Omar Sheika
ABOUT OMAR SHEIKA
Palestinian-American middleweight boxer who turned professional in 1997 and won his first 14 fights.
He was the National Middleweight Amateur Champion in 1996.
He lost his fight for the Cruiser-weight title in 2011.
He grew up in Patterson, New Jersey in a Palestinian-American family.
In 2009 he lost his bout against boxing legend Roy Jones Jr.