-pikitia angalelei katoa o Mikey Williams / Kapa Top-
Cranston, RI (Whiringa 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Koó) whakamutunga pō o te Rāmere i te Cosmopolitan o Las Vegas, tūturu puru-maramara mā amanaki Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Koó) Kua mana i puta ia i te toa e waru ki te tekau-a tawhio noa.
“”Ko te pai taku mahi,” 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. taimaha kirimana ko Lopez paunatia 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, engari hoatu e ahau ki a ia ki raro i roto i te rua o a tawhio noa ki te matau tika, a tangohia ana e ia i roto i. (Lopez i taea ki te whakahoki i te pere mo te toru o tawhio.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary me kaitautoko Jay Nady |
“Ahau tino rite mo te 10-perei. (Kaiwhakangungu Head) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) tonu kua mahi ahau i te rota o te mahi conditioning. Sparred matou he rota o te rauna mō whawhai waru-a tawhio noa, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, engari ka waiho hoki i roto i te omaoma ahau Rāhina muri.”
He runaruna American whakapaipai nei he i 131-11 record, kitea e te mahi koura-mētara i te 2010 National Golden karapu Tournament, Kahn-Clary haere i runga i te pere ki te hanga i te 2016 U.S. Team mekemeke Olympic, e toru nga tau pro tahuri ki muri.
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| (L-R) – Kaiwhakangungu Head Pita Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Whakaaro ahau Toka hanga he tauākī nui, me te pera i Kapa Top (Kaiwhakatairanga Kahn-Clary o),” 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, pea i roto i te Hānuere Hui-tanguru ranei, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; te ia anake 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, patu ia ake te omaoma, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Fanauhia i roto i Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakataetae i te taumata runga,” he explained. “Next tau, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, e kore ano, engari ka waiho e ahau ki reira, i roto i tetahi tau.”
A pee i Kahn-Clary i runga i Twitter, me te InstagramTokaKahnClary, hoa ranei ia i runga i Facebook i www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.