It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in June
Championship Title Fights
Scheduled for Commotion at the
Ocean V - Back to Back
Professional boxing returns to
Oregon with twice the tenacity at
Chinook Winds Casino and Convention
Center’s Commotion at the Ocean V -
Back to Back.
That’s because Goossen Tutor
Promotions is bringing to the casino
two top-ranked boxing events on two
consecutive nights, June 3-4. Each will
be internationally televised, live on
Showtime (ShoBox: The New Genera
tion) and FOX Sports Net {Sunday
Night Fights), respectively.
Celebrities of the boxing world will
be present for this double shot of non
stop action. Boxing legends Ray
“Boom Boom” Mancini will attend
Chinook Winds’ premiere sporting
event. He’s remembered as one of the
great fighters of the 1980s. He retired
in 1993 with a record of 29-5, 23 KOs.
To “separate the men from the boys,”
both nights of fights will be emceed by
Amy Hayes, the first female announcer
in the professional boxing world.
Each night will include six boxing
bouts, with a championship title on the
line each evening.
June 3
The action starts on June 3 with
featherweight sensation Robert “The
Ghost” Guerrero (12-0-1,5 KOs) pitted
against former world champion Enrique
Sanchez (30-2-4, 21 KOs). Ranked by
USA Today as one of the top prospects
to watch in 2004, Guerrero most
recently KO’d former world champion
Juan “Polo” Perez on April 24.
Sanchez is sure to test the skills of
the rising star. A 14-year veteran of the
prize ring, the Mexico City native is a
former NABF super bantamweight
champion who won the WBA world
122-pound title in 1998. He’s unbeaten
since 2001.
In the evening’s title fight, Jorge
Martinez (11-1-1, 2 KOs) battles Juan
Carlos Ramirez (33-5, 13 KOs) for the
NABF featherweight championship.
Martinez has won nine consecutive
fights, including the Hispanic World
Boxing Association’s 130-pound belt
with a TKO over Victor Dominguez. A
WBO intercontinental featherweight
champion, Ramirez is sure to make the
fight a crowd-pleaser.
June 4
Replica Vietnam Memorial Wall
Scheduled for Lincoln City
The American Veteran’s Traveling
Tribute, with a 4/5-scale replica of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will arrive
in Lincoln City this month.
The exhibit will be assembled on
June 9 and on display from June 10-13
in the upper parking lot at Chinook
Winds Casino. Throughout the wall’s
visit to Lincoln City, various events will
be held to honor and remember the
veterans of all wars.
This display is open to the public
and free of charge.
Through the Oregon Veterans
Motorcycle Association (OVMA), a
special cavalcade has been arranged to
accompany the wall into Lincoln City.
Starting at the Oregon/California
border, OVMA members will ride
alongside, escorting the wall. As it passes
through a town (Medford, Ashland,
Grants Pass, etc.) that area’s chapter
will take over the ride. When the pro
cession reaches Salem, dozens of
OVMA Portland/Salem members will
escort The Wall from 1-5 to the coast.
The Wall is the centerpiece of the
American Veteran’s Traveling Tribute,
standing eight feet high at the center
and spanning 378 feet. Like the memorial
in Washington, D.C., the 58,235 names
Professional boxing continues on
June 4 with the NABF junior middle
weight championship bout featuring
two-time middleweight world champion
Keith Holmes (39-3, 25 KOs) against
Rodney Jones (33-3, 22 KOs).
A two-time former world champion
at 160 pounds, Holmes moved to the
154-pound weight class in 2003 and
promptly scored three impressive
victories. In his most recent win in
March, Holmes scored a decision
victory over highly regarded Kuvanych
Toygonbayev. Holmes is currently rated
eighth in the world by the WBO.
Jones, currently ranked fifth in the
world by the WBO, has his eyes on the
junior middleweight crown as well.
When Jones puts his NABF title on the
line against Holmes, he knows that the
winner will move even closer to that
dream shot. Jones is riding a nine-fight
winning streak, all knockouts.
The evening also includes a
heavyweight bout between Malcolm
Tann (10-1, 5 KOs), a national Golden
Gloves champion from San Antonio,
Texas, and Jason Gavem (5-0-1,3 KOs),
Sundays are traditionally a time for
a Pennsylvania Golden Gloves
lounging and enjoying the day, and
champion from Scranton.
what better way to relish the day than
Tickets range from $35 to $250.
with a free concert.
Doors to these boxing events open at
On one Sunday each month,
5:30 p.m., with the first match at approx
imately 6:45 p.m. Commotion at the
Chinook Winds Casino & Convention
Ocean is for ages 21 and over.
Center will present a live concert that’s
free to the public and open to all ages.
All concerts in this series begin at 2 p.m.
June5
in the Chinook Winds Convention Center.
Great fights continue at Chinook
Each performance will be from a
Winds Casino and Convention Center
Western Oregon University musical
on June 5 with a live closed-circuit TV
group of students and staff. To say thanks
showing of the Oscar de la Hoya vs.
to the school, Chinook Winds will donate
Felix Sturm fight.
to that group’s fund-raising foundation.
Fans can watch the fight on multiple
Before WOU’s summer break, the
large screens for just $10. To cap off
Early Music Consort will appear June
all the great boxing action, enjoy a
fireworks extravaganza accompanied 20. This collection of instrumentalists
by Western Oregon University’s West
and vocalists will perform music from
ern Hemisphere Orchestra at 10 p.m.
16th century Spain, including Diego
For more information, please call Ortiz; 17th century Germany, including
1-888-CHINOOK (244-6665) or visit
Heinrich Schutz; and late-17th century
www.chinookwindscasino.com.
Italy, including Archangelo Corelli.
are engraved (not silk screened) and
listed by casualty date. Volunteers will
be on hand to assist with etchings of
particular name(s). The Wall also has
the most recently updated list of names
to match those added to the original.
Originally slated for permanent
display in Florida, the memorial’s
presence was requested by 70 different
communities around the country before
it was even off the drawing board. It was
decided that it would travel for one year
- that was in 1995.
The building of The Wall was funded
by donations. No government money
was accepted and there are no paid
employees, only volunteers. It was
constructed by The Habitat Company
of Tempe, Ariz., which traditionally
builds Marriott resorts.
The Habitat Company was the sixth
company to be approached with the
project. The previous five turned it down
because it was too time-consuming. The
compilation of the names took almost
a full year, employing four people and
a professional typesetter. The manu
facturing of The Wall took more than
seven months and five months were
spent on engraving the initial names.
Free Sunday Concerts Continue
This rare musical group in the
Northwest will use its Chinook Winds
donation to help purchase a much-
needed instrument, a 17th century treble
viol, bow, and case.
In April, the Western Hemisphere
Orchestra performed. The Chinook
Winds donation helped the band record
an end-of-the-year CD.
The May concert featured the
Western Symphony Orchestra. Chinook
Winds’ donation helped cover the costs
of the orchestra’s year-end performance.
Plans for next school year’s Sunday
Concerts by the Sea already are under
way. The WOU Chamber Singers,
Western Rebellion, and an array of other
groups are all eager to display their
talents to music lovers and those who
just want to relax on a Sunday afternoon.
For more details on this and other
events, please call 1-888-CHINOOK or
visit www.chinookwindscasino.com.
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