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CRANSTON, RI (November 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) zadnji petek zvečer na The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, neporažen blue-chip peresno možnosti Toka “T-Nica” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) je uradno diplomiral 8-10 krogu borec za.
“”Moj nastop je bil dober,” 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. pogodba teža ampak Lopez stehtati 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, ampak sem ga dal dol v drugem krogu z desno kljuko, in ga vzel ven. (Lopez ni mogel odgovoriti na zvonec za tretji krog.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary in sodnik Jay NADY |
“Jaz sem vsekakor pripravljen za 10 univerzalce. (Vodja trener) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) Vedno se mi delaš veliko pripravljalnega dela. Sparred smo veliko krogov za osem okroglih bojev, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, vendar se bom vrnil v telovadnici Naslednji ponedeljek.”
Okrašeno ameriški amaterski, ki so imeli 131-11 Zapis, nastop zlato medaljo na poudarjeno 2010 Nacionalni Golden Gloves turnir, Kahn-Clary opravili na mrežo, da bi 2016 U.S.. Olympic Boxing Team, Pred struženje pro tremi leti.
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| (L-R) – Vodja trener Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Mislim Toka naredila velik izjavo in tako naredil Top Rank (Kahn-Clary je 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, morda v januarju ali februarju, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; on je samo 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, on pretepal telovadnice, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Rodil se je v Liberiji, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Želim tekmovati na najvišji ravni,” he explained. “Naslednje leto, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ne še, ampak bom tam, v drugem letu.”
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