Omar Sheika (born February 20, 1977 in Paterson, NJ) is an
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boxerBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
.
Sheika compiled an amateur boxing career, capturing a National Amateur Middleweight Championship at National AAU Boxing Tournament in 1996.
Sheika has fought several times for major titles, but has come up short in each attempt. He challenged
Joe CalzagheJoseph William Calzaghe CBE is a Welsh former professional boxer who retired undefeated. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world, He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the third European boxer, after Terry Marsh and Sven...
for the WBO super middleweight title in 2000, but lost via TKO.
Omar Sheika (born February 20, 1977 in Paterson, NJ) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
boxerBoxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...
.
Amateur career
Sheika compiled an amateur boxing career, capturing a National Amateur Middleweight Championship at National AAU Boxing Tournament in 1996.
Professional career
Sheika has fought several times for major titles, but has come up short in each attempt. He challenged
Joe CalzagheJoseph William Calzaghe CBE is a Welsh former professional boxer who retired undefeated. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world, He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the third European boxer, after Terry Marsh and Sven...
for the WBO super middleweight title in 2000, but lost via TKO. In 2002 he took on WBC super middleweight titleholder
Eric LucasÉric Lucas is a now retired professional boxer.Lucas turned pro in 1991 and came up short in his first two title shots, against WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Fabrice Tiozzo in 1996 and IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Roy Jones Jr later that year. He lost the fight to Jones afer Jones had...
, but lost. In 2004 he fought IBF super middleweight titleholder
Jeff LacyJeffrey Scott Lacy is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.-Amateur career:...
, but he lost again. In his latest title fight he challenged
Markus BeyerMarkus Beyer is a German boxer at super middleweight, who resides in Lilienthal, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division...
for the WBC super middleweight title, but Beyer defeated him.
Sheika also fought former world champion Roy Jones on March 21, 2009, in Pensacola, Florida, and lost via fifth-round knockout
Sheika defeated now-imprisoned boxer
James ButlerJames Butler Jr. is a former American light heavyweight boxer, and former USBA super middleweight champion. He had a career record of 20-5-0, with 12 wins coming by way of knockout, and was nicknamed "The Harlem Hammer".- Biography :Butler started off his career by scoring 18 wins and only 1 loss...
in late 2004.
Sheika also defeated future IBF light heavyweight champion
Glen JohnsonGlen Johnson may refer to:*Glen Johnson , Jamaican boxer*Glen Johnson , English footballer, currently playing for Liverpool F.C*Glen Johnson , former Canadian soccer player...
, who went on to defeat Roy Jones and
Antonio TarverAntonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion. He stands at 6' 2" and was the first man to beat Roy Jones, Jr....
.
Omar is scheduled to fight
Antwun EcholsAntwun Echols is an American boxer. Although he has been a perennial contender in the Middleweight division, Echols has never captured a major title.-Career:...
on September 23.
Echols was scratched from the card and replaced by Theo Kruger. Omar Sheika ended up beating Kruger by a TKO.
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