(April 4, 2017) Two-time title challenger #EdnerCherry gained a hard-fought unanimous decision over #OmarDouglas in a 10-round bout. Edner Cherry used every veteran trick in his book against Omar Douglas as he turned the page toward another potential title shot. Cherry won a 10-round unanimous decision over Douglas in a 130-pound bout that headlined a Premier Boxing Champions card in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The scores were 96-94 (twice) and 98-92 in favor of Cherry, whose aggressive pace was more impressionable on the three judges than was Douglas’ poise and counterpunching. Cherry, 34, sought to take the fight to his younger opponent from the opening bell. The two-time title challenger knew he’d have to make an early impression on the judges as well as on Douglas, working on the inside and scoring with right hands while looking for opportunities to land his patented “Cherry Bomb” left hook. Douglas, 26, effectively neutralized his opponent’s money punch. The native of nearby ...
(June 28, 2016) Omar “Super O” Douglas (17-0, 12 KOs) wore down Alexei Collado (19-2, 17 KOs) before gaining a seventh-round knockout in a 130-pound bout on June 28, 2016 on PBC on FS1. A fast-rising star out of Wilmington, Delaware, Douglas jumped out to an early lead, controlling the action in the first frame. Douglas continued moving Collado around the ring in round two, forcing a frustrated Collado to clinch, which resulted in both fighters awkwardly stumbling to the canvas. The Miami native Collado came out aggressive in rounds three and four, outworking Douglas and winning him the pair of rounds on all three judges’ scorecards. However, Douglas settled in throughout rounds five and six. His jabs to the body proving an effective deterrent to Collado’s aggression and furious pace he displayed in the earlier rounds. The end came in the seventh round as Douglas landed a left hook to Collado’s head that stumbled Collado, forcing him to take a knee and never get back up. “I no...
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