Charly Suarez

Charly Coronel Suarez (born August 14, 1988) is a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight title in 2025. He is also the WBO International Super Featherweight Champion in 2024 and 2026. As an amateur, Suarez represented the Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career Asian Games 2014 Defeated Elnur Abduraimov (Uzbekistan) PTS (2–1) Defeated Akhil Kumar (India) PTS (2–1) Defeated Ammar Jabbar (Iraq) PTS (3–0) Defeated Obada Al-Kasbeh (Jordan) PTS (2–1) Lost to Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai (Mongolia) PTS (1–2) (claim silver medal)

Southeast Asian Games 2009 Defeated Manuel Batisia (Timor-Leste) KO Defeated Wuttichai Masuk (Thailand) PTS (13–5) Defeated Phal Sophat (Cambodia) KO (claim gold medal)

2011 Defeated Sailom Adi (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 Wuttichai Masuk (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 Chavit Singson 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 WBO 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 Emanuel Navarrete would make a fourth defense of his WBO title against Suarez, who was ranked first by the WBO. The fight was scheduled to take place on May 10, 2025 airing live on ESPN at the Pechanga Arena 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 California State Athletic Commission (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.

Suarez returned to winning ways in his next fight, defeating Manuel Ávila by technical knockout in the first round to claim the vacant WBO International super-featherweight title at the Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, California, United States, on July 18, 2026.

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