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September 28. 2005
Knott Street Boxers Enter Hall of Fame
sport. It’s having something to be
connected to. Everyday, I’m more
connected and want to go further
with it.”
For Cedric Armstrong, a fighter
with Knott Street for the past 3 '/ i
years, boxing was a tradition passed
down to him by his father.
Now a father himself, Armstrong
said part ofhis motivation in boxing
is to give his two children, ages 4
and 5, “the life I never had.”
“It helps keep me out of trouble,"
Armstrong said. ‘T h is inspired me
to actually go somewhere in life.
I ’ ve been through so much, I’m not
going to let anybody steal i, from
me.”
In the ring, he said, "Nobody can
touch me. I feel unstoppable. I love
the one on one. Either I’m going to
do it or not - it’s all on me.”
T he D ow ntow n R um ble w ill
be A rm stro n g ’s la rg e st fig h t to
date. I t’ll also be a huge tu rn in g
point for him , being his last am a
te u r fight before he tu rn s p ro
f e s s io n a l as a lig h t- m id d le
w eight.
“I feel like I’ mcarrying the whole
state of Oregon with me," he said
T hose in terested in support
ing the D ow ntow n R um ble car
v is it w w w .tic k e tm a ste r.c o m
T ic k e ts range from $ 10 to $50
w ith an all-access prem ium pas!
at $75. F or m ore in fo rm atio n
ca ll coach Ray M ilton at 503
806-1397.
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photo by K atherine B lackmore /T he P ortland O bserver
Representing two generations o f the Knott Street Boxing Team are (left to right) trainer Chuck Lincoln,
boxer Halim Rahsaan, boxer Laura Dalente, trainer Ray Milton and boxer Cedric Armstrong.
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Dalente moved to Portland last
year from W isconsin, already
having a firm stance in the ring. It
w asn’t until she started com pet
ing locally, though, that she b e
cam e as serious about the sport
as she is now.
“Working with Knott Street has
really turned things around for me.
Boxing propels me to be healthy,
take care of myself, to not put up
with bull,” she said.
She started off with kickboxing
around 1998, a period in her life
when, she said, "I was going
through hard times and 1 decided I
wanted to get in shape.” Eventu
ally her interest turned to boxing,
noting that the sport carried with it
adifferent mentality and set of skills
that continually opens her up to
more moves.
“ Boxing is a lifestyle. I’ve fig
ured out how to live that lifestyle
and still work 40 hours a week.
Not everybody gets addicted to
it, but I did. I just keep on learning
- I ’m never bored,” she said. “Ev
ery time I step in here, it’s a new
challenge. L ife’s a fight - every
day you wake up, you do som e
thing new .”
Being a boxer, though, doesn't
exempt her from the challenges of
also being the only female in the
gym.
“It makes me strong in life. It’s
flipping the script on socially deter
mined gender roles,” she said.
She continues to fight not only
tocom pete with society’s roles and
other boxers, but with her own
mental and physical state.
“ I know I’m challenging myself
to the highest degree,” she said.
“My heart’s really opened up to the
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