Boxing Club Cheering on Shawn Thornton

When Shawn Thornton skates with the Bruins in the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup finals Game 7, the team’s enforcer will have a dedicated fan base from an Allston boxing club cheering him on.

Shortly after coming to Boston four years ago, the 33-year-old fighting forward joined The Ring Boxing Club on Commonwealth Avenue after Bruins media relations manager Eric Tosi, who had been a member there for around a year and a half, introduced him to the boxing center.