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CRANSTON, RI (Nóvember 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) síðasta föstudagskvöld á The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, undefeated blá-flís featherweight horfur Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) hefur opinberlega útskrifaðist frá átta til tíu umferð bardagamaður.
“”Flutningur minn var góður,” 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 £. Samningurinn þyngd en Lopez vega 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, en ég setti hann niður í aðra umferð með hægri krók, og tók hann út. (Lopez var ekki að svara bjöllunni fyrir þriðju umferð.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary og dómarinn Jay Nady |
“Ég er örugglega tilbúinn fyrir 10-rounders. (Head þjálfari) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) alltaf hefur mér að gera mikið af ástand vinnu. Við sparred mikið umferðir fyrir átta umferð berst, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, en ég kem aftur í ræktina næsta mánudag.”
A skreytt American áhugamaður sem hafði 131-11 met, auðkenndur með gull-Medal árangur á að 2010 National Golden Gloves Tournament, Kahn-Clary framhjá skot til að gera 2016 Bandarískt. Olympic Boxing Team, beygja atvinnumaður þremur árum.
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| (L-R) – Head þjálfari Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Ég held Toka gert stór yfirlýsingu og svo gerði Top Rank (Forgöngumaður Kahn-Clary er),” 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, kannski í janúar eða febrúar, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; hann er bara 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, hann vinnur upp í ræktina, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Fæddur í Líberíu, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Ég vil að keppa á efsta stigi,” he explained. “Næsta ár, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ekki enn, en ég ætla að vera þar í eitt ár.”
Fylgdu Kahn-Clary á Twitter og InstagramTokaKahnClary, eða vinur hans á Facebook á www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.