He may only be 9, but already Chase Jasmin has the confidence of a fighter years older.

The Agoura Hills resident is a steady learner.

Today, Jasmin will have a chance to see local boxing up close with night of bouts at Lindero Country Club in Agoura Hills. The community will have the chance to see Jasmin, too, against a fighter to be announced.

The event, dubbed "Friday Night Fights in the Hills II," is the second boxing event this summer put on by Adam Fish, who aims to showcase local boxers from Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Westlake Village, Calabasas, Oxnard and Thousand Oaks.

The show starts at 7 p.m., with bouts expected to begin at 7:45.

Fish, owner of Big Fish Boxing in Agoura Hills, put together the first boxing event on June 20. The response was overwhelmingly positive. He set up 350 seats and they sold out. Another 100 or so bought standing-room-only tickets.

He is expanding the seating this time around and expects to draw 650 spectators.

The motivation behind the events is simple. Fish is doing something he believes hasn't been done locally in Conejo Valley.

"Nobody has ever brought boxing into this area," Fish said. "When I opened my gym four years ago, it was difficult to cultivate fighters because most of the people that were coming in here were doing it for exercise."

Fish has cultivated a group of amateur fighters and nearly all are expected to participate.

Jasmin is one of them. He has been trained by his father, Bobby, and Fish. Jasmin began boxing workouts in December and started fighting in February. Since then, the Agoura Hills resident has accumulated seven wins and one loss.

"(Chase) was a little gun-shy at first, but he took to it no problem," Bobby Jasmin said.

Bobby Jasmin, who originally comes from Brocton, Mass., was an amateur boxer himself and has shared what he's learned with his son.

Chase Jasmin is accustomed to contact. He is entering his fourth year of football as a running back/linebacker. Asked if he was afraid of getting hit, Jasmin quickly replied, "No, it's challenging and it makes it more fun," he said. "It's just fun to get in there and box. My dad really got me into it and ever since it's just been really fun."

Already at an early age, Jasmin is getting an early lesson in focusing on his priorities.

"He basically knows he has to structure his time if he wants to play with his friends and his Playstation and all that stuff," Bobby Jasmin said. "He still has to be in the gym and do his homework and his school work. (School) comes first."

Jasmin has already secured a silver medal in this year's Junior Olympics in Maywood in April.

In the open competition style tournament, all the other fighters had been in 10 or more fights, but Jasmin had been in just three. So after winning his first two fights he was matched against a fighter with more than 20 bouts in the final. Bobby Jasmin, having seen the opponent, felt his son could match up. He did, splitting the first two rounds before dropping the third.

But in Friday's local boxing action, Andre "Moses" Cruz is the headliner. The Mexico City native, who now lives in Agoura, came to Fish last March raw and winless in his first two fights. Fish refined his abilities and after seven straight wins the trainer is planning on turning Cruz into a pro in a couple months.

"As a trainer, you know a fighter's instinct and he's got it," Fish said of Cruz.

Fish credits the all-local flavor with boxers coming from Calabasas through Oxnard being part of the draw.

Giusseppee Corvino (Oak Park) and Kyle Park (Oak Park) are participating. Bryan Payan (Thousand Oaks) is making his debut.

For Fish, the event is about more than boxing and entertainment because of his willingness to donate part of the proceeds to the charity Autism Speaks.

Fish's daughter, Elle, 5, was diagnosed when she was 2. Fish and his wife had noticed she was slower in learning how to walk and talk. Eye contact was absent.

With an occupational therapist coming five days a week, Fish says the turnaround from age 3 to 5 has been "unbelievable."

"I was blessed," he said. "My daughter, she'll lead a happy life. Not to say she won't always have some sort of quirkiness to her."

Having seen how his daughter has benefited from treatment, Fish emphasizes the importance of getting diagnosed early.

"If they would have been diagnosed like my daughter at 2, they would be very high functioning by the time they're in their early teens," Fish said. "But if they don't get diagnosed, they can turn into where they can't talk. They can't communicate. They don't get the help.

So I try to create awareness within our own community and people that come to the fight about autism."