO.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many of New England&#8217;s most talented and popular boxers will still be in action this Wednesday evening. GCP co-promoter Chris Traietti (26-4, 21 KOs), fighting out of Quincy (MA), will defend his New England cruiserweight title against challenger Nick Lavin (5-9, 4 KOs), of Shelton (CT), in the new eight-round main event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgvNkadIZF0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Traietti, an Irag War veteran and college graduate, defeated the heavy-handed Lavin by way of an eight-round unanimous decision August 5, 2017 for the N.E. title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As disheartening as it was to lose Aleks on this show,&#8221; Traietti said, &#8220;we are thrilled she&#8217;s getting a career defining opportunity on HBO. She&#8217;s worked hard for the opportunity and we wish her the best of luck December 8th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shuffled some of the bouts around and moved my fight to the main event. Last time we fought, Nick showed up and gave me eight tough rounds. I have no doubt he&#8217;s going to deliver a similar performance. Overall, we are excited about this card as it features a mix of local veterans and prospects. Fans are in for a fun night that will be action packed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the six-round co-featured event, former N.E. welterweight champion Derek &#8220;The Surgeon&#8221; Silveira (14-2, 7 KOs), fighting out of Salem, MA, faces Mexican veteran Franciso &#8220;El Mono&#8221; Medel (12-15, 8 KOs), who has been a gatekeeper for NE&#8217;s top prospects over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Claremont, NH favorite Ricky Ford (3-1-1, 1 KO) will be shooting for his fourth consecutive when he meets Saul Almeida, of Woburn, in a four-round middleweight match.<\/p>\n<p>2017 Rocky Marciano Tournamentchampion Henry Gedney (1-0), a promising super middleweight prospect from Gloucester, MA, is matched versus Francisco Neto (0-1), of Woburn, in a four-round bout.<\/p>\n<p>Pembroke, MA cruiserweight Vinnie &#8220;American Dream&#8221; Carita (18-1-1, 17 KOs), a court officer in Brockton, MA and Pembroke, MA resident, takes on 61-fight veteran Steve &#8220;The Spoiler&#8221; Walker, the former Mid-West middleweight titlist, in a scheduled eight-round fight.<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated New York junior welterweight prospect Ray Jay Bermudez (4-0, 2 KOs) throws-down with Bruno Dias (0-4), of Woburn (MA), in a four-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>Providence (RI) middleweight Anthony Concepcion (1-0, 1 KOs), trained by World Boxing Organization (WBO) World middleweight champion Demetrious &#8220;Boo Boo&#8221; Andrade, squares off with former Pacific Coast lightweight champion Roberto &#8220;El Viejo&#8221; Valenzuela in the four-round opener.<\/p>\n<p>All fights and fighters are subject to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] A major change has been made to this Wednesday night&#8217;s (Nov. 21) &#8220;Championship Boxing at The Armory&#8221; card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) on Thanksgiving Eve, at the National Guard Armory (70 Victory Road) in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The originally scheduled headliner, three-time world title challenger Aleksandra Magziak Lopes (18-4-3, 1 KO), withdrew when [&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":[19197],"class_list":["post-76372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-granite-chin-promotion-presents-thanksgiving-eve-show-championship-boxing-at-the-armory-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76372","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=76372"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}