6 JUNE 15, 2002
Smoke Signals
Grand Ronde Tribe Joins Forces With Oscar De La Hoya's "Golden Boy Productions
To Produce "Fight Night" At The Rose Garden in Portland On July 18
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r'i I ai7 Portland boxer and member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame "Light-
x" ening" Ray Lampkin. Lampkin is a fixture at Oregon boxing events.
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Champion Super Welterweight Champion Oscar
De La Hoya, who is 35-2 with 27 knockouts in his profes
sional boxing career, sports a Tribal Pendleton logo blan
ket at a press conference on June 5 in Portland.
He Makes Things Happen - spirit Mountain
Casino President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Moore
is the man making "Fight Night" happen. The event will be
July 18 and will feature newly crowned Intercontinental
Bantamweight Champion Carlos "El Terror" Madrigal (21
2) vs. undefeated Alejandro Barrera (14-0) as well as the
women's World Bantamweight Champion Bridgett "Baby
Doll" Riley. Riley is a former five-time world kickboxing
champion and current Hollywood stuntwomen.
Chinook Winds Casino Hosts Commotion at the Ocean III in Lincoln City
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Z'fmm "v y ' 'J I Headliner-Professional Prize Fighter James "Lights
''" TU'Elf '"'' Out" Toney was the main attraction at this year's Commo-
' ' , , tion at the Ocean III in Lincoln City at the Siletz Tribe's Chi-
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LJ ' ' " IT " May 31. Toney (63-4-2 with 40 KOs) defeated Rush (25-6-
T 'y v " fP - f 1) when he knocked him out in the 10th round.
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Star Portland Blazer's All-Star Power Forward Rasheed Wallace
attended the fights. No technical fouls were called on Wallace
who sat peacefully in the audience with his family.
Photos by Brent Merrill
Tough AS Nails Local Prize Fighter Victor Branson lost a tough, but extremely entertaining
fight just hours after finding out that his father had passed away. Expect Branson to come back
strong in his next fight and have pity for his next opponent.