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Boxing ‘Border War’ at Spirit Mountain
Cross-state talent
fills fight card
Nine months following his impres
sive performance against boxing icon
Oscar De La Hoya, Portland’s best
known boxer and former International
Boxing Federation super feather
weight champion, Steve Forbes (33-
7 ,9 KOs), takes on hard-charging Ja
son D av is (1 1 -2 -1 , 3 K O s), o f
Vancouver, Friday, March 6 at Spirit
Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, in
a 10-round welterweight main event.
Also coming back to Oregon - for
the first time since defending his light
heavyweight world title in the Rose
Garden seven years ago — is 8-time
world champion Roy Jones Jr., who is
p ro m o tin g the se v e n -fig h t card
through his company, Square Ring,
Inc. and will be ringside for all the
action.
Called “Border War", the Forbes/
Davis clash is just one of three fights
on the slate featuring Oregon boxers
taking on opponents from Washing
ton.
Forbes, 31, stood his ground and
fought gallantly in going 12 grueling
rounds against legendary superstar
De La Hoya who has won 10 world
titles in six weight divisions. A l
though he succumbed to De La Hoya
by unanimous decision, Forbes re
ceived widespread praise from box
ing fans and pundits, alike. The du-
Steve Forbes is Portland’s best known boxer and a former super featherweight champion.
rable, hard-hitting Forbes has gone
the full distance in his last eight con
tests and this will be his first appear
ance back in Oregon since Nov. 19,
2005 when he stopped Julio Cesar
Sanchez Leon in the third round at
the Rose Garden.
Gunning for his first world title belt,
Forbes was turned back in a 12-round
brawl against Andre Berto for the
World Boxing Council welterweight
title on Sept. 27,2008 in Los Angeles.
Davis, 26, is a rising rival from
across the Columbia River who has
great skills, balance and is a relent
less attacker. He made his pro debut
in 2005 and has primarily fought at
casinos in Washington.
Davis will be making his first ever
appearance in Oregon against Forbes
and is eager to score a signature win
and emerge as the Portland region’s top
boxing prospect. In his last outing, he
dropped a 10-round decision to Der
rick Samuels for the North American
Boxing Association U.S. Light Welter
New Help with TV Conversion
Portland's local TV stations have heeded C on
gress' call to delay the end o f analog broadcasts
to June to give organizations like the Urban League
the ability to reach at-risk com m unities m ost af
fected by the switch to digital broadcasts and make
sure they are prepared.
The Urban League o f Portland will help distrib
ute coupons offering discounts on equipm ent that
can convert old TV sets to pick up the new digital
signals, and conduct trainings about the converter
box options and installation.
Located at the league’s offices, at 10N . Russell
St., the outreach means Portland will now have
two digital television transition com m unity cen
ters.
The other DTV A ssistance C enter is located at
the Immigrant and Refugee Com m unity O rganiza
tion (IRCO) at 10301 N.E. Glisan St.
For questions concerning the DTV transition or to
order coupons, call 1-888-CALL-FCC. Visits to the
Urban League are welcome during office hours, Mon
day through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vancouver's Jason Davis has great skills,
weight crown on No
balance and is a relentless attacker.
vember 7th.
Other “Border War" matchups on Sam Haynes (5-3,4 KOs) face off in a
the card feature Portland’s Robert 4-round tilt.
Brue (5-0,3 KOs) against fellow light
Tickets for this debut boxing event
h eav yw eight R oger C an trell of at the Spirit Mountain Casino are on
Tacoma (13-1,8 KOs), scheduled for sale now for $25, $35, $50, $75 and
six rounds and Marco Canderos, of $ 100 through Star Tickets Plus and
Salem taking on Manuel Ortega, of can be pu rch ased online at
Seattle, two featherweights making starticketsplus.com or by calling 1-
their pro debuts in a 4-rounder. Two 800-585-3737.
other Portland-based light heavy
Doors open at 7 p.m„ with the first
weights, Kevin Hand (2-0,2 KOs) and bout scheduled for 8 p.m.
Summer Jobs Fair at Mt. Hood
Need a summer job? Then attend
the Mt. Hood Community College Ca
reer Planning and Counseling Center
Summer Jobs Fair on Thursday, March
5, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the College
Center at the Gresham Campus.
The event is designed to help stu
dents and other job seekers connect
with employers that are, or will be ac
tively hiring for summer jobs as well as
for ongoing opportunities.
A few of the employers scheduled
to attend include American Medical
Response, Home Depot, Metro, Mt.
Hood Kiwanis Camp, Outside In, Re
covery Zone Physical Therapy and
UPS.
This event is free and open to the
public. Visit mhcc.edu/careercenter for
further details or contact the Career
Planning and Counseling Center at 503-
491-7432.
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