| Event Time | Feb 24, 2012 7:30 PM EST |
| Date Available OnDemand | Feb 25, 2012 5:00 PM EST |
| Event Type | Fight - Boxing |
| Price | US$9.99 |
| Availability | Available in all countries |
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CHESTER,
PA (February 29, 2012)—This past
Friday night at Harrahs in
Chester, PA, Omar Sheika scored a ten round unanimous decision over
Tony
Ferrante in a bout that many are already hailing as a Fight of the Year
candidate. Sheika
and
Ferrante took turns landing hard shots which thrilled the crowd at
Harrahs.
Ferrante jabbed very well
early
and was able to land some hard uppercuts.
Sheika got through with right
hands.
The bout was a battle of
geography as Ferrante had much success by
keeping Sheika pinned up against the ropes while Sheika performed well
in the
middle of the ring. Sheika
too
control in the middle round by landing some furious combinations. With
both fighters faces showing the signs of
a war, Sheika landed a crunching blow in round nine that snapped the
head of
Ferrante back.
Somehow Ferrante was able
to recover and get some work done at the end of the round. Ferrante
came back to have a strong round ten
but it was not enough to offset an earlier damage done inflicted by
Sheika
which included an earlier knockdown. In the
exciting co-feature, Naim Nelson remained undefeated with a close six
round
majority decision over Linwood Hurd. This was
a
bout in which each fighter had solid moments but it was the more solid
punching
of Nelson that seemed better in the judges’ minds over the
volume of Hurd. Local
favorite Jamie Campbell scored a four round unanimous decision over
Lonnie
Kornegay in a battle of hard hitting Heavyweights. Fred
Jenkins
Jr. survived a spirited effort over late-replacement John Michael Terry
to eek
out a four round unanimous decision in a Light Heavyweight bout. Tyrone
Crawley Jr. made a successful pro debut with a four round unanimous
decision
over Hamid Robinson. In a
battle of
pro debuters, Danny Mills scored the only knockout of the evening when
he took
out Michael Haines in a Middleweight bout. This
terrific night of boxing was promoted by Joey Eye Boxing &
David Feldman. Joey Eye
Boxing returns to Harrahs in Chester on Friday night May 4th |
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