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Providence (Mulole 18, 2016)) – Undefeated blue-chip featherweight prospect Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Ko) continues to show improvement in each and every fight. Sabata yatha, the 23-year-old Liberia-native knocked out seasoned veteran Orlando Rizo (19-7) in the fourth round at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California.
Kahn-Clary, akumenyana kuchokera Providence, may still be flying under the radar but he’s getting closer to becoming a breakout star. His most recent fight was his first scheduled 10-rounder.
“I put in a lot of hard roadwork, running seven miles a day, ndipo (his head trainer) Peter Mukhoza (Manfredo, SR.) really pushed me,” Kahn-Clary talked about preparing for his last fight. I got some good work from Javier Fortuna, sparring him a few times, and he’s a good southpaw.
“I wasn’t looking for a knockout but it just happened. I stepped left and threw a left. I didn’t load up but it was accurate, hitting him right on his chin. I was happy to get the knockout but I was looking forward to getting in some more rounds.”
“Nothing Toka does really surprises me because I’ve known since the beginning that he’s special,” Manfredo commented. “Toka continues to improve with each fight and he’s hungry to get to the next level. There’s no rush, he doesn’t turn 24 to next year. He’s still maturing. The kid he knocked out was Nicolas Walters’ main sparring partner.
“I just don’t want to put him in with the big names just yet. He’s maturing but he’s not all the way there. He’s improving all of the time, putting his combinations together better each fight. I’ve also noticed that he’s nice and relaxed in the ring now. He’s becoming a good boxer who always had power. Top Rank is doing a great job moving him. Everybody’s happy.”
 A chokongoletsedwa American ankachita masewera amene anali 131-11 mbiri, anatsindika ndi golide Mendulo ntchito pa 2010 National Golden Magolovesi mpikisanowu, Kahn-Clary anapatsira mfuti kuti 2016 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team to turn pro three years ago.
“I’ve been boxing 10 zaka tsopano,” Kahn-Clary added. “Knowing what I’ve already accomplished, I also realize that I’m still improving. I’ll be back in the gym Monday to get ready for the next call we get about my next fight. (Top Rank’s) Brad mwini is one of the best matchmakers in boxing. He and everybody at Top Rank are doing a great job positioning me for a big opportunity. That may not happen this year but, mwamwai, it will sometime next year. I’m boxing so much better now than I ever did. I used to fight like I was in a fog but, tsopano, my eyes are wide open.”
Not bad for a kid who left his mother and siblings in Liberia when he was six, only to have his father murdered a year after he arrived in the United States. He’s overcome many difficult obstacles in his young life, most of them tougher than any opponents he’ll every fight, including a stretch in which he was homeless. It’s only made him tougher and an even better overall person.
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Undefeated prospect Toka Kahn-Clary Returns to ring this Saturday night vs. Gabino Cota in Studio City, California
CRANSTON, RI(February 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary(17-0, 11 Ko) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “Kung'anima” Cota (18-5-1, 16 Ko) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 mbiri), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 National Golden Magolovesi mpikisanowu, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Maseŵera a nkhonya Team, kutembenukira ovomereza zitatu zapitazo.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Ko) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show izi Loweruka, headlined ndi 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 a 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,” Kahn-Clary mutu mphunzitsi Peter Manfredo, SR. taonera. “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 challengerJonathan Oquendo, Puerto Rican Olimpiki Orlando Cruzand Russian champion Andrey Klimov.
“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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Undefeated chiyembekezo Toka Kahn-Clary Ophunzira 10 chonse womenya
-onse zithunzi mwachilolezo cha Mikey Williams / Top udindo-
CRANSTON, RI (November 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Ko) otsiriza Lachisanu usiku pa The Cosmopolitan wa Las Vegas, undefeated buluu Chip featherweight chiyembekezo Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Ko) wakhala mwalamulo maphunziro asanu ndi atatu khumi chonse womenya.
“”Wanga ntchito zabwino,” 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. mgwirizano kulemera koma Lopez amtengo 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, koma ine anamuika mu kwachiwiri ndi ufulu mbedza, ndipo anamutengera iye kunja. (Lopez sanathe kuyankha belu kwa kwachitatu.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary ndi malifali Jay Nady |
“Ine ndithudi okonzekera 10-rounders. (Mutu mphunzitsi) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) nthawizonse wakhala ine kuchita zambiri wokonzekeretsa ntchito. Ife sparred zambiri zipolopolo zisanu chonse ndewu, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, koma ndibweranso mu masewero olimbitsa lotsatira Monday.”
A chokongoletsedwa American ankachita masewera amene anali 131-11 mbiri, anatsindika ndi golide Mendulo ntchito pa 2010 National Golden Magolovesi mpikisanowu, Kahn-Clary anapatsira mfuti kuti 2016 U.S. Olympic Maseŵera a nkhonya Team, kutembenukira ovomereza zitatu zapitazo.
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| (L-R) – Mutu mphunzitsi Peter Manfredo, SR. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Ine ndikuganiza Toka zinandithandiza kwambiri mawu nateronso Top Udindo (Kahn-Clary a kulimbikitsa),” 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, mwinamwake mu January kapena February, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; iye ali chabe 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, iye ukugunda la masewero olimbitsa, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Anabadwira ku Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Ine ndikufuna kupikisana pamwamba mlingo,” Iye anafotokoza. “Chaka chotsatira, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, osati pano, koma ine ndidzakhala kumeneko mu chaka china.”
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Undefeated buluu Chip chiyembekezo Toka Kahn-Clary Liberia mbadwa kupanga dzina America
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Kulimbana Sergio Lopez izi Loweruka ku Las Vegas
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(onse zithunzizi Jeny Luna Hernandez-Watson)
Providence (November 16, 2015) — Undefeated featherweight chiyembekezo Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 Ko) angatithandize kwambiri, ndi “osadziwika” prizefighter m'dziko, osachepera kunja kwa New England.
A chokongoletsedwa American ankachita masewera amene anali 131-11 mbiri, anatsindika ndi golide Mendulo ntchito pa 2010 National Golden Magolovesi mpikisanowu, Kahn-Clary umabwerera kwa mphete izi Loweruka usiku (Nov. 20) pa The Cosmopolitan wa Las Vegas motsutsana Mexican Goliyati Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-9-1, 13 Ko) kodi akuyenera kukhala Kahn-Clary womaliza wa yokonzedweratu eyiti chonse podwala pamaso iye maphunziro 10-rounders.
“Iye ndi amphamvu Mexican womenya ndani nkhonya pang'ono kunja,” Kahn-Clary analankhula za lotsatira Goliyati, “koma iye akubwera patsogolo, Ifenso. Iye ali odziwa ndipo wakhala ndi zambiri zabwino adani.”
Lopez ndi chiyeso aliyense chiyembekezo. His last three fights include a loss to 18-0 Alejandro Luna (KO4) ichi kale August, 10-kuzungulira kugawanika chotungira 24-7-1 Joksan Hernandez, ndipo zidzasintha wachisanu chonse luso la knockout 16-0 Victor Betancourt.
“Lopez ndi Bakuman,” Kahn-Clary mutu mphunzitsi Peter Manfredo, SR. anawonjezera. He’s tough but our plan is for Toka to take him apart and eventually take him out. Toka’s not far away from a really big fight, mwina 8-10 miyezi. We were offered a big fight but, timafunika 10 chonse nkhondo yoyamba, ndipo kupeza kuti nkhondo oyambirira chaka chamawa.”
Kahn-Clary, akumenyana kuchokera Providence, akubwera kuchokera kwambiri chochita chigonjetso katswiri otsiriza June, imene iye anapita m'kalasi kutenga 33-11 Jonathan Perez, zakale Colombia wapamwamba bantamweight ndi World Council nkhonya (WBC) ngwazi. Kahn-Clary stopped Perez in the sixth round of their fight on a card headlined by Timothy Bradley'M wogwirizira dziko welterweight udindo lingasinthe Jessie Vargas pa StubHub Center ku Carson, California.
The 23 wazaka, amene anabadwa Toka Kahn, will never face obstacles in the ring more difficult to overcome than his early life experiences. Now a blue-chip prospect, he was born in Liberia and came to America with his younger sister to join their father when he was only six. He lived in Philadelphia only one year before his father was killed in a shooting. Toka’s arduous journey continued as he and his sister moved to Providence, komwe ankakhala ndi oterewa makolo amene, moona, sankasamala zimene zinawachitikira.
Zizindikiro zonse anatchula Toka mulowa mu vuto pa Providence mumsewu kuti akachite, makamaka nthawi zina, pamene anali osowa pokhala. Mwamwayi, Komabe, bwenzi naye kwa Manfredo a Gym mu Pawtuckert, RI. Boxing truly saved his life. Manfredo, USA nkhonya New England pulezidenti Jim Perella ndipo banjalo kuti nthaŵi anawaona iye, Andrea Watson ndipo Ron Clary, udasintha modabwitsa moyo wake.
Kahn-Clary zinasaina zotsatsira pangano ndi Top Udindo, umene, pamodzi ndi bwana Mike Criscio ndipo Manfredo, asamukira Kahn-Clary paliŵiro, m'mwamba mayendedwe. Kahn-Clary, Zodabwitsa ndizakuti, AZIDZAMENYANA kachitatu chaka chino, pambuyo poti asanu chaka chatha.
 “Top Udindo wachita ntchito yabwino kundisunga wotanganidwa,” southpaw Kahn-Clary commented. “I know that it takes time to climb the ladder and I still need to improve a few things. I need to beat a top fighter to get into the world rankings. I’ll be ready when I get that call.“Ine ndiri wokonzeka pakali pano kwa 10 kapena 12 kuzungulira nkhondo. I’ve done a lot of sparring to help me get ready to step up. I’m excited about fighting 10 ndipo 12 round fights because it’ll be a test for me and I love to be test. The top guys in my division are the (Gary) Russell, (WolemaL) Lomachenkondipo (Mkango) Santa Cruz. I have the skills and heart to compete with them.”
Quality sparring ku New England umafunika, makamaka aang'ono-kulemera womenya monga Kahn-Clary, amene wapeza kwambiri zinachitikira sparring ndi WBA wapamwamba featherweightJavier Fortuna (29-0-1, 21 Ko), zitatu nthawi US Olimpiki Rau'shee Warren ndi anzake New England ndi bwenzi, New Haven’s Luis “KO King” Rosa (21-0, 10 Ko).
“Peter (Manfredo) ndipo ine kupita Worcester (MA) ndi Connecticut kupeza ntchito yabwino,” the gifted boxer-puncher Toka-Kahn explained. “It’s been a great help for me. I’ve gotten a lot of valuable experience in there with fighters like Fortuna and Warren. Ine ndawonapo awo mphete generalship, kayendedwe kawo, and I’ve learned from them. They’re smart. I’ve learned from them, even try to copy them. It’s not just about sparring, umene ndi kuphunzira zinachitikira. Ngati mulibe chiyani pa sparring, onse inu munayamba kukhala ndi sparring naye.”
Manfredo akhala ndi iye akudziŵa kuti mphoto wophunzira, Kahn-Clary, will need to go away to training camp for good sparring when he starts fighting 10-rounders. “Ndine mabwenzi abwino ndi Freddie Roach ndipo ife timapita ku California ndi kuphunzitsa pa Bakuman Khadi Gym,” Manfredo concluded. “I’m very happy with the way Toka’s been moved. I have faith in Brad mwini, amene ndi imodzi yabwino, if not the best matchmaker in the world. They’ve moved Toka along at a good pace. They know what they’re doing.”
Nthawiyi, Toka Kahn-Clary plans to make his name in boxing next year. Choyamba, Komabe, iye ayenera angadutse Lopez izi Loweruka usiku kuti wake patsogolo kupita.
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