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CRANSTON, RI(二月 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star 十日 “T-尼斯” 卡恩 - 克拉里(17-0, 11 科斯) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “闪” 科塔 (18-5-1, 16 科斯) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, 加利福尼亚州.
A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 记录), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 全国金手套锦标赛, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 中美. 奥运拳击队, 转为职业选手在三年前.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of 塞尔吉奥 “Cuatito” 洛佩兹 (19-10-1, 13 科斯) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show 这个星期六, 通过标题 Alex Saucedo vs. Clarence Booth, doesn’t have a single 10-round fight, in favor of three 8-rounders including Kahn-Clary vs. 科塔.
“That really doesn’t matter to me,” Kahn-Clary said. “I trained to beat this guy, not how many rounds. I’m a lot better fighter than I was a year ago. I’m a lot more relaxed in the ring. I think more as I’m moving in the ring, adjusting a lot better, and my combinations are coming out a lot better.”
A former WBC FECOMBOX and Mexican featherweight champion, Cota is a dangerous opponent who has knocked out 16 的 18 fighters he’s defeated as a professional.
“Cota may have lost four of his last six but they were all title fights or on television against name opponents,” 卡恩 - 克拉里的头教练 彼得·曼弗雷多, SR. 注意. “He has some pop, throws a zillion punches and just keeps coming forward. This is a good step up for Toka.
“Toka is ready for this fight. He’s had a lot of good sparring. Toka is aggressive, well-conditioned, a good defensive fighter who can crack. There wasn’t a 10-round fight available on this card but we wanted this fight. Toka’s still only 23 so there’s no reason to rush things.”
Cota is battle tested having fought world title challenger乔纳森·奥肯, 波多黎各奥海 Orlando Cruzand Russian champion 安德烈·克里莫夫.
“I like fighting guys that come to me like Cota,” Kahn-Clary remarked. “It makes my job easier. I can setup my punches and fights against guys like this aren’t as much as a chess match. I’ll be landing hard shots and fans like that better than a chess match.”
