Pensacola Boxing Odds

ROY JONES JR. Returns To Fight In Pensacola
Against Omar Sheoka On Saturday, March 21, 2009
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW

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.

Roy Jones Jr. (52-5, 38 KOs) in his hay day had a unstoppable fashion, stunning his opponents with blinding quickness and brutal power, beating the top names in the sport, including Bernard Hopkins, James “Lights Out” Toney, Mike McCallum and Virgil Hill. He made history on March 1, 2003 when he stymied then-heavyweight champion John Ruiz to become the first former middleweight champion to win the heavyweight title in more than 100 years.

Omar Sheika (27-8, 18 KOs) turned pro in 1997 and has fought several times for major titles, but has come up short in each attempt. He challenged Joe Calzaghe for the WBO Super Middleweight Title in 2000, but lost via TKO. In 2002 he took on WBC Super Middleweight Title holder Eric Lucas, but lost a decision. In 2004 he fought IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Jeff Lacy, but lost a close decision. In his latest fight he took on Markus Beyer for the WBC Super Middleweight Title, but again came up short in a decision.

Sheika holds a win over imprisoned boxer James Butler in late 2004, Butler's last fight as a boxer before his murder conviction. Sheika has a proffesionnal record of 27-8. The card will take place at the Pensacola Civic Center and be shown on pay-per-view.

The MMA Portion Features KEN SHAMROCK vs. BOBBY LASHLEY
Plus Stars ROY NELSON, JEFF MONSON & DOUG MARSHALL

Seth Petruzelli knocked out Kimbo Slice on national television in October, Seth “The Silverback” Petruzelli (10-4, 9 KOs) a wrestling/karate specialist from Fort Myers, FL. Seth has had only three of his fourteen bouts go longer than one round. Most recently, on October 4, 2008, Petruzelli took a fight against Internet Legend Kimbo Slice on one hour notice in an event broadcast on national television. Petruzelli attacked Slice from the opening bell and the fight was stopped 14 seconds in, giving Kimbo his first professional loss and a new MMA star was born.

Doug “Rhino” Marshall (9-3, 6 KOs, 3 Submissions) is a Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu specialist from Visalia, CA. Doug began his MMA career at heavyweight and won his pro debut in 32 seconds. “Rhino” was given the opportunity to fight for a title in only his third pro fight and won that in 22 seconds! Doug’s thirst for winning was motivating him to train harder and his new regimen dropped him down to light heavyweight. On August 17, 2006, Doug won the WEC light heavyweight championship and had three successful defenses.

Another MMA fight on the card is supposed to match Roy Nelson against Jeff Monson, although Monson's legal problems could make that difficult.

Roy “Big Country” Nelson (13-3, 6 KOs, 3 Submissions) is a grappler and Jui Jitsu specialist from Las Vegas, NV. Nelson played football and baseball and wrestled in high school. “Big Country” became motivated to learn martial arts after watching “The Karate Kid” and now trains with Ken Shamrock in The Lion’s Den. The 250 lb. heavy-handed Nelson is the current International Fight League (IFL) Heavyweight Champion. He’s a fan-favorite for two reasons…his body type (soft) and his skill (outstanding).

Jeff “The Snowman” Monson (27-8, 2 KOs, 17 Submissions) from Olympia, WA is 5’ 8” 240 lbs of solid muscle and was recently featured in a 3-page spread in ESPN The Magazine, as the world’s most intimidating MMA fighter. Monson got his nickname while in a 1999 grappling tournament in Brazil. He came in unknown and beat four Brazilians in a row, each tougher than the one before him, to win the tournament. They said he was like a snowball: white, compact, rolling downhill while getting bigger and stronger. In a fight, he is an avalanche headed straight for you. From 2002 to 2006, Monson won sixteen consecutive fights over the four and a half year time period. Monson, who has run into problems with the law as an open anarchist, comes into the ring using John Lennon’s “Imagine” and is a card-carrying member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). Not only a superb athlete, Monson is an intellectual and idealist, and these attributes coupled with his skills as a fighter, make him one dangerous and unpredictable opponent.

Roy Jones Jr Vs Omar Sheika Results Roy Jones Jr. stopped Omar Sheika in the 5th round of a light heavyweight! Jones, who won the regional NABO light heavyweight title belt, was dominating Sheika. He was snapping Sheika's head back and had opened a cut on his face when referee Tommy Kimmons jumped in to stop the bout at 1:45.

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