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Cranston, RI (Novambra 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) tamin'ny Zoma alina amin'ny The Cosmopolitan ny Las Vegas, Tsy Mety Resy manga-Chip featherweight fanantenana Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) efa fomba ofisialy nahazo diplaoma avy amin'ny valo hatramin'ny folo-manodidina mpiady.
“”Ny fampisehoana tsara,” 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. fifanekena lanja fa Lopez nolanjainy 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, fa nataony teo amin'ny fihodinana faharoa miaraka amin'ny tsara hook, dia nitondra azy ho eny ivelan'ny. (Lopez dia tsy afaka namaly ny lakolosy ho an'ny fihodinana fahatelo.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary sy mpitsara Jay Nady |
“Tena vonona aho ny 10-rounders. (Head mpanazatra) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) foana no manao be dia be ahy ny asa pana. Izahay sparred be dia be ny fihodinana valo-manodidina ady, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, Ho tonga toa fa hiverina any amin'ny fanaovana fanatanjahan-tena Alatsinainy manaraka.”
A voaravaka matihanina Amerikana izay nanana 131-11 rakitsoratra, hamafisina amin'ny alalan'ny-meday volamena fampisehoana tao amin'ny 2010 National Golden fonon-tanana fifaninanana, Kahn-Clary nandalo teo amin'ny tifitra mba hahatonga ny 2016 U.S. Ady Totohondry Olaimpika Team, nitodika mpomba ny telo taona lasa izay.
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| (L-R) – Head mpanazatra Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Mino aho fa lehibe toka nanao fanambarana ary toy izany koa Top Rank (Kahn-Clary ny mampiroborobo),” 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, mety ao Janoary na Febroary, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; Izy ihany no 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, dia mikapoka ny fanaovana fanatanjahan-tena, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Teraka tany Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Te-hifaninana amin'ny ambaratonga ambony,” he explained. “Next taona, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, tsy mbola, fa ho any aho tamin'ny taona iray hafa.”
Araho ny Kahn-Clary ao amin'ny Twitter sy InstagramTokaKahnClary, na namana azy ao amin'ny Facebook amin'ny www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.