Jones-Sheika

By Jim Dower: Six-time world champion Roy Jones Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) won an impressive 5th round stoppage over former super middleweight contender Omar Sheika (27-9, 18 KOs) on Saturday night to win the vacant WBA NABA light heavyweight title at the Civic Center, in Pensacola, Florida. Jones Jr., 40, looked the best he’s been [...]

Ready to take the heavyweight division by storm, Central Pennsylvania heavyweight prospect Andres “TAYLOR MADE” Taylor is finalizing preparations for his showdown with the Motor City’s Larry Carter this Saturday night, March 7th, at the Valencia Ballroom as part of the “BATTLE AT YORK 3”, an evening of world class professional presented by Chet Koerner’s [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. (52-5, 38 KOs) has a March 21st match against Omar Sheika in Jones’s home town of Pensacola, Florida. The fight figures to be a showcase for Jones to display some of his old boxing skills in front of his loyal home town crowd, [...]

Roy Jones Jr., Eight-Time World Champion, returns to Pensacola to fight for the first time since January, 1999 when he battles Omar Sheika at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The fight card will also feature a bevy of Mixed Martial Arts stars headlined by Seth Petruzelli, who most recently knocked out [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. (52-5, 38 KOs) is looking to fight former super middleweight contender on March 21st at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida. The choice of Sheika, 32, as an opponent like a bizarre choice for Jones given that Sheika hasn’t fought [...]