Cranston, RI(Pebruari 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 catetan), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 Sarung Golden National Pasanggiri, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 AS. Olimpiade tinju Team, ngarobah pro tilu taun ka tukang.
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 Saptu ieu, headlined ku 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 tina 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 sacara sirah palatih Peter Manfredo, Sr. Nyatet. “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 Olympian 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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Prospek undefeated Toka Kahn-Clary lulusan ka 10 buleud bajoang
-sadaya gambar kahadean of Mikey Williams / Top dina réngking-
Cranston, RI (Nopember 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOs) pamungkas Jumaah peuting di The kosmopolitan ti Las Vegas, undefeated blue-chip prospek featherweight Toka “T-nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) geus resmi lulus ti dalapan ka sapuluh buleud bajoang.
“”Kinerja mah alus,” 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. beurat kontrak tapi Lopez ditimbang 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, tapi kuring nunda manéhna turun di babak kadua jeung hook katuhu, jeung ngabawa kaluar. (Lopez ieu teu bisa ngajawab bel pikeun babak katilu.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary jeung wasit Jay Nady |
“Kuring pasti siap 10 rounders. (Sirah palatih) Petrus (Manfredo, Sr.) sok geus kuring ngalakonan loba udar karya. Urang sparred loba rounds for gelut dalapan buleud, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, tapi kuring gé jadi deui dina gim Senén saterusna.”
A amatir American dihias anu kungsi 131-11 catetan, disorot ku kinerja emas-medal di 2010 Sarung Golden National Pasanggiri, Kahn-Clary dibikeun ditembak nyieun 2016 AS. Olimpiade tinju Team, ngarobah pro tilu taun ka tukang.
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| (L-R) – Sirah palatih Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Jigana Toka dijieun hiji pernyataan badag sarta jadi teu Top réngking (Promoter Kahn-Clary sacara),” 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, meureun dina Januari Pébruari atawa, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; manéhna ngan 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, he ketukan nepi gim, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Lahir di Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Kuring hayang bersaing di tingkat luhur,” he explained. “Taun saterusna, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, henteu acan, tapi kuring gé aya di taun sejen.”
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Undefeated prospek blue-chip Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia pembuatan asli ngaran di Amérika
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Tarung Sergio Lopez Saptu ieu di Las Vegas
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(sadaya gambar ku Jeny Luna Hernandez-Watson)
PROVIDENCE (Nopember 16, 2015) — Prospek featherweight undefeated Toka “T-nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 KOs) bisa jadi anu pangalusna, rélatif “teu dikenal” prizefighter di nagara, sahenteuna luar New England.
A amatir American dihias anu kungsi 131-11 catetan, disorot ku kinerja emas-medal di 2010 Sarung Golden National Pasanggiri, Kahn-Clary mulih deui ka ring Saptu ieu wengi (Nov. 20) di The kosmopolitan ti Las Vegas ngalawan lawan Méksiko Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 KOs) di naon anu sakuduna jadi tukang dijadwalkeun dalapan buleud bout Kahn-Clary sacara saméméh anjeunna lulusan ka 10 rounders.
“Manéhna hiji bajoang Méksiko tangguh anu bisa kotak saeutik dina luar,” Kahn-Clary ngomong ngeunaan lawan saterusna-Na, “tapi manéhna asalna maju, oge. Anjeunna ngalaman jeung geus di jeung loba lawan alus.”
Lopez salah sahiji tes serius keur prospek mana wae. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) ieu Agustus katukang, 10-buleud split ngagambar jeung 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, jeung nu kalima buleud knockout téhnis stunning of 16-0 Koswara Betancourt.
“Lopez anu kesel a,” Kahn-Clary sacara sirah palatih Peter Manfredo, Sr. ditambahkeun. 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, tiasa waé 8-10 bulan. We were offered a big fight but, urang butuh salah 10 buleud fight kahiji, sarta manéhna meunang perang nu awal taun saterusna.”
Kahn-Clary, pajoang kaluar ti Providence, aya nu datang off meunangna paling kasohor minangka profésional Juni pamungkas, di mana manéhna stepped nepi di kelas pikeun nyokot dina 33-11 Jonathan Perez, urut super bantamweight Colombian jeung World tinju Council (WBC) juara. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timoteus Bradley'S judul welterweight dunya interim meunang leuwih Jessie Vargas di StubHub Center di Carson, California.
23 taun heubeul, anu lahir 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, tempat cicing jeung kolot angkat anu, terus terang, teu paduli naon anu lumangsung kana éta hal.
Sadaya tanda nunjuk kana Toka meunang dina kasulitan di jalan Providence salaku youngster a, utamana dina waktu, waktu manehna homeless. Untungna, sanajan, babaturan dibawa ka Manfredo sacara Gym di Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, Présidén USA tinju New England Jim Perella jeung pasangan nu antukna diadopsi manéhna, Andrea Watson jeung Ron Clary, nyirorot robah hirupna.
Kahn-Clary nandatanganan kontrak promosi jeung Top réngking, nu mana, babarengan jeung manager Mike Criscio jeung Manfredo, tos ngalih Kahn-Clary dina ajeg, Pace ka luhur. Kahn-Clary, saliwatan, bakal pajoang pikeun katilu kalina taun ieu, sanggeus ngabogaan lima taun ka tukang.
 “Top réngking geus dipigawé pakasaban alus ngajaga kuring riweuh,” 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.“Abdi siap ayeuna keur 10 atawa 12 fight buleud. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 jeung 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) Lomachenkojeung (Singa jalu) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Quality sparring di New England aya dina premium a, utamana keur bajoang leutik-beurat saperti Kahn-Clary, anu geus miboga pangalaman invaluable sparring jeung WBA super featherweightJavier Citatah (29-0-1, 21 KOs), tilu-time US Olympian Rau'shee Warren nya sasama New England jeung babaturan, New Haven’s Luis “KO Raja” Rosa (21-0, 10 KOs).
“Petrus (Manfredo) jeung kuring indit Worcester (MA) jeung Connecticut pikeun meunangkeun karya alus,” 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. Kuring geus katempo generalship ring maranéhanana, gerakan maranéhanana, 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, nu mangrupakeun pangalaman diajar. Mun anjeun teu diajar ti sparring, sagala gé kungsi jadi nyaéta pasangan sparring.”
Manfredo geus kira-kira sarta manéhna nyadar yén siswa hadiah-Na, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Aku babaturan alus jeung Freddie Roach jeung urang gé rék kaluar ka California jeung ngalatih di Wild Card Gym,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad Goodman, anu mangrupa salah sahiji anu pangalusna, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Samentara éta, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Kahiji, sanajan, manéhna geus meunang kaliwat Lopez Saptu ieu peuting tetep moméntum nya bade.
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