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by T.K. Stewart - Omar Sheika will step through the ropes tomorrow night versus Roy Jones, Jr. in the role of challenger against the hometown favorite. But one thing is for certain, Omar Sheika is used to playing the familiar character, and like the song goes - “That’s just the way it is, and some things will never change.”
Sheika has made a career out of fighting on the road and unfortunately he hasn’t found the road to be a very accommodating place. The 32 year-old of *********** descent hails from the mean streets of Paterson, New Jersey and during the course of his 12 year professional career he’s only fought in his hometown once.
During the years that Sheika has been punching for pay and living the life of a prizefighter he’s managed to amass a career record of 27-8 (18KO), but the story behind the numbers is that six of those losses have come in the backyard of his opposition.
There was Tony Booth in England, Joe Calzaghe in Wales, Eric Lucas in Montreal, Scott Pemberton (twice) in Connecticut and Markus Beyer in Germany.. So as he readies to face-off against Roy Jones, Jr. tomorrow night in Jones’ hometown of Pensacola, Florida inside what will be the unfriendly confines of the Pensacola Civic Center, it doesn’t seem to faze Sheika much. [details]
Sheika has made a career out of fighting on the road and unfortunately he hasn’t found the road to be a very accommodating place. The 32 year-old of *********** descent hails from the mean streets of Paterson, New Jersey and during the course of his 12 year professional career he’s only fought in his hometown once.
During the years that Sheika has been punching for pay and living the life of a prizefighter he’s managed to amass a career record of 27-8 (18KO), but the story behind the numbers is that six of those losses have come in the backyard of his opposition.
There was Tony Booth in England, Joe Calzaghe in Wales, Eric Lucas in Montreal, Scott Pemberton (twice) in Connecticut and Markus Beyer in Germany.. So as he readies to face-off against Roy Jones, Jr. tomorrow night in Jones’ hometown of Pensacola, Florida inside what will be the unfriendly confines of the Pensacola Civic Center, it doesn’t seem to faze Sheika much. [details]
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