CRANSTON, RI(Fabrairu 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 rikodin), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 Kasa Golden Guanto gasar, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic dambe Team, juya pro uku da suka wuce.
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 wannan Asabar, headlined da 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 na 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,” Kahn-Clary ta kai horo Peter Manfredo, Sr. ya lura. “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 tseren Orlando Cruzand Russian champion Yanina 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.”
Bi-Kahn Clary a kan Twitter da InstagramTokaKahnClary, ko aboki da shi a kan Facebook at www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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Undefeated mai yiwuwa Toka Kahn-Clary digiri zuwa 10-zagaye jirgin saman soja
-duk hotuna ladabi na Mikey Williams / Top Rank-
CRANSTON, RI (Nuwamba 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) karshe Jumma'a dare a The cosmopolitan na Las Vegas, undefeated blue-guntu featherweight mai yiwuwa Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) ya hukuma sauke karatu daga wani takwas zuwa goma-zagaye jirgin saman soja.
“”Ta yi da kyau,” 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. kwangila nauyin amma Lopez auna 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, amma na sa shi a zagaye na biyu tare da wani hakki ƙugiya, da kuma tafi da shi daga. (Lopez bai iya amsa kararrawa na uku zagaye.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary da alkalin wasa Jay Nady |
“Ba ni da shakka a shirye domin 10-rounders. (Shugaban horo) Bitrus (Manfredo, Sr.) ko da yaushe ya ni yin mai yawa motsa jiki aikin. Mun sparred mai yawa akai-akai don takwas zagaye ta faɗa, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, amma zan dawo a cikin dakin motsa jiki gaba Litinin.”
A yi wa ado American mai son wanda yana da 131-11 rikodin, alama da zinariya-samu lambar yi a 2010 Kasa Golden Guanto gasar, Kahn-Clary wuce a kan wani harbi a yi da 2016 U.S. Olympic dambe Team, juya pro uku da suka wuce.
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| (L-R) – Shugaban horo Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Ina ganin Toka yi wani babban sanarwa haka kuma Top Rank (Kahn-Clary ta mai kiran kasuwa),” 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, watakila a watan Janairu ko Fabrairu, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; da ya ke kawai 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, ya beats sama da dakin motsa jiki, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Haife shi a Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Ina so in yi gasa a saman matakin,” he explained. “Badi, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, tukuna, amma na son zama a can a wani shekara.”
Bi-Kahn Clary a kan Twitter da InstagramTokaKahnClary, ko aboki da shi a kan Facebook at www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
Undefeated blue-guntu mai yiwuwa Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia 'yan qasar yin suna a Amurka
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Domin yaki da Sergio Lopez wannan Asabar a Las Vegas
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(duk hotuna da Jeny Luna Hernandez-Watson)
Providence (Nuwamba 16, 2015) — Undefeated featherweight mai yiwuwa Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 Kos) na iya zama mafi kyau, mun gwada “ba a sani ba” prizefighter a kasar, a kalla waje na New England.
A yi wa ado American mai son wanda yana da 131-11 rikodin, alama da zinariya-samu lambar yi a 2010 Kasa Golden Guanto gasar, Kahn-Clary sake koma cikin zobe wannan Asabar dare (Jan. 20) a The cosmopolitan na Las Vegas da Mexico abokin gaba Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 Kos) da abin da ya kamata su zama Kahn-Clary ta karshe scheduled takwas zagaye fadan kafin ya digiri zuwa 10-rounders.
“Da ya ke a tauri Mexico jirgin saman soja wanda zai iya akwatin kadan a waje,” Kahn-Clary ya yi magana game da gaba abokin gaba, “amma ya zo a gaba, ma. Da ya ke gogaggen kuma ya tare da mai yawa kyau abokan adawar.”
Lopez ne mai tsanani gwajin ga wani hange. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) wannan baya Agusta, 10-zagaye tsaga kusantar da 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, kuma mai ban mamaki na biyar-zagaye fasaha knockout na 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez ne mai gamer,” Kahn-Clary ta kai horo Peter Manfredo, Sr. kara da cewa. 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, watakila 8-10 watanni. We were offered a big fight but, muna bukatar daya 10-zagaye yaki farko, kuma ya samu cewa, yaki da wuri na gaba shekara.”
Kahn-Clary, yaki daga Providence, yana zuwa ya ɗauke masa mafi mashahuri nasara a matsayin sana'a karshe Yuni, da ya tako a aji ya dauki a kan 33-11 Jonathan Perez, tsohon Colombian super bantamweight da duniya dambe Majalisar (WBC) Zakaran. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothawus Bradley'S rikon kwarya duniya welterweight take lashe kan Jessie Vargas a StubHub Cibiyar in Carson, California.
A 23 mai shekaru, wanda aka haifa 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, inda suka zauna tare da dauki reno iyaye da, muraran, ba su kula da abin da ya faru da su.
Duk ãyõyi yi ishãra zuwa Toka da samun a wahala a kan Providence tituna a matsayin youngster, musamman a sau, sa'ad da yake rashin gida. Abin farin, ko da yake, abokin kawo shi Manfredo ta Gym a Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, Amurka dambe New England shugaban kasa Jim Perella da biyu cewa ƙarshe soma shi, Andrea Watson da kuma Ron Clary, da cika fuska canza rayuwarsa.
Kahn-Clary sanya hannu a kwangilar cigaba da Top Rank, wanda, tare da mai sarrafa Mike Criscio da kuma Manfredo, sun koma Kahn-Clary a wani kwari, zuwa gaba taki. Kahn-Clary, ba zato ba tsammani, za a yaki na uku a wannan shekara, bayan da ciwon biyar a bara.
 “Top Rank ya aikata aiki mai kyau kiyaye ni aiki,” 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.“Ina a shirye yanzu ga wani 10 ko 12 zagaye yaki. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 da kuma 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, (Gajiyal) Lomachenkoda kuma (Zaki) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Quality sparring a New England ne a Premium, musamman ga wani karami-nauyin jirgin saman soja irin su Kahn-Clary, wanda ya sami invaluable kwarewa sparring da WBA super featherweightJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 Kos), uku-lokaci Amurka wasannin Rau'shee Warren da 'yan'uwansa New England da kuma aboki, New Haven’s Luis “KO Sarki” Rosa (21-0, 10 Kos).
“Bitrus (Manfredo) kuma ni yi tafiya zuwa Worcester (MA) da kuma Connecticut domin a sami kyakkyawan aiki,” 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. Na gani da zobe generalship, su motsi, 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, wanda yake shi ne koyon kwarewa. Idan ba ka koya daga sparring, duk za ku ji taba zama ne mai sparring da abokin tarayya.”
Manfredo ya kusa da ya gane cewa kyauta dalibi, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Ba ni da kyau abokai da Freddie Roach kuma za mu fita zuwa California da kuma horar da a Wild Card Gym,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, wanda yana daya daga cikin mafi kyau, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
A halin yanzu, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Na farko, ko da yake, yana samun da Lopez wannan Asabar dare a kiyaye lokacinta faruwa.
Bi-Kahn Clary a kan Twitter da InstagramTokaKahnClary, ko aboki da shi a kan Facebook at www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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