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CRANSTON, RI (Novembar 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOs) Last Friday Night u The Cosmopolitan u Las Vegasu, neporažen blue-chip perolaka izgledi Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) je službeno diplomirao iz osam do deset rundi borac.
“”Moj nastup je bio dobar,” 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. težina ugovor, ali Lopez težio 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, ali sam stavio ga u drugom kolu sa desnicom, i odveli ga. (Lopez je u stanju da odgovori na zvono za treće kolo.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary i sudija Jay Nady |
“Ja sam definitivno spreman za 10-rounders. (Glava trener) Nestajati (Manfredo, Sr.) Uvijek mi je radi puno rada uređaja. Sparirali smo dosta metaka za osam rundi borbe, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, ali ja ću se vratiti u teretani sljedećeg ponedjeljka.”
A uređen američki amater koji je imao 131-11 rekord, naglašene zlatnu medalju-nastup na 2010 Nacionalni Golden Gloves turnir, Kahn-Clary donijela na šut kako bi 2016 U.S. Olimpijski Boks Team, prije okretanja pro tri godine.
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| (L-R) – Šef trener Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Mislim da je Toka napravio veliku izjavu i tako učinio Top Rank (Kahn-Clary promoter),” 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, možda u januaru ili februaru, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; on je samo 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, on tuče u teretanu, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Rođen u Liberiji, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Želim da se natječu na najvišem nivou,” objasnio je. “Naredne godine, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ne još, ali ja ću biti tamo u još godinu dana.”
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