Omar Sheika to Battle Yusaf Mack for Usba Light Heavyweight Title on Friday April 27Th at Resorts in Atlantic City

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Omar Sheika to Battle Yusaf Mack for Usba Light Heavyweight Title on Friday April 27Th at Resorts in Atlantic City OMAR SHEIKA TO BATTLE YUSAF MACK FOR USBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ON FRIDAY APRIL 27TH AT RESORTS IN ATLANTIC CITY ATLANTIC CITY’S BIGGEST BOXING WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH IMPORTANT TITLE CLASH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (April 2, 2012)—On Friday night April 27th, The biggest boxing weekend in Atlantic City kicks off with an important USBA Title clash when Omar Sheika takes on Yusaf Mack. The show is promoted by Nedal Abuhumoud’s Nedal’s Promotions and Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing. Sheika of Paterson, New Jersey has been a mainstay at the top of the Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions for sixteen years. He won his first fourteen bouts and went on to beat former world champions Simon Brown and Glen Johnson. The thirty-five year old Sheika challenged Joe Calzaghe, Eric Lucas; Jeff Lacy and Markus Beyer for world Super Middleweight supremacy but each time came up just a little bit short. Sheika, 33-11 with twenty-one knockouts is coming off an action packed ten round unanimous decision over Tony Ferrante on February 24th in Chester, PA Mack of Philadelphia has a record of 29-4-2 with seventeen knockouts and his been at the top of the Super Middleweight and Light heavyweight rankings for the better part of the last half decade. The thirty-two year old Mack was undefeated in his first twenty-four bouts (22-0-2) which included wins over Donnell Wiggins, Shannon Miller (for the USBA Super Middleweight title), Richard Grant (title defense) and Christian Cruz (title defense) as well as a draw with former world title challenger Randy Griffin. Mack also has big wins over Jose Juan Vasquez (16-1-1); Daniel Judah (22-2-3) and Chris Henry (23-1). He won the USBA Light Heavyweight crown with a split decision over Otis Griffin Mack has only lost to top fighters in former world champions Alejandro Berrio & Glen Johnson as well as former world title challenger Librado Andrade. In his last bout, Mack put up a terrific effort before being stopped by IBF Light Heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud. An exciting undercard with some of the best prospects on the east coast has been assembled and appearing in separate featured bouts will be: Undefeated Super Middleweight Derrick Webster (12-0, 7 KO’s) of Glassboro, NJ in an eight round co-feature Przemyslaw Opalach (9-1, 8 KO’s) of Poland in eight round Middleweight bout Juan Rodriguez Jr. (8-0, 3 KO’s) of Union City, NJ in a six round Welterweight bout Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (7-0, 5 KO’s) of Millville, NJ in a six round Welterweight bout Alando Swain (5-1, 1 KO) of Trenton, NJ in a four round Middleweight bout Tyrone Luckey (4-1-1 4 KO’s) of Middletown, NJ in a four round Lightweight bout Their Opponents plus more bouts will be announced shortly. Tickets for this championship night of boxing cost $80 and $50 and can be purchased by calling: 609-227-6959; 609-396-3005 and 609-586-3225 For more information on Nedal’s Promotions, Click: www.nedalspromotions.com For More information on KEA Boxing, click: www.keaboxing.com For media credentials, contact Alex Kut at [email protected] Resorts Casino and Hotel is located at 1133 Boardwalk in Atlantic City.
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