CRANSTON, Rhode Island(Febrer 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star Toka “T-Niça” Kahn-Clary(17-0, 11 KOs) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “Llampec” Cota (18-5-1, 16 KOs) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, Califòrnia. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 registre), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 Guants d'Or Nacionals Torneig, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. Equip olímpic de boxa, Fa tres anys es va convertir en professional.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” López (19-10-1, 13 KOs) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show aquest dissabte, encapçalat per 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 dels 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,” Entrenador en cap de Kahn-Clary Peter Manfredo, Sr. conegut. “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, Porto-riqueny olímpic 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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El invicte prospecte Toka Kahn-Clary Graduats de combat de 10 assalts
-totes les imatges cortesia de Mikey Williams / Top Rank-
CRANSTON, Rhode Island (Novembre 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” López (19-10-1, 13 KOs) ahir a la nit el divendres a The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, invicte blue-xip de pes ploma prospecte Toka “T-Niça” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) ha graduat oficialment d'un lluitador de vuit a deu assalts.
“”La meva actuació va ser bona,” 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 lliura. pes contracte però López pesava 132.2 lliures.), but I didn’t think too much of it. I really wanted to go four or five rounds for some more experience, però jo li vaig posar a la segona ronda amb un ganxo de dreta, i el va portar a terme. (López no va poder respondre a la campana per a la tercera ronda.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary i l'àrbitre Jay NADY |
“Definitivament estic a punt per a la 10-rounders. (Cap entrenador) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) Sempre m'ha de fer un munt de treball condicionat. Hem discutit moltes rondes de baralles de vuit assalts, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, però vaig a estar de tornada al gimnàs següent dilluns.”
Un aficionat nord-americà decorat que tenia una 131-11 registre, destacar per una actuació medalla d'or en el 2010 Guants d'Or Nacionals Torneig, Kahn-Clary va passar en un xut perquè el 2016 U.S. Equip olímpic de boxa, Fa tres anys es va convertir en professional.
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| (L-R) – Cap entrenador Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Crec Toka va fer una gran declaració i ho va fer Top Rank (Promotor de Kahn-Clary),” 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, potser al gener o febrer, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; ell només 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, que colpeja el gimnàs, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Nascut a Libèria, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Vull competir al nivell superior,” he explained. “El proper any, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, encara no, però vaig a ser-hi en un any més.”
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El invicte prospecte de primer ordre Toka Kahn-Clary Libèria nom presa nativa d'Amèrica
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Per lluitar contra Sergio López aquest dissabte in Las Vegas
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(Totes les imatges de Jeny Lluna Hernández-Watson)
PROVIDENCE (Novembre 16, 2015) — El invicte prospecte de pes ploma Toka “T-Niça” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 KOs) pot ser la millor, relativament “desconegut” boxejador professional al país, almenys fora de Nova Anglaterra.
Un aficionat nord-americà decorat que tenia una 131-11 registre, destacar per una actuació medalla d'or en el 2010 Guants d'Or Nacionals Torneig, Kahn-Clary torna al ring aquest dissabte nit (Novembre. 20) a The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas contra un oponent de Mèxic Sergio “Cuatito” López (19-9-1, 13 KOs) en el que se suposa que és l'última programada de vuit assalts en pes de Kahn-Clary abans que es gradua 10-rounders.
“És un lluitador mexicà dur que pot boxejar una mica a l'exterior,” Kahn-Clary va parlar sobre el seu pròxim rival, “però ell s'avança, massa. Ell és experimentat i ha estat en un munt de bons oponents.”
López és una prova seriosa per a qualsevol perspectiva. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Lluna (KO4) a l'agost passat, 10-ronda de divisió dibuixar amb 24-7-1 Joksan Hernández, i un impressionant nocaut tècnic en el cinquè assalt de 16-0 Víctor Betancourt.
“López és un jugador,” Entrenador en cap de Kahn-Clary Peter Manfredo, Sr. addicional. 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, pot ser 8-10 mesos. We were offered a big fight but, necessitem primer una baralla a 10 assalts, i aconseguir que la lluita a principis de l'any.”
Kahn-Clary, lluitant fora de la Providència, ve de la seva victòria més notable com a professional el juny passat, en el qual es va donar un pas endavant en la classe per assumir 33-11 Jonathan Pérez, l'ex súper gall colombià i del Consell Mundial de Boxa (CMB) campió. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy Bradley'S títol mundial de pes welter interí victòria sobre Jessie Vargas en Stubhub Center a Carson, Califòrnia.
El jugador de 23 anys d'edat,, qui va néixer 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, on vivien amb els pares adoptius que, francament, no li importava el que els va passar.
Tots els senyals apuntaven a Toka ficar-se en problemes als carrers Providència com un jove, particularment en moments, quan estava sense llar. Afortunadament, encara que, un amic el va portar a Gimnàs Manfredo en Pawtuckert, Rhode Island. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, President dels EUA Boxa de Nova Anglaterra Jim Perella i la parella que finalment el va aprovar, Andrea Watson i Ron Clary, canviat dràsticament la seva vida.
Kahn-Clary va signar un contracte promocional amb Top Rank, la qual, juntament amb el gerent Mike Criscio i Manfredo, han traslladat Kahn-Clary en una constant, ritme ascendent. Kahn-Clary, de pas, estarà lluitant per tercera vegada aquest any, després amb cinc l'any passat.
 “Top Rank ha fet una bona feina em manté ocupat,” 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.“Estic a punt ara per a una 10 o 12 lluita rodona. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 i 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, (Cansatsl) Lomachenkoi (Lleó) Santa Creu. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Combat Qualitat a Nova Anglaterra és un bé escàs, especialment per a un caça menor pes com Kahn-Clary, que ha guanyat una valuosa experiència espàrring amb l'AMB pes súper plomaJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 KOs), el tres vegades olímpic nord-americà Rau'shee Warren i el seu company de Nova Anglaterra i amic, New Haven’s Luis “KO King” Rosa (21-0, 10 KOs).
“Peter (Manfredo) i jo viatjo a Worcester (Massachusetts) i Connecticut per aconseguir una bona feina,” 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. He vist la seva generalat anell, el seu moviment, 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, que és una experiència d'aprenentatge. Si no aprens de combat, tot el que pugui arribar a ser és un company d'entrenament.”
Manfredo ha estat del voltant i s'adona que el seu alumne premi, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Sóc bon amic de Freddie Roach i anirem a Califòrnia i entrenem al gimnàs Wild Card,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, que és un dels millors, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Mentrestant, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Primer, encara que, ell ha d'aconseguir més enllà de López aquest dissabte nit per mantenir el seu impuls.
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