Charly Suarez wins by knockout over Jorge Castañeda to safe the WBO Worldwide tremendous featherweight title in Arizona, USA.–TOP RANK PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Undefeated Filipino Charly Suarez flaunted his punching energy on his method to one other spectacular victory on Saturday (Manila time).
Just a bit over a month after turning 36 years previous, Suarez scored a third-round stoppage over American Jorge Castaneda at Desert Diamond Enviornment in Glendale, Arizona, USA.
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Suarez decked Castaneda, a late substitute, twice within the third–each off left hooks to assert the WBO worldwide tremendous featherweight title.
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With Castañeda nonetheless discovering his steadiness after the primary knockdown, Suarez closed the present with a flurry to hike his document to 18-0, with 10 knockouts.
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The bout was a part of the undercard of the Jaime Munguia vs Erik Bazinyan major occasion.
Suarez was initially slated to battle Andres Cortes in a title eliminator. Cortes, a highly-rated fighter with a 22-0 document, was pressured to drag out of the bout after sustaining an damage throughout coaching.
The Sawata, Davao del Norte native turned skilled in 2019 after a adorned newbie profession.
Suarez represented the Philippines on the 2016 Rio Olympics. He additionally gained a silver medal on the Asian Video games in 2014 and bagged gold medals on the Southeast Asian Video games in 2009, 2011 and 2019.
READ: Charly Suarez defends WBA Asia belt, selections Mark Yap
In the meantime, Filipino-American DJ Zamora III remained unblemished after outclassing Argentina’s Gerardo Antonio Perez in an excellent featherweight eight-rounder.
The 21-year-old Zamora, born to a Filipino father Demler and African-American mom Tyesha, placed on a boxing clinic en path to a unanimous resolution win. Two judges scored it 80-72 whereas the opposite had it 79-73.
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“Blessed to get one other victory final night time!” Zamora (14-0, 9KOs), who hails from Las Vegas, Nevada, posted on Instagram.
“Representing for my Filipino Heritage!🇵🇭” he stated in one other submit per week earlier than the battle.
