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CRANSTON, RI (Samhain 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) caite oíche Aoine ag an Cosmopolitan de Las Vegas, undefeated gorm-sliseanna ionchas featherweight Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) Tá céim go hoifigiúil ó Trodaire ocht go deich-bhabhta.
“”Bhí mo dhea-fheidhmíocht,” 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 lb.. meáchain conartha ach Lopez mheá 132.2 lb..), but I didn’t think too much of it. I really wanted to go four or five rounds for some more experience, ach chuir mé air síos sa dara babhta le Hook ceart, agus thóg sé amach. (Bhí Lopez in ann a fhreagairt ar an clog don tríú babhta.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary agus réiteoir Jay Nady |
“Tá mé cinnte réidh le haghaidh 10-corr. (Ceann oiliúnóir) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) i gcónaí go bhfuil mé ag déanamh a lán oibre aeroiriúnaithe. Sparred muid a lán de na babhtaí do troideanna ocht-bhabhta, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, ach beidh mé ar ais sa seomra aclaíochta Dé Luain seo chugainn.”
A amaitéarach Meiriceánach maisithe a raibh 131-11 taifead, chun suntais ag feidhmíocht ór-bonn ag an 2010 Lámhainní náisiúnta Golden Tournament, Kahn-Clary aghaidh lámhaigh a dhéanamh ar an 2016 U.S. Foireann Dornálaíochta Oilimpeacha, ag casadh trí bliana ó shin pro.
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| (L-R) – Ceann oiliúnóir Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“I mo thuairimse, rinne Toka ráiteas mór agus mar sin rinne Rank Barr (Tionscnóir Kahn-Clary ar),” 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, b'fhéidir i mí Eanáir nó Feabhra, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; tá sé ach 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, Beats sé suas an seomra aclaíochta, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Rugadh é sa Libéir, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Ba mhaith liom dul san iomaíocht ag an leibhéal is fearr,” he explained. “An bhliain seo chugainn, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, fós, ach beidh mé a bheith ann sa bhliain eile.”
Lean Kahn-Clary ar Twitter agus InstagramTokaKahnClary, nó cara leis ar Facebook ag www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.