CRANSTON, RI(February 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 ndekọ), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 National Golden uwe ndorondoro, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, mbịne pro afọ atọ gara aga.
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 a Saturday, headlined site 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 nke 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 isi ọzụzụ Peter Manfredo, SR. kwuru. “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 Olympia 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.”
Soro Kahn-Clary on Twitter na InstagramTokaKahnClary, ma ọ bụ enyi ya na Facebook na www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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Undefeated atụmanya Toka Kahn-Clary-agụsị akwụkwọ 10-gburugburu fighter
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CRANSTON, RI (November 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) ikpeazụ Friday n'abalị The cosmopolitan nke Las Vegas, undefeated-acha anụnụ anụnụ-mgbawa featherweight atụmanya Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) ka eze gụsịrị akwụkwọ na asatọ na iri-gburugburu fighter.
“”My arụmọrụ bụ ihe ọma,” 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. nkwekọrịta arọ ma Lopez ntukwasi 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, ma m na-etinye ya ala na abụọ gbaa gburugburu na a nri nko, ma were ya. (Lopez bụ ike ịza mgbịrịgba nke atọ gburugburu.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary na refirii Jay Nady |
“M maa njikere maka 10-rounders. (Head ọzụzụ) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) mgbe niile nwere m na-eme a otutu oyi ọrụ. Anyị sparred a otutu agba asatọ-gburugburu ịlụ ọgụ, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, ma m ga-azụ na mgbatị ọzọ Monday.”
A mma American na-amu amu onye nwere 131-11 ndekọ, pụta ìhè site a gold-nrite arụmọrụ na 2010 National Golden uwe ndorondoro, Kahn-Clary na-ahapụrụ ogbugba ime ka 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, mbịne pro afọ atọ gara aga.
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| (L-R) – Head ọzụzụ Peter Manfredo, SR. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“M na-eche Toka mere a nnukwu nkwupụta na otú Top n'usoro (Kahn-Clary si akwalite),” 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, ma eleghị anya na January ma ọ bụ February, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; ọ bụ naanị 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, ọ gbagwojuru elu mgbatị, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Mụrụ na Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Achọrọ m ka mpi na n'elu larịị,” he explained. “N'afọ ọzọ, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ọbụbeghị, ma m ga-ahụ na afọ ọzọ.”
Soro Kahn-Clary on Twitter na InstagramTokaKahnClary, ma ọ bụ enyi ya na Facebook na www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
Undefeated-acha anụnụ anụnụ-mgbawa atụmanya Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia ala Ndinam aha America
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Na-alụ ọgụ Sergio Lopez a Saturday na Las Vegas
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PROVIDENCE (November 16, 2015) — Undefeated featherweight atụmanya Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 Kos) nwere ike ịbụ ihe kasị mma, dịtụ “amaghị” prizefighter na mba, dịkarịa ala na mpụga nke New England.
A mma American na-amu amu onye nwere 131-11 ndekọ, pụta ìhè site a gold-nrite arụmọrụ na 2010 National Golden uwe ndorondoro, Kahn-Clary na-alaghachikwuru mgbanaka a Saturday n'abalị (Nov. 20) na The cosmopolitan nke Las Vegas megide Mexico iro Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 Kos) na ihe kwesịrị ịbụ Kahn-Clary ikpeazụ ndokwa asatọ-gburugburu tuanu tupu ya na-agụsị akwụkwọ 10-rounders.
“Ọ bụ ihe a siri ike Mexico fighter ndị nwere ike igbe a obere on n'èzí,” Kahn-Clary kwuru banyere ya ọzọ iro, “ma ọ bịara n'ihu, kwa. Ọ bụ ahụmahụ ma na anọwo na na otutu ezi emegide.”
Lopez bụ oké ule maka olileanya ọ bụla. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) a gara aga August, 10-gburugburu gbawara n'etiti ise na 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, na a pụtara ise-gburugburu oru knockout nke 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez bụ a gamer,” Kahn-Clary isi ọzụzụ Peter Manfredo, SR. kwukwara. 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, enwere ike 8-10 ọnwa. We were offered a big fight but, Anyị chọrọ otu 10-gburugburu agha mbụ, o ga-esi na agha n'oge n'afọ ọzọ.”
Kahn-Clary, alụ ọgụ nke Providence, na-abịa apụ ya kasị dị ịrịba ama mmeri dị ka a ọkachamara ikpeazụ June, nke ọ na steepụ na klas na-na 33-11 Jonathan Perez, bụbu Colombian ibu Bantamweight na World Boxing Council (WBC) onye mmeri. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy Bradley'S obere ụwa welterweight aha merie n'elu Jessie Vargas na StubHub Center na Carson, California.
The 23-afọ, onye a mụrụ 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, ebe ha bi na Ezi na ndị nne na nna, hoo haa, ịma ihe mere ha.
All ịrịba ama rụtụrụ aka Toka na-na nsogbu na Providence n'okporo ámá dị ka a na-eto eto, karịsịa mgbe ụfọdụ, mgbe ọ bụ enweghị ebe obibi. Dabara nke ọma, ezie, a enyi me ka Manfredo si mgbatị na Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, USA Boxing New England president Jim Perella na di na nwunye ndị na-emesị nakweere ya, Andrea Watson na Ron Clary, n'ụzọ dị ịrịba ama gbanwere ndụ ya.
Kahn-Clary bịanyere aka a nkwado nkwekọrịta na Top n'usoro, nke, tinyere njikwa Mike Criscio na Manfredo, kwaga Kahn-Clary na a otu ebe, gaba n'iru ijeụkwụ. Kahn-Clary, na mberede, ga-alụ ọgụ n'ihi na atọ nke afọ a, mgbe nwere ise afọ ikpeazụ.
 “Top n'usoro meworo ezigbo ọrụ na-edebe m ọrụ n'aka,” 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.“M dịkwa njikere ugbu a n'ihi na a 10 ma ọ bụ 12 gburugburu agha. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 na 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, (Ike gwụcharal) Lomachenkona (Ọdụm) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Ogo sparring na New England bụ na a premiom, karịsịa maka a nta-arọ fighter dị ka Kahn-Clary, onye nweela bara oké uru ahụmahụ sparring na WBA ibu featherweightJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 Kos), atọ oge US Olympia Rau'shee Warren na ibe ya New England na enyi, New Haven’s Luis “Ko Eze” Rosa (21-0, 10 Kos).
“Peter (Manfredo) m na-aga Worcester (MA) na Connecticut iji nweta ezi ọrụ,” 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. M na hụrụ ha mgbanaka generalship, ha ije, 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, nke bụ a na-amụta ahụmahụ. Ọ bụrụ na ị adịghị amụta ihe site sparring, niile ị mgbe ịbụ bụ a sparring ibe.”
Manfredo anọwo na na na ọ ghọtara na-agbata n'ọsọ amụrụ, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “M mma enyi na Freddie Roach na anyị ga na-apụ na-California ma na-azụ na Anụ Kaadị mgbatị,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, onye bụ otu n'ime ndị kasị mma, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Ka ọ dịgodị, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Mbụ, ezie, o nwere iji nweta gara aga Lopez a Saturday n'abalị na-ya ọkụ na-aga.
Soro Kahn-Clary on Twitter na InstagramTokaKahnClary, ma ọ bụ enyi ya na Facebook na www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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