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Themba Ezingakanqotshwa Toka Kahn-Clary, abathweswa iziqu ukuba 10-round fighter
(L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary futhi umahluleli Jay Nady |
(L-R) – Head trainer Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
Ezingakanqotshwa blue-chip ithemba Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia making native igama in America
Ukuze silwe Sergio Lopez lokhu ngoMgqibelo in Las Vegas
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(konke izithombe by Jeny Luna Hernandez-Watson)
Providence (November 16, 2015) — Themba Ezingakanqotshwa featherweight Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 Kos) Kungenzeka kube umhlabeleli, kuqhathaniswa “engaziwa” prizefighter kuleli lizwe, okungenani ngaphandle of New England.
A ahlobisa amateur American owayenonembeza 131-11 irekhodi, esiqokonyiswa ukusebenza ngegolide-ngendondo at the 2010 Gloves National Golden Tournament, Kahn-Clary ubuyela ring lokhu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku (Nov. 20) at The edayisa ukudla kwamazwe ahlukene Las Vegas ngokumelene abaphikisi Mexican Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 Kos) kulokho okufanele ukuba Kahn-Clary lokugcina okuhleliwe nesishiyagalombili round iziqubu ngaphambi kokuba iziqu ukuba 10-rounders.
“Muhle ukulwa ezinzima Mexican abangakwazi ebhokisini kancane on the ngaphandle,” Kahn-Clary ekhuluma ngabangane nje umphikisi wakhe olandelayo, “kodwa eza phambili, too. Muhle abanolwazi futhi ubelokhu nge eziningi labamelene okuhle.”
Lopez ukuhlolwa sína for yanoma imaphi amathemba. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) lokhu August esidlule, 10-round amanzi uqhekeko 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, futhi okwesihlanu-round Knockout emangalisa lobuchwepheshe 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez kuyinto Gamer,” Kahn-Clary ikhanda trainer Peter Manfredo, Sr. wanezela. He’s tough but our plan is for Toka to take him apart and eventually take him out. Toka’s not far away from a really big fight, kungenzeka 8-10 izinyanga. We were offered a big fight but, kudingeka one 10-round mpi wokuqala, futhi uthole ukuthi impi ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.”
Kahn-Clary, ukulwa out of Providence, uyeza off ukunqoba kwakhe enhle kakhulu njengoba June last professional, lapho wangena ekilasini ukuwuthatha 33-11 Jonathan Perez, yangaphambili Colombian super bantamweight futhi World Boxing Council (WBC) champion. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy Bradley'S emhlabeni wesikhashana welterweight title ukunqoba kuka Jessie Vargas at StubHub Center e Carson, California.
The oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala, owazalwa Toka Kahn, will never face obstacles in the ring more difficult to overcome than his early life experiences. Now a blue-chip prospect, he was born in Liberia and came to America with his younger sister to join their father when he was only six. He lived in Philadelphia only one year before his father was killed in a shooting. Toka’s arduous journey continued as he and his sister moved to Providence, lapho ngahlala nabazali bokutholwa ngubani, ngokungagwegwesi, weyengenandaba kwenzekani kubo.
Zonke izimpawu bakhomba Toka ukuthola senkingeni emigwaqweni Providence ngisemusha, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi, lapho engenakhaya. Ngenhlanhla, noma, umngane wamletha Gym Manfredo ngo Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, USA Boxing New England umengameli Jim Perella futhi lo mbhangqwana ukuthi wagcina ebe naye, Andrea Watson futhi Ron Clary, Sakushintsha ukuphila kwakhe.
Kahn-Clary usayine inkontileka asetshenzisiwe kanye Top Rank, lapho, kanye nomphathi Mike Criscio futhi Manfredo, baye bathuthela Kahn-Clary at a engaguquki, ijubane phezulu. Kahn-Clary, Phela, uzobe ukulwa okwesithathu kulonyaka, ngemuva kokuba emihlanu ngonyaka odlule.
“Top Rank wenze umsebenzi omuhle ukugcina kwami umatasa,” southpaw Kahn-Clary commented. “I know that it takes time to climb the ladder and I still need to improve a few things. I need to beat a top fighter to get into the world rankings. I’ll be ready when I get that call.
“Sengilungele manje for a 10 noma 12 round mpi. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 futhi 12 round fights because it’ll be a test for me and I love to be test. The top guys in my division are the (Gary) Russell, (Ekhathelel) Lomachenkofuthi (Lion) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Quality sparring e New England singekho, ikakhulukazi ukulwa ezincane-isisindo ezifana Kahn-Clary, oye yazuza okuhlangenwe nakho olungenakuqhathaniswa sparring kanye WBA super featherweightJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 Kos), ezintathu-time US Olympian Rau'shee Warren futhi akubo New England kanye nomngane, New Haven’s Luis “KO King” Rosa (21-0, 10 Kos).
“Peter (Manfredo) futhi mina bahambe ukuze Worcester (MA) futhi Connecticut ukuze uthole umsebenzi omuhle,” the gifted boxer-puncher Toka-Kahn explained. “It’s been a great help for me. I’ve gotten a lot of valuable experience in there with fighters like Fortuna and Warren. Sengike ngakubona ring yabo generalship, ukunyakaza kwabo, and I’ve learned from them. They’re smart. I’ve learned from them, even try to copy them. It’s not just about sparring, okuyinto a isipiliyoni ukufunda. Uma ungafundi kusukela sparring, konke uzoba njalo unguphathina sparring.”
Manfredo kade futhi eqaphela ukuthi ukwenza kwakhe umfundi umklomelo, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Ngikhathazekile abangane obuhle Freddie Roach futhi sizobe ukuphuma California futhi aqeqeshe at the Wild Card Gym,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, ongomunye the best, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Khonamanjalo, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Okokuqala, noma, anakho ukuze uthole esidlule Lopez lokhu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ukugcina umfutho wakhe uya.
Landela Kahn-Clary on Twitter and InstagramTokaKahnClary, noma umngane kuye on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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Iziqu USUKU ANTOINE Douglas: UNBEATEN MIDDLEWEIGHT DROPS LES SHERRINGTON FIVE TIMES EN ROUTE TO FOURTH-ROUND TKO IN MAIN EVENT OF SHOBOX: THE NEW QUADRUPLEHEADER KWAMANZI
Unbeaten Taras Shelestyuk Outpoints Aslanbek Kozaev,
Ezingakanqotshwa Keenan Smith Takes Close Isinqumo phezu Benjamin Whitaker,
Sam Teah Deals O'Shaquie Foster esehlulwe First
Catch Replay ngoMsombuluko, Nov. 9, at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT on sho OKUKHULU®
Chofoza LAPHA Thwebula Ama ifotho
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Las Vegas (Nov. 7, 2015) – It was cold outside, the ekushoniseni lokushisa singene 50s ongaphakeme, kodwa izakhi akazange kuthinte unbeaten Antoine "Action" Douglas, Nokho, as the talented world-ranked middleweight turned up the heat and impressively knocked out Les Sherrington in the round yesine kwenzeka main of a ShoBox: The New Generation quadrupleheader Friday aphile on ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO.
Douglas (19-0-1, 13 Kos), of Burke, Va., baphonse Sherrington (35-8, 19 Kos), of Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, izikhathi ezinhlanu ngaphambi mpi eyodwa emaceleni for the WBO International 160-ganda isihloko sayo sima 1:02 of the wesine. The okusheshayo, Okungishaya Douglas baphonse Sherrington sinye emahlandla lokuqala nelesibili, izikhathi ezimbili in the wesithathu futhi once in the wesine.
In the co-sici kusukela ring ngokukhethekile eyakhiwe ngaphandle Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC) ngaphesheya D Las Vegas, Southpaw Ukrainian Taras "Deal Real" Shelestyuk (13-0, 8 Kos), of Los Angeles, Calif., wamisa a eduze-10-round shutout phezu Aslanbek Kozak (26-2-1, 7 Kos), of eVladikavkaz, Russia, wasithatha isihloko WBO-Nabo Regional Welterweight. A zangaphambili standout amateur kanye 2012 Olympic Games Bronze Medalist, Shelestyuk, won by the izikolo 100-90 kabili futhi 99-91.
In Imiphumela ezinye ekhadini ogqugquzelwa GH3 Promotions futhi Banner Promotions, "Killa" Keenan Smith (9-0, 3 Kos), of Philadelphia, won a ngazwilinye nesishiyagalombili round isinqumo phezuBenjamin "Da Blaxican" Whitaker (10-2, 2 Kos), of San Antonio, Texas, in a yokuncintisana welterweight scrap futhi "Sam Tsunami" ezilungisiwe (7-1, 2 Kos) of Philadelphia amaphuzu isinqumo ngazwilinye phezu ngaphambilini Ezingakanqotshwa O'Shaquie "Ice Water" Foster (8-1, 5 Kos) Orange, Texas, emdlalweni engasindi. Kwakuyisikhathi 135th boxer balahlekelwa wakhe wokuqala ShoBox.
For Douglas, kwaba wesihlanu ukunqoba kwakhe alandelanayo on ShoBox futhi kungenzeka cishe amenza endaweni ethile ikusasa SHOWTIME Championship Boxing® ikhadi. The 10 fighters ngubani uke wabonakala izikhathi ezinhlanu noma ngaphezulu phezu ShoBox sonke sesiqhubeke inselele isihloko emhlabeni.
"Antoine Douglas uyisibonelo esiphelele lokho esikwenzayo kule ShoBox series. We ukwakha fighters. We bathuthukiswe kusukela themba kwabazabalazayo,"Kusho Gordon Hall, Producer Executive of ShoBox: The New Generation futhi Senior Vice President of Production, Showtime Sports. "Sesibonile Antoine ukhule. Waqala njengoba ithemba bethembisa, futhi Sizifanise kuye ngempela ezinzima futhi isikhathi ngasinye futhi zonke wangena lo msebenzi. Tonight, wathola iziqu ShoBox nge ukusebenza umbukwane; azikho ukungabaza manje Olwa. "
"Sathola ukuthi yini Antoine Douglas okudingekayo: Uhlobo ukusebenza ngokupheleleyo okudlangile eyenza ufuna ukumbona ngokumelene middleweights umhlabeleli. Tonight kwaba iziqu Antoine sika kusuka ShoBox. Manje yena uzoba ukuhambisa kuze izinto omkhulu nongcono,” wathi ShoBoxUmhlaziyi uchwepheshe Steve Farhood kamuva:
Douglas waya 10 emahlandla for the okwesibili futhi upped streak yakhe lokuwina emihlanu kusukela Boxing a draw ngoJulayi 2014.
"Bathi lokhu kwaba lilanga lami iziqu, isikhathi a cap futhi gown, ngakho lokhu kwaba nakanjani win enkulu,'' Kusho Douglas, a amateur phezulu owawasho kuze 2011 U.S. Trials Olympic futhi Olwa the WBA sika lesishiyagalolunye-zibalwa uya e. "Kwaba emnandi kakhulu ukulwaShoBox bese ngikwazisa konke abakwenzile kimi ukuthola kimi ukulungele ukuya ezingeni elilandelayo. Manje, sekuyisikhathi sokuba kimi ukuthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo.
"I kulindeleke ukunqoba, cishe ngo Knockout, kodwa angizange ukuba kube ngale ndlela. I kulindeleke Sherrington ukuba obuqinile, more walungisa. Ngicabanga jab yami kwaba isihluthulelo. It up wammisa for bonke isibhamu big Ngaboshwa ngesandla sami sokunene futhi hook kwesokunxele.
"Ngangazi Ngingathanda nangesivinini kunalokho kuye. Ngase ngikulungele kakhulu. Enye into enhle Ngijabulile ngaye ukuthi ngaqhubeka ukuzibamba yami. ''
Sherrington, owayelwela ngaphandle of Australia nokwenza US yakhe. futhi 2015 debuts, wangena kokuphunyuka won ayisishiyagalombili wakhe wokugcina eziyisishiyagalolunye ukulwa, kuhlanganise pair wakhe wokugcina. Kodwa No the WBA sika. 12 Olwa kwaba abalutho Douglas.
"Antoine Douglas kuhle kakhulu futhi lizoqhubeka izinto ezinkulu ngempela kulo mdlalo,'' Sherrington wathi.
"Angikho izaba, kodwa ngase zeqhwa futhi awulokothi kulungele ngempela up. Wabe bangibamba amakhaza. Ngafika lapha ukufinyelela iphupho konke emayini kodwa kwakungafanele ukuba. I safike banamukele Izilimi big in a ashesha enkulu futhi ngendlela embi kakhulu. Lonke udumo luya Douglas lokho. ''
Farhood umxhwele kanye Shelestyuk, a standout zangaphambili amateur. "[Terrace] Shelestyuk wawungathi fighter ovuthiwe kakhulu ekhadini,'' Farhood wathi. "Unalo lozalo emangalisayo amateur, yena waba i-Olympic Bronze Medalist. Wazama ukulwa eyamenza ukulwa kanye aphonse eziningi punches — yena okulinganiselwa 85 Punches a round. Yena wabusa ukulwa kusukela emzuliswaneni wokuqala on kanye wayefana fighter-class emhlabeni ukuthi yasungulwa ukuba.”
Shelestyuk zisetshenziswa wakhe-3½ intshi ukuphakama inzuzo linqobe umdlalo kodwa outclassed Kozaev. "Lokhu kwaba ukulwa okuhle ngami. Ngijabule kakhulu. I wanqoba isicoco yami yokuqala pro, waya 10 emahlandla okokuqala futhi won zonke emahlandla,'' Shelestyuk wathi.
"Lo guy kwaba abaphikisi super ezinzima. Ngangicabanga ukuthi uya out knock kuye ezimbalwa emahlandla kodwa wathatha yonke punches wami onzima. Wayeyiqhawe elinesibindi nakho okuningi ngaphezu kwami. ''
Kozaev, okwenza isiqalo sakhe sokuqala e 18 izinyanga, waqala fast kodwa safike outhustled futhi outworked kusukela emzuliswaneni wesibili kwi. "Muhle ukulwa okuhle futhi ngamnika umhlabeleli yami, kodwa njengoba hhayi balwa isikhathi eside enjalo yikona big,'' Uthe.
Smith wakunqoba ukuncishiselwa ezimbi phezu iso kwesokunxele kusukela headbutt okungahlosiwe lesithupha kodwa wabuya ukuba amaphuzu a knockdown ngowesikhombisa. Yena uphakeme by izikolo 79-73 futhi 78-74 kabili.
"Keenan Smith abanqoba a cut embi kakhulu ukunqoba le mpi,'' Farhood wathi. "Wathi amaphuzu a knockdown ukuthi kwaba ezingalindelekile selishonile ukulwa. Ngangicabanga ukuthi nempi close kakhulu, kodwa Smith wenza okwanele in the emahlandla ekuseni ukunqoba. Muhle nakanjani ithemba ngeke ngcono.”
Smith wayelwela okwesine kulo nyaka ngemuva hiatus yeminyaka emithathu. Wayengumuntu esingaphansi nomdlandla kamuva. "Lokhu kwaba ikamu rough for me. Umama washona. Nganikezela kule mpi kuye futhi empeleni wayefuna ukuba uthole Knockout,'' Kusho Smith yini ukuthi obani ababefaka yonke-pink iziqu e udumo kuye.
"Angisona konke happy ngoba ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi ngangingaba usuqedile kuye nakuba ehlombe lami elingakwesobunxele labebuhlungu futhi angibanga 100 Amaphesenti angu. Ngiphinde akakwazanga ukubona ukuthi ngaso sonke esweni lami emva Imi.
"Kodwa tonight, kwakungathi welterweight ukulwa a welterweight junior. Ngasengilinganisa e at 141 futhi wayesezonikela ngo 147. Kodwa kwenzekani emahlandla eyisishiyagalombili okokuqala kwaba nakanjani into enhle. I nje sengathi kufanele usuqedile kunamandla kakhulu. Isimo sezulu kwakungeyona inkinga. ''
Whitaker kwadingeka ezintathu-mpi ngokuwina streak ekupheleni. "Lo amagoli kwaba indlela off. Kwaba a fight kakhulu eduze nangaphezu kwalokho,'' Uthe. "I abaqondi ukuthi wayengase athole waxwayisa lonke ekulweni ephethe, kodwa ungalokothi athole iphuzu uthathile. The knockdown wayengekho ngisho knockdown. Kwaba more of a uhambo. The Ref wangibuza ukuthi ngingaya yini ukuqhubeka futhi ngineminyaka like, 'Ngase ngisho ubuhlungu, ngisho wobbled kancane kancane. '
"Ngingathanda ukuba alwe naye godu. ''
Teah wawina iziqubu ukuvulwa telecast by izikolo 79-73 futhi 77-75 kabili. "Lesi kwakuyisimemo ecasukile,'' Farhood wathi. "Teah ukushaya ukulwa owayekade amateur onzima. Inkinga for O'Shaquie Foster ukuthi wayefana an amateur. Akazange ulungise umdlalo pro. Akazange abonise amandla anele nokuzimisela ngokwanele. Wayengumuntu a ukudumazeka [Am] Teah bakusebenzisa ukuthi.”
Yeah, okwenza nesishiyagalombili round wakhe DEBUT, won lwakhe lwesithathu njengesithunywa zilandelana. "Ngingumfana ngijabule futhi akakwazanga cela uto kangcono,'' Uthe. "Lokhu nakanjani win yami enkulu mina nakanjani wazizwa I won. Engangingayenza more, kodwa Ngenza ngokwanele. Lokhu kwaba win esikhulu team yami. Ukusebenza 10 amahora bosuku off for me.
"Lesi kwaba isikhathi sami sokuqala siya emahlandla lasiphohlongo ngazizwa eqinile. Ukuze ukushaya fighter unbeaten yayinkulu. Esokuqala emahlandla lasitfupha I coasted. The last ezimbili emahlandla ukukhathala asibeka futhi ngaqala ukuzizwa sezulu, kodwa ngizizwa enkulu manje. ''
Uma umuntu of okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela eziyisishiyagalombili eba yiqhwa ngaphansi ukukhanya kwaba Foster. "Ngasizathu simbe I nje wayengekho ngokwami lapho,'' A Foster osebonakala badumazeke wathi. "Engangingayenza kakhulu kodwa mina nje angizange ngiphume punches ngokwanele. Sekuyisikhathi sokuba nami baphinde bawahlanganise bese uthole it ndawonye ngokuzayo. ''
Zonke kodwa Douglas babehlekisa yabo ShoBox debuts.
The ShoBox quadrupleheader sizophinda air kuleli sonto kanje:
DAY CHANNEL
Monday, Nov. 9, 10 p.m. ET/PT SHOWTIME EXTREME
SangoLwesihlanu ezine-mpi telecast azotholakala SHOWTIME ON IFUNA® isiqala namuhla / ngoMgqibelo, Nov. 7.
Barry Tompkins okuthiwa ShoBox ethile ringside nge Farhood and zangaphambili emhlabeni iqhawe Raul Marquez ukukhonza njengoba uchwepheshe abahlaziyi. Umkhiqizi executive kwabaGordon Hall kanye Richard Gaughan likhiqiza futhi Rick Phillips oqondisa.
GH3 Promotions quintet obala ngalobu busuku Friday in Las Vegas
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“Isikhathi Shine” Isiqophi Promotional Friday, Nov. 6 Ibhayisikobho Downtown Las Vegas Indawo Center
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Oscar ESCANDON UNIKEZA Training Camp UPDATE NGAPHAMBI featherweight World Championship Yimpi KWABANTU Gary Russell JR. MHLAKA, NOVEMBER 14 KUSUKELA HARD ROCK HOTEL & Ikhasino ku Las Vegas
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Ezingakanqotshwa kwabazabalazayo uFrank GALARZA & JARRETT HURD MEET IN SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® CO-FEATURED EVENT
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