Former four-time world title challenger Omar Sheika took out journeyman Jim Strohl in three rounds in a scheduled eight round Light Heavyweight bout at Ceder Gardens in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
It was all Sheika from the outset as he blasted away at Strohl with head and body shots that could be heard several rows back. The fight became one-sided in round two as Sheika was pounding away on a game Strohl and the underdog’s left eye became red and there were several instances where referee Lindsey Page was a punch or two away from ending things. Sheika came out to end the night in round three as he trapped Strohl on the ropes several times as he would land multi punch combinations that finally opened up at least one cut around the eyes of Strohl. One last flurry of body and head shots forced Page to jump in and halt the action in round three.
Sheika, 176 lbs of Paterson, NJ has now scored three consecutive stoppages and is now 29-9 with twenty-one knockouts. Stohl of Las Vegas is now 27-9.
Terrence Cauthen boxed his way to an eight round split decision over Cleotis Pendarvis in a welterweight bout.
Cauthen consistently beat Pendarvis to the punch by landing some solid right hooks to the head and body and garbbing before Pendarvis could gesustained offense going.
Scores were 79-73 and 77-75 for Cauthen while a third card read 77-75 for Pendarvis.
Cauthen, 148 lbs of Trenton, NJ is 35-6. pendarvis, 146 lbs of Los Angeles is now 10-3-2.
In an exciting four round Super Bantamweight bout, Benjamin Morales squeaked out a unanimous decision over Francisco Ortiz.
The bout was action packed throughout with bot guys standing toe toe and at some points did some good in-fighting on the ropes.
Morales got the better of the first two frames and maybe got the slight advantage in the final frame to win by a 39-37 tally on all three judges cards.
Morales, 122 lbs of Allentown, PA is 1-0. Ortiz, 122 lbs of Vega Baja, PR is now 1-1.
Rami Ibrahim scored a terrific one punch stoppage over Marcus Smith in a scheduled four round Lightweight bout.
Ibrahim was all over Smith in the first frame and landed a hard right that dropped Smith in the second. When Smith got to his feet he was unsteady and the referee stopped the bout at 1:02 of round two.
Ibrahim, 136 lbs of Philadelphia is now 3–1 with one knockout. Smith, 134 1/2 lbs of Trenton, NJ is 0-3.
Charles Heyward scored a systematic unanimous decision over Reshawn Scott in a four round Light Heavyweight bout
All three judges scored the bout 40-36 in favor of Heyward, 177 lbs of Philadelphia and is now 4-2. Scott. 180 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is 2-4.
Alando Swain got into the win column with an emphatic four round unanimous decision over alil Farah in a Super Middleweight bout.
Swain buckled Farah on several occasions and won by scores of 40-36, 30-36 and 39-37.
Swain, 162 lbs of Trenton, NJ is now 1-1. Farah, 167 lbs of Philadelphia is 6-5.
Osnel Charles scored a four round unanimous decision over Ramon Ellis in a Lightweight bout.
All three judges saw the fight 39-37 for Chales, 134 lbs of Atlantic City who is now 3-2. Ellis, 137 lbs of Philadelphia is now 0-6.
The card was promoted by Nedal Boxing and can be seen this Sunday on gofightlive.tv
