 – Pictures courtesy of Mikey Williams –
PROVIDENCE (Mai 18, 2016)) – Undefeated blue-chip featherweight prospect Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) continues to show improvement in each and every fight. Last weekend, the 23-year-old Liberia-native knocked out seasoned veteran Orlando Rizo (19-7) in the fourth round at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California.
Kahn-Clary, ymladd allan o Providence, may still be flying under the radar but he’s getting closer to becoming a breakout star. His most recent fight was his first scheduled 10-rounder.
“I put in a lot of hard roadwork, running seven miles a day, ac (his head trainer) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) really pushed me,” Kahn-Clary talked about preparing for his last fight. I got some good work from Javier Fortuna, sparring him a few times, and he’s a good southpaw.
“I wasn’t looking for a knockout but it just happened. I stepped left and threw a left. I didn’t load up but it was accurate, hitting him right on his chin. I was happy to get the knockout but I was looking forward to getting in some more rounds.”
“Nothing Toka does really surprises me because I’ve known since the beginning that he’s special,” Manfredo commented. “Toka continues to improve with each fight and he’s hungry to get to the next level. There’s no rush, he doesn’t turn 24 to next year. He’s still maturing. The kid he knocked out was Nicolas Walters’ main sparring partner.
“I just don’t want to put him in with the big names just yet. He’s maturing but he’s not all the way there. He’s improving all of the time, putting his combinations together better each fight. I’ve also noticed that he’s nice and relaxed in the ring now. He’s becoming a good boxer who always had power. Top Rank is doing a great job moving him. Everybody’s happy.”
 Mae amatur Americanaidd haddurno a oedd â 131-11 cofnod, amlygwyd gan berfformiad medal aur yn y 2010 Menig Golden Cenedlaethol Twrnamaint, Kahn-Clary trosglwyddo ergyd i wneud y 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team to turn pro three years ago.
“I’ve been boxing 10 blynyddoedd bellach,” Kahn-Clary added. “Knowing what I’ve already accomplished, I also realize that I’m still improving. I’ll be back in the gym Dydd Llun to get ready for the next call we get about my next fight. (Top Rank’s) Brad Goodman is one of the best matchmakers in boxing. He and everybody at Top Rank are doing a great job positioning me for a big opportunity. That may not happen this year but, hopefully, it will sometime next year. I’m boxing so much better now than I ever did. I used to fight like I was in a fog but, bellach, my eyes are wide open.”
Not bad for a kid who left his mother and siblings in Liberia when he was six, only to have his father murdered a year after he arrived in the United States. He’s overcome many difficult obstacles in his young life, most of them tougher than any opponents he’ll every fight, including a stretch in which he was homeless. It’s only made him tougher and an even better overall person.
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Undefeated prospect Toka Kahn-Clary Returns to ring this Saturday night vs. Gabino Cota in Studio City, California
CRANSTON, RI(Chwefror 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary(17-0, 11 Kos) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “Flash” Cota (18-5-1, 16 Kos) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 cofnod), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 Menig Golden Cenedlaethol Twrnamaint, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. Tîm Paffio Olympaidd, troi tair blynedd pro yn ôl.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show dydd Sadwrn, headlined gan Alex Saucedo vs. Clarence Booth, doesn’t have a single 10-round fight, in favor of three 8-rounders including Kahn-Clary vs. Cota.
“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 y 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,” Pen hyfforddwr Kahn-Clary yn Peter Manfredo, Sr. Nodwyd. “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 challengerJonathan Oquendo, Puerto Rico Olympaidd Orlando Cruzand Russian champion Andrey Klimov.
“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.”
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Gobaith undefeated Toka Kahn-Clary Graddedigion i ymladdwr 10-rownd
-yr holl luniau trwy garedigrwydd Mikey Williams / Safle Top-
CRANSTON, RI (Tachwedd 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) nos Wener diwethaf yn The Cosmopolitan o Las Vegas, diguro glas-sglodion gobaith pwysau plu Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) wedi graddio yn swyddogol o ymladdwr wyth i ddeg-rownd.
“”Fy perfformiad yn dda,” Kahn-Clary looked back on his knockout of Lopez. “I didn’t do anything to make it a difficult fight. I was a little concerned that my opponent came in overweight (128 pwys. pwysau contract ond Lopez pwyso 132.2 pwys.), but I didn’t think too much of it. I really wanted to go four or five rounds for some more experience, ond yr wyf yn ei roi i lawr yn yr ail rownd gyda bachyn dde, a mynd ag ef allan. (Lopez oedd yn gallu ateb y gloch ar gyfer y drydedd rownd.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary a dyfarnwr Jay Nady |
“Rwy'n bendant yn barod ar gyfer 10-rownderi. (Pennaeth hyfforddwr) Peter (Manfredo, Sr) bob amser wedi fy gwneud llawer o waith cyflyru. Rydym sparred llawer o rowndiau i ymladd wyth rownd, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, ond Byddaf yn ôl yn y gampfa ddydd Llun nesaf.”
Mae amatur Americanaidd haddurno a oedd â 131-11 cofnod, amlygwyd gan berfformiad medal aur yn y 2010 Menig Golden Cenedlaethol Twrnamaint, Kahn-Clary trosglwyddo ergyd i wneud y 2016 U.S. Tîm Paffio Olympaidd, troi tair blynedd pro yn ôl.
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| (L-R) – Pennaeth hyfforddwr Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Yr wyf yn meddwl gwneud Toka ddatganiad mawr ac felly yr oedd Rank Top (Hyrwyddwr Kahn-Clary yn),” Manfredo added. “They’re so high on him that they want to put him in a big fight. I told them to give us a 10-round fight first, efallai ym mis Ionawr neu Chwefror, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; ei fod yn unig 23.
“Toka’s really maturing. He still doesn’t have ‘man strength’ but he’s getting there. He always works hard. He spars hard with bigger guys. He doesn’t just beat up a sparring partner, mae'n curiadau i fyny y gampfa, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Fe'i ganed yn Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Yr wyf am gystadlu ar y lefel uchaf,” he explained. “Y flwyddyn nesaf, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, Dim eto, ond byddaf fod yno yn flwyddyn arall.”
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Diguro gobaith glas-sglodion Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia enw gwneud frodorol yn America
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I ymladd Sergio Lopez dydd Sadwrn yn Las Vegas
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(holl luniau gan Jeny Luna Hernandez-Watson)
PROVIDENCE (Tachwedd 16, 2015) — Gobaith pwysau plu undefeated Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 Kos) Efallai fod y gorau, gymharol “anhysbys” Prizefighter yn y wlad, o leiaf y tu allan i New England.
Mae amatur Americanaidd haddurno a oedd â 131-11 cofnod, amlygwyd gan berfformiad medal aur yn y 2010 Menig Golden Cenedlaethol Twrnamaint, Kahn-Clary yn dychwelyd i'r cylch dydd Sadwrn nos (Tachwedd. 20) yn The Cosmopolitan o Las Vegas yn erbyn gwrthwynebydd Mecsicanaidd Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 Kos) yn yr hyn yn dybiedig i fod drefnwyd bout wyth-rownd ddiwethaf Kahn-Clary cyn iddo raddio i 10-rownderi.
“Mae e'n ymladdwr Mecsicanaidd anodd a all blwch ychydig ar y tu allan,” Siaradodd Kahn-Clary am ei wrthwynebydd nesaf, “ond mae'n dod ymlaen, hefyd. Mae'n brofiadol ac wedi bod mewn gyda llawer o wrthwynebwyr da.”
Lopez yn brawf difrifol ar gyfer unrhyw obaith. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) mae hyn Awst gorffennol, 10-rhaniad crwn tynnu gyda 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, ac un rhan o bump-rownd knockout technegol trawiadol o 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez yn gamer,” Pen hyfforddwr Kahn-Clary yn Peter Manfredo, Sr. Ychwanegodd. 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, efallai 8-10 mis. We were offered a big fight but, mae arnom angen un frwydr 10-rownd gyntaf, ac efe a chael y frwydr yn gynnar y flwyddyn nesaf.”
Kahn-Clary, ymladd allan o Providence, yn dod oddi ar ei fuddugoliaeth fwyaf nodedig fel fis Mehefin diwethaf proffesiynol, lle'r oedd yn camu i fyny yn y dosbarth i ymgymryd â 33-11 Jonathan Perez, y cyn Pwysau Bantam super Colombia a Chyngor Bocsio Byd (CLlC) pencampwr. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy BradleyTeitl y pwysau welter y byd dros dro 's ennill dros Jessie Vargas yn StubHub Center yn Carson, California.
Mae'r 23-mlwydd-oed, a aned 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, lle maent yn byw gyda rhieni maeth sydd, a dweud y gwir, Nid oedd gofal yr hyn ddigwyddodd iddynt.
Bydd pob arwydd yn tynnu sylw at Toka mynd mewn trafferth ar y strydoedd Providence yn ifanc, yn enwedig ar adegau, pan oedd yn ddigartref. Yn ffodus, er bod, ffrind ddaeth ag ef i Campfa Manfredo yn Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, Lywydd UDA Bocsio Lloegr Newydd Jim Perella ac mae'r cwpl yn y pen draw a fabwysiadwyd ef, Andrea Watson ac Ron Clary, Newidiodd ei fywyd yn ddramatig.
Llofnodi Kahn-Clary gontract hyrwyddo gyda Rank Top, sy'n, ynghyd â rheolwr Mike Criscio a Manfredo, wedi symud Kahn-Clary mewn gyson, cyflymder i fyny. Kahn-Clary, gyda llaw, Bydd yn ymladd am y trydydd tro eleni, ar ôl cael pum mlynedd ddiwethaf.
 “Rank Top wedi gwneud gwaith da cadw mi brysur,” 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.“Rwy'n barod ar hyn o bryd ar gyfer 10 neu 12 frwydr yn rownd. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 ac 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, (Wearyl) Lomachenkoac (Lion) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Sparring Ansawdd yn New England yn brin, yn arbennig ar gyfer ymladdwr llai-bwysau, megis Kahn-Clary, sydd wedi ennill profiad amhrisiadwy sparring gyda WBA pwysau plu superJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 Kos), tri-amser US Olympaidd Rau'shee Warren a'i gyd New England a ffrind, New Haven’s Luis “KO Brenin” Rosa (21-0, 10 Kos).
“Peter (Manfredo) ac mi deithio i Worcester (MA) ac Connecticut i gael gwaith da,” 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. Rwyf wedi gweld eu gadlywyddiaeth cylch, eu symud, 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, sy'n brofiad dysgu. Os na fyddwch yn dysgu oddi wrth sparring, i gyd byddwch chi erioed wedi bod yn bartner sparring.”
Manfredo wedi bod o gwmpas ac mae'n sylweddoli bod ei myfyrwyr wobr, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Rwy'n ffrindiau da gyda Freddie Roach a byddwn yn mynd allan i California a hyfforddi yn y Cerdyn Gwyllt Gampfa,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, sy'n un o'r goreuon, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Yn y cyfamser, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Yn gyntaf, er bod, mae'n rhaid iddo fynd heibio Lopez dydd Sadwrn nos i gadw ei momentwm.
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