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Cranston, RI (November 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) ho qetela Labohlano bosiu The Cosmopolitan ea Las Vegas, Krrish blue ladica i featherweight tšepo Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) o ka molao a fumana lengolo tse robeli tse leshome ho pota oke.
“”My tshebetso ne e le molemo,” 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 liponto. konteraka boima ba 'mele empa Lopez boima ba 132.2 liponto.), but I didn’t think too much of it. I really wanted to go four or five rounds for some more experience, empa ke a mo theoha a le bobeli ho pota-pota le le tokelo ea hook they, 'me a nka mo. (Lopez ne a sa khone ho araba tšepe la boraro ho pota.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary le moletsaphala Jay Nady |
“Ke sebele loketse ho 10-rounders. (Head mokoetlisi) Petrose (Manfredo, Sr.) kamehla o 'na ho etsa e ngata conditioning mosebetsi oa. Re sparred e ngata garela tse robeli ho pota ho tlisa lintoa, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, empa ke tla ho khutlela ka tlelaseng ea boikoetliso, latelang Mantaha.”
A khabisitsoeng American tsenwe ea neng a e 131-11 rekoto, totobatsoa ke sa khauta-khau tshebetso ka 2010 National Golden litlelafo Tournament, Kahn-Clary ba fetela pele ho enta ho etsa hore 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team, ho retelehela lan tharo tse di fetileng.
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| (L-R) – Head mokoetlisi Peter Manfredo, Katha. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Ke nahana hore Toka ile a etsa e khōlō mantsoe ao 'me ba joalo le ka Top boemo bo (Kahn-Clary ea mohlophisi),” 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, mohlomong a January kapa February, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; a 's feela 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, a otla ka ba tlelaseng ea boikoetliso,, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
A hlaha ka Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Ke batla hore a qothisane lehlokoa ka holimo a boemong ba,” he explained. “Selemong se tlang, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, ha e so etsahale, empa ke tla ba teng e 'ngoe selemo.”
Latela Kahn-Clary on Twitter le InstagramTokaKahnClary, kapa motswalle mo on Facebook ka www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.