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CRANSTON, RI (Novemba 25, 2015) – After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 Kos) Ijumaa iliyopita usiku katika Mji wa Las Vegas, undefeated bluu-Chip featherweight matarajio Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 Kos) ina rasmi kufuzu 8-10 mzima mpiganaji.
“”Utendaji wangu ilikuwa nzuri,” 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. mkataba uzito lakini Lopez uzito 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, lakini mimi kumtia chini katika raundi ya pili kwa ndoana haki, na kumpeleka nje. (Lopez hakuweza kujibu kengele kwa raundi ya tatu.)
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| (L-R) Toka Kahn-Clary na mwamuzi Jay Nady |
“Nina hakika tayari kwa ajili ya 10-rounders. (Kichwa mkufunzi) Peter (Manfredo, Sr.) daima mimi kufanya mengi ya kazi hali. Sisi sparred mengi ya raundi kwa ajili ya mapambano nane mzima, so I’ve been ready for 10-round fights. I won’t be fighting again until next year, lakini mimi itakuwa nyuma katika mazoezi Jumatatu ijayo.”
Kupambwa wa Marekani Amateur ambaye alikuwa 131-11 rekodi, yalionyesha na utendaji dhahabu medali katika 2010 Taifa Golden kinga mashindano, Kahn-Clary kupita juu ya risasi kufanya 2016 U.S. Olimpiki Boxing Team, kugeuka pro miaka mitatu iliyopita.
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| (L-R) – Kichwa mkufunzi Peter Manfredo, Sr. & Toka Kahn-Clary |
“Nadhani Toka alitoa kauli kubwa na hivyo, Juu Rank (Promoter Kahn-Clary ya),” 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, labda katika Januari au Februari, and then we can talk about him fighting a top guy. There’s no rush; yeye ni tu 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, yeye kutiwa ladha up mazoezi, three or four fighters a session. And most of the time he’s sparring bigger guys and using big gloves.”
Alizaliwa mwaka Liberia, the 23-year-old Kahn-Clary is a rising star with lofty expectations. “Nataka kushindana katika ngazi ya juu,” he explained. “Mwaka ujao, I will keep working hard and hopefully fight some decent named opponents. I’m not ready for the top guys in my division, bado, lakini mimi utakuwa huko katika mwaka mwingine.”
Kufuata Kahn-Clary juu ya Twitter na InstagramTokaKahnClary, au rafiki yake juu ya Facebook katika www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.