CRANSTON, RI(二月 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star 十日 “T-尼斯” 卡恩 - 克拉里(17-0, 11 科斯) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “閃” Cota (18-5-1, 16 科斯) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, 加利福尼亞州. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 記錄), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 全國金手套錦標賽, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 中美. 奧運拳擊隊, 轉為職業選手在三年前.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of 塞爾吉奧 “Cuatito” 洛佩茲 (19-10-1, 13 科斯) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show 這個星期六, 通過標題 Alex Saucedo vs. Clarence Booth, doesn’t have a single 10-round fight, in favor of three 8-rounders including Kahn-Clary vs. Cota.
“That really doesn’t matter to me,” Kahn-Clary said. “I trained to beat this guy, not how many rounds. I’m a lot better fighter than I was a year ago. I’m a lot more relaxed in the ring. I think more as I’m moving in the ring, adjusting a lot better, and my combinations are coming out a lot better.”
A former WBC FECOMBOX and Mexican featherweight champion, Cota is a dangerous opponent who has knocked out 16 的 18 fighters he’s defeated as a professional.
“Cota may have lost four of his last six but they were all title fights or on television against name opponents,” 卡恩 - 克拉里的頭教練 彼得·曼弗雷多, SR. 注意. “He has some pop, throws a zillion punches and just keeps coming forward. This is a good step up for Toka.
“Toka is ready for this fight. He’s had a lot of good sparring. Toka is aggressive, well-conditioned, a good defensive fighter who can crack. There wasn’t a 10-round fight available on this card but we wanted this fight. Toka’s still only 23 so there’s no reason to rush things.”
Cota is battle tested having fought world title challenger喬納森·奧肯, 波多黎各奧海 Orlando Cruzand Russian champion 安德烈·克里莫夫.
“I like fighting guys that come to me like Cota,” Kahn-Clary remarked. “It makes my job easier. I can setup my punches and fights against guys like this aren’t as much as a chess match. I’ll be landing hard shots and fans like that better than a chess match.”
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