-alle billeder venligst udlånt af Mikey Williams / Top placering-
CRANSTON, RI (November 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOS) sidste fredag aften på The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, ubesejret blue-chip fjerlette udsigten Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOS) har officielt uddannet fra en otte til ti-round fighter.
“”Min præstation var god,” 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. kontrakt vægt, men Lopez vejet 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, men jeg satte ham ned i anden runde med en ret krog, og tog ham ud. (Lopez var i stand til at besvare bell for tredje runde.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary og dommer Jay Nady |
“Jeg er absolut klar til 10-rundbold. (Hoved træner) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) altid har mig gøre en masse konditionering arbejde. Vi sparred en masse runder i otte-runde kampe, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, men jeg vil være tilbage i gymnastiksalen næste mandag.”
En dekoreret amerikansk amatør, der havde en 131-11 rekord, fremhævet af en guld-medalje ydeevne på 2010 Nationale Golden Gloves turnering, Kahn-Clary videregivet et skud at gøre 2016 US. Olympic Boxing Team, dreje pro tre år siden.
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| (L-R) – Hoved træner Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Jeg tror Toka gjort en stor erklæring, og så gjorde Top placering (Kahn-Clary s promotor),” 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, måske i januar eller februar, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; han er kun 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, han slår op gym, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Født i Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Jeg ønsker at konkurrere på øverste niveau,” he explained. “Næste år, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ikke endnu, men jeg vil være der i et år.”
Følg Kahn-Clary på Twitter og InstagramTokaKahnClary, eller ven ham på Facebook på www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.