Charly Coronel Suarez (born August 14, 1988) is a Filipino

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who challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight title in 2025. He is also the WBO International

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Champion in 2024. As an

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, Suarez represented the

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at the

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.As of May 2025, Suarez is ranked #8 best active Junior lightweight by ''The Ring''and #9 by ESPN.

Amateur career

Asian Games

2014 * Defeated

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(Uzbekistan) PTS (2–1) * Defeated

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(India) PTS (2–1) * Defeated Ammar Jabbar (Iraq) PTS (3–0) * Defeated

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(Jordan) PTS (2–1) * Lost to

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(Mongolia) PTS (1–2) (claim silver medal) ;

Southeast Asian Games

2009 * Defeated Manuel Batisia (Timor-Leste) KO * Defeated

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(Thailand) PTS (13–5) * Defeated Phal Sophat (Cambodia) KO (claim gold medal) ; 2011 * Defeated

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(Thailand) * Defeated Matius Mandiangan (Indonesia) PTS (26–7) (claim gold medal) ; 2017 * 1st round bye * Defeated Khir Akyazlan Bin Azmi (Malaysia) PTS (4–1) * Lost to

(Thailand) PTS (claim bronze medal) ; 2019 * Defeated Paing Min Arkar (Myanmar) RSC * Defeated Vu Thanh Dat (Vietnam) PTS (5–0) * Defeated Khunatip Pidnuch (Thailand) PTS (5–0) (claim gold medal) ;

Professional career

Suarez, a 2016 Olympian, turned professional in 2019 and has made up for his late start in the pros, fighting five times in 2022 against solid competition. He stopped Indonesian Defry Palulu in two rounds on December in Vietnam. The Paul Fleming fight was his second straight fight abroad, winning a 12 round TKO claiming four titles. Suarez together with

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signed a contract with Top Rank Inc. on July 1, 2023, in preparation for the fight against Yohan "La Fiera" Vasquez of the Dominican Republic on August 26, 2023, at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. Charly Suarez bests Yohan Vasquez by unanimous decision and still remain undefeated the scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93. Suarez was scheduled to face Andres Cortes for the vacant

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International super featherweight titlein Glendale, Arizona, on September 20, 2024. On September 12, 2024 it was reported that Cortes withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Jorge Castaneda. Suarez won by stoppage in the third round.

WBO super featherweight championship

Suarez vs. Navarrete

On March 19, 2025, it was reported that Navarrete would make a fourth defense of his WBO title against undefeated

Charly Suarez Charly Coronel Suarez (born August 14, 1988) is a Filipino Professional boxing, professional boxer who challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight title in 2025. He is also the WBO International Super featherweight, Sup ...

, who was ranked first by the WBO. The fight was scheduled to take place on May 10, 2025 airing live on ESPN at the

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in San Diego. The bout ended in controversy by the eighth round, as Navarrete was unable to continue after suffering a cut over his left eyebrow, which referee Edward Collantes determined to be the result of an accidental clash of heads; as a result, the fight went to the scorecards, which read 78-75, 77-76, and 77-76 in favor of Navarrete. However, new footage released sometime after the fight suggested that the cut may have been caused by a punch from Suarez in the sixth round, and if the referee had ruled it as such, then Suarez would have won by TKO. Subsequently, team Suarez appealed to the

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(CSAC). On June 2, 2025, the CSAC overturned Navarrete's unanimous technical decision win to a no contest, prompting the WBO to order a rematch.

Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing

* WBO International Super Featherweight title * IBF Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title * IBO Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title * WBA Oceania Super Featherweight title * WBC Asian Boxing Council Super Featherweight title * WBA Asia Super Featherweight title * GAB Super Featherweight title

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