– Pictures courtesy of Mikey Williams –
PROVIDENCE (ພຶດສະພາ 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, ຄາລິຟໍເນຍ.
Kahn, Clary, ການຕໍ່ສູ້ຂອງໃຫ້ບໍລິການ, 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, ແລະ (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.”
A ນັກສມັກເລ່ນອາເມລິກາຕົກແຕ່ງທີ່ມີ 131-11 ການບັນທຶກ, ເນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຫັນໂດຍການປະຕິບັດຄໍາ medal, ຢູ່ໃນ 2010 ຈໍາແນກຖົງມື Golden ແຫ່ງຊາດ, Kahn, Clary ຜ່ານການສັກຢາເພື່ອເຮັດໃຫ້ການ 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team to turn pro three years ago.
“I’ve been boxing 10 ປີໃນປັດຈຸບັນ,” Kahn-Clary added. “Knowing what I’ve already accomplished, I also realize that I’m still improving. I’ll be back in the gym ຈັນ 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, ໃນປັດຈຸບັນ, 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.
ປະຕິບັດຕາມ Kahn, Clary ສະມາຊິກແລະ Instagram @TokaKahnClary, ຫຼືຫມູ່ເພື່ອນເຂົາກ່ຽວກັບເຟສບຸກຢູ່www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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ເອກະສານໂຄດຄໍາສັ່ງ: Peter Manfredo Sr.
Undefeated prospect Toka Kahn-Clary Returns to ring this Saturday night vs. Gabino Cota in Studio City, ຄາລິຟໍເນຍ
ແຄນົດ, RI(ກຸມພາ 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, ຄາລິຟໍເນຍ. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 ການບັນທຶກ), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 ຈໍາແນກຖົງມື Golden ແຫ່ງຊາດ, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. ທີມງານໂອລິມປິກມວຍ, ປ່ຽນເປັນສີສໍາລັບສາມປີກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້.
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 ວັນເສົານີ້, ພາດຫົວໂດຍ 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 ຂອງ 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,” ຄູຝຶກຫົວ Kahn, Clary ຂອງ Peter Manfredo, Sr. ຍົກໃຫ້ເຫັນ. “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 Rican ດ່ວນ 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.”
ປະຕິບັດຕາມ Kahn, Clary ສະມາຊິກແລະ Instagram @TokaKahnClary, ຫຼືຫມູ່ເພື່ອນເຂົາກ່ຽວກັບເຟສບຸກຢູ່ www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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ຄວາມສົດໃສດ້ານຕະຫລອດ Toka Kahn, Clary ຈົບການ fighter 10 ຕະຫຼອດ
-ທັງຫມົດມາລະຍາດຂອງຮູບພາບ Mikey Williams / Top ຕາຕະລາງ-
ແຄນົດ, RI (ເດືອນພະຈິກ 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOs) ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນວັນສຸກທີ່ຜ່ານມາຢູ່ທີ່ Cosmopolitan ຂອງ Las Vegas, undefeated ຄວາມສົດໃສດ້ານເບົາສີຟ້າ, chip Toka “T-Nice” Kahn, Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) ໄດ້ຈົບການສຶກຢ່າງເປັນທາງການຈາກການເປັນ fighter ແປດກັບສິບໄດ້ຕະຫຼອດ.
“”ການປະຕິບັດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າແມ່ນການທີ່ດີ,” 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 lbs. ສັນຍານ້ໍາແຕ່ Lopez ຊັ່ງ 132.2 lbs.), but I didn’t think too much of it. I really wanted to go four or five rounds for some more experience, ແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຮັດໃຫ້ເຂົາລົງໃນຮອບທີສອງທີ່ມີສຽງສິດ, ແລະໄດ້ໃຫ້ອອກ. (Lopez ແມ່ນບໍ່ສາມາດທີ່ຈະຕອບຄໍາ bell ສໍາລັບການໄດ້ຕະຫຼອດທີສາມໄດ້.)
(L-R) Toka Kahn, Clary ແລະຜູ້ Jay Nady |
“ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າແນ່ນອນກຽມພ້ອມສໍາລັບ 10 rounders,. (ຄູຝຶກຫົວ) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) ສະເຫມີໄດ້ໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າດໍາເນີນການຢ່າງຫຼາຍຂອງການເຮັດວຽກປັບ. ພວກເຮົາ sparred ຫຼາຍຮອບຫນຶ່ງສໍາລັບການຕໍ່ສູ້ແປດໄດ້ຕະຫຼອດ, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, ແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະກັບຄືນໄປບ່ອນໃນ gym ໄດ້ ຕໍ່ໄປວັນຈັນ.”
A ນັກສມັກເລ່ນອາເມລິກາຕົກແຕ່ງທີ່ມີ 131-11 ການບັນທຶກ, ເນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຫັນໂດຍການປະຕິບັດຄໍາ medal, ຢູ່ໃນ 2010 ຈໍາແນກຖົງມື Golden ແຫ່ງຊາດ, Kahn, Clary ຜ່ານການສັກຢາເພື່ອເຮັດໃຫ້ການ 2016 U.S. ທີມງານໂອລິມປິກມວຍ, ປ່ຽນເປັນສີສໍາລັບສາມປີກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້.
(L-R) – ຄູຝຶກຫົວຫນ້າ Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn, Clary |
“ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຄິດວ່າ Toka ເຮັດໃຫ້ການຖະແຫຼງໃຫຍ່ແລະດັ່ງນັ້ນຕາຕະລາງທາງເທີງ (ການສົ່ງເສີມການ Kahn, Clary ຂອງ),” 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, ບາງທີໃນເດືອນມັງກອນຫລືກຸມພາ, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; ເຂົາເປັນພຽງແຕ່ 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, ເຂົາ beats ເຖິງ gym ໄດ້, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
ເກີດຢູ່ໃນ Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຕ້ອງການທີ່ຈະສາມາດແຂ່ງຂັນຢູ່ໃນລະດັບທາງເທິງ,” he explained. “ໃນປີຕໍ່ໄປ, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ຍັງເທື່ອ, ແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະມີຢູ່ໃນປີຄົນອື່ນ.”
ປະຕິບັດຕາມ Kahn, Clary ສະມາຊິກແລະ Instagram @TokaKahnClary, ຫຼືຫມູ່ເພື່ອນເຂົາກ່ຽວກັບເຟສບຸກຢູ່ www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
Undefeated ຄວາມສົດໃສດ້ານສີຟ້າ, chip Toka Kahn, Clary Liberia ຊື່ເຮັດໃຫ້ພື້ນເມືອງໃນອາເມຣິກາ
ເພື່ອຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບ Sergio Lopez ວັນເສົານີ້ ໃນ Las Vegas
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(ຮູບພາບທັງຫມົດໂດຍ Jenie Luna Hernandez, Watson)
PROVIDENCE (ເດືອນພະຈິກ 16, 2015) — ຄວາມສົດໃສດ້ານເບົາ Undefeated Toka “T-Nice” Kahn, Clary (16-0, 10 KOs) ອາດຈະເປັນທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດ, ທີ່ຂ້ອນຂ້າງ “ຮູ້ຈັກ” prizefighter ໃນປະເທດ, ນອກຢ່າງຫນ້ອຍຂອງປະເທດອັງກິດໃຫມ່.
A ນັກສມັກເລ່ນອາເມລິກາຕົກແຕ່ງທີ່ມີ 131-11 ການບັນທຶກ, ເນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຫັນໂດຍການປະຕິບັດຄໍາ medal, ຢູ່ໃນ 2010 ຈໍາແນກຖົງມື Golden ແຫ່ງຊາດ, Kahn, Clary ກັບຄືນມາຫາວົງການ ວັນເສົານີ້ ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ (Nov. 20) ທີ່ Cosmopolitan ຂອງ Las Vegas ຕໍ່ຕ້ານ opponent Mexican Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 KOs) ໃນສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນຈະເປັນສຸດທ້າຍທີ່ກໍານົດການແຂ່ງຂັນແປດໄດ້ຕະຫຼອດ Kahn, Clary ຂອງກ່ອນທີ່ເຂົາຈະຮຽນຈົບເຖິງ 10 rounders,.
“ລາວເປັນ fighter Mexican tough ຜູ້ທີ່ສາມາດໄປເປັນພຽງເລັກນ້ອຍກ່ຽວກັບພາຍນອກ,” Kahn, Clary ເວົ້າເຖິງກ່ຽວກັບ opponent ຕໍ່ໄປຂອງຕົນ, “ແຕ່ທີ່ເຂົາມາຕໍ່, ເກີນໄປ. ພຣະອົງໄດ້ເປັນປະສົບການແລະໄດ້ຮັບໃນການທີ່ມີຫຼາຍຂອງການ opponents ດີ.”
Lopez ເປັນການທົດສອບທີ່ຮ້າຍແຮງສໍາລັບໂອກາດໃດ. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) ນີ້ໄລຍະຜ່ານມາສິງຫາ, 10-ການແບ່ງປັນຕະຫຼອດແຕ້ມດ້ວຍ 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, ແລະຮອບຫ້າ knockout ດ້ານວິຊາການ stunning ຂອງ 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez ແມ່ນ gamer ໄດ້,” ຄູຝຶກຫົວ Kahn, Clary ຂອງ Peter Manfredo, Sr. ເຂົ້າມາ. 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, ບາງ 8-10 ເດືອນ. We were offered a big fight but, ພວກເຮົາຈໍາເປັນຕ້ອງມີການຕໍ່ສູ້ 10 ຕະຫຼອດທໍາອິດ, ແລະພຣະອົງໄດ້ຮັບການຕໍ່ສູ້ທີ່ໃນຕົ້ນປີຫນ້າ.”
Kahn, Clary, ການຕໍ່ສູ້ຂອງໃຫ້ບໍລິການ, ມາໄປເຊື່ອສັງເກດທີ່ສຸດຂອງເຂົາເປັນມືອາຊີບມິຖຸນາທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ໃນທີ່ທ່ານໄດ້ກ້າວຂຶ້ນຢູ່ໃນຫ້ອງຮຽນການທີ່ຈະໃຊ້ເວລາໃນ 33-11 Jonathan Perez, ໄດ້ຫມິ່ນສາດສະຫນາ super ອະດີດໂກລົມບີແລະສະພາມວຍໂລກ (WBC) ອ່ານ. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy Bradleyຫົວຂໍ້ welterweight ຂອງໂລກລະຫວ່າງການ win ໃນໄລຍະ Jessie Vargas ທີ່ StubHub ສູນໃນ Carson, ຄາລິຟໍເນຍ.
23 ປີອາຍຸ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເກີດ 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, ບ່ອນທີ່ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າມີຊີວິດຢູ່ກັບພໍ່ແມ່ອຸປະຖໍາຜູ້ທີ່, ກົງໄປກົງມາ, ບໍ່ໄດ້ບົວລະບັດໃນສິ່ງທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນກັບເຂົາເຈົ້າ.
ອາການທັງຫມົດຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການ Toka ໄດ້ຮັບໃນບັນຫາກ່ຽວກັບການຖະຫນົນຫົນທາງໃຫ້ບໍລິການເປັນເຍົາວະຊົນ, ໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນໃນເວລາທີ່, ໃນເວລາທີ່ເຂົາແມ່ນນອນຕາມຖະຫນົນ. ໂຊກດີ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າ, ຫມູ່ເພື່ອນໄດ້ນໍາເອົາເຂົາກັບ Gym Manfredo ໃນ Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, ປະທານປະເທດອາເມລິກາມວຍ New England Jim Perella ແລະຄູ່ນ່ຶທີ່ໃນທີ່ສຸດກໍໄດ້ຮັບຮອງເອົາໃຫ້ເຂົາ, Andrea Watson ແລະ Ron Clary, ລະຄອນການປ່ຽນແປງຊີວິດຂອງຕົນ.
Kahn, Clary ໄດ້ເຊັນສັນຍາການສົ່ງເສີມການມີຕາຕະລາງທາງເທີງ, ທີ່, ຄຽງຄູ່ກັບການຈັດການ Mike Criscio ແລະ Manfredo, ໄດ້ຍ້າຍ Kahn, Clary ທີ່ສະຫມໍ່າສະເຫມີ, ຈັງຫວະການຂຶ້ນ. Kahn, Clary, incidentally, ຈະໄດ້ຮັບການສູ້ກັນສໍາລັບການໃຊ້ເວລາທີສາມໃນປີນີ້, ຫຼັງຈາກທີ່ມີການຫ້າປີທີ່ຜ່ານມາ.
“Top ຕາຕະລາງໄດ້ເຮັດເປັນວຽກເຮັດງານທໍາທີ່ດີການຮັກສາໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າທຸລະກິດ,” 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.
“ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າພ້ອມສິດທິໃນປັດຈຸບັນສໍາລັບການ 10 ຫຼື 12 ການຕໍ່ສູ້ຕະຫຼອດ. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 ແລະ 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) Lomachenkoແລະ (Lion) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
sparring ຄຸນນະພາບໃນໃຫມ່ປະເທດອັງກິດແມ່ນເປັນທີ່ນິຍົມ, ໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນສໍາລັບການ fighter ນ້ໍາຂະຫນາດນ້ອຍກວ່າເຊັ່ນ Kahn, Clary, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບປະສົບການ invaluable sparring ກັບ WBA ເບົາ superJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 KOs), ໃຊ້ເວລາສາມສະຫະລັດ Olympian Rau'shee Warren ແລະລາວໃຫມ່ປະເທດອັງກິດອື່ນໆແລະຫມູ່ເພື່ອນ, New Haven’s Luis “KO King” Rosa (21-0, 10 KOs).
“Peter (Manfredo) ແລະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເດີນທາງໄປ Worcester (MA) ແລະ Connecticut ເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບການເຮັດວຽກທີ່ດີ,” 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. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຫັນທັບແຫວນຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ, ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວຂອງພວກເຂົາ, 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, ເຊິ່ງເປັນປະສົບການການຮຽນຮູ້. ຖ້າຫາກທ່ານບໍ່ຮຽນຮູ້ຈາກ sparring, ທັງຫມົດທີ່ທ່ານເຄີຍຈະເປັນຄູ່ຮ່ວມງານ sparring ໄດ້.”
Manfredo ໄດ້ປະມານແລະໄດ້ຮູ້ວ່ານັກຮຽນລາງວັນລາວ, Kahn, Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຫມູ່ເພື່ອນທີ່ດີທີ່ມີ Freddie Roach ແລະພວກເຮົາຈະອອກໄປແຄລິຟໍເນຍແລະຝຶກອົບຮົມຢູ່ໃນປ່າທໍາມະຊາດບັດ Gym,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຫນຶ່ງໃນທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດ, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
ໃນຂະນະດຽວ, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. ຫນ້າທໍາອິດ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າ, ພຣະອົງຊົງມີເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບໄລຍະຜ່ານມາ Lopez ວັນເສົານີ້ ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນເພື່ອຮັກສາ momentum ລາວເຮົາ.
ປະຕິບັດຕາມ Kahn, Clary ສະມາຊິກແລະ Instagram @TokaKahnClary, ຫຼືຫມູ່ເພື່ອນເຂົາກ່ຽວກັບເຟສບຸກຢູ່ www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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