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Cranston, RI (Nopember 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOs) pamungkas Jumaah peuting di The kosmopolitan ti Las Vegas, undefeated blue-chip prospek featherweight Toka “T-nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) geus resmi lulus ti dalapan ka sapuluh buleud bajoang.
“”Kinerja mah alus,” 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. beurat kontrak tapi Lopez ditimbang 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, tapi kuring nunda manéhna turun di babak kadua jeung hook katuhu, jeung ngabawa kaluar. (Lopez ieu teu bisa ngajawab bel pikeun babak katilu.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary jeung wasit Jay Nady |
“Kuring pasti siap 10 rounders. (Sirah palatih) Petrus (Manfredo, Sr.) sok geus kuring ngalakonan loba udar karya. Urang sparred loba rounds for gelut dalapan buleud, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, tapi kuring gé jadi deui dina gim Senén saterusna.”
A amatir American dihias anu kungsi 131-11 catetan, disorot ku kinerja emas-medal di 2010 Sarung Golden National Pasanggiri, Kahn-Clary dibikeun ditembak nyieun 2016 AS. Olimpiade tinju Team, ngarobah pro tilu taun ka tukang.
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| (L-R) – Sirah palatih Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Jigana Toka dijieun hiji pernyataan badag sarta jadi teu Top réngking (Promoter Kahn-Clary sacara),” 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, meureun dina Januari Pébruari atawa, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; manéhna ngan 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, he ketukan nepi gim, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Lahir di Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Kuring hayang bersaing di tingkat luhur,” he explained. “Taun saterusna, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, henteu acan, tapi kuring gé aya di taun sejen.”
Turutan Kahn-Clary dina Twitter jeung InstagramTokaKahnClary, atawa babaturan manéhna dina Facebook di www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.