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Boxing: Charly Suarez back in PH after win vs Australia's Fleming

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Philippine Army soldier athletes accorded a warm welcome to Pfc. Charly Suarez upon his arrival on March 20, five days after defeating Australian boxer Paul Fleming in a super featherweight bout in Sydney. Photo courtesy of the Special Service Center, Installation Management Command, Philippine Army." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/03/20/20230320-charity-suarez.jpg"/><figcaption>Philippine Army soldier athletes accorded a warm welcome to Pfc. Charly Suarez upon his arrival on March 20, five days after defeating Australian boxer Paul Fleming in a super featherweight bout in Sydney. Photo courtesy of the Special Service Center, Installation Management Command, Philippine Army.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- Charly Suarez made a triumphant return to Manila on Monday, five days after recording a hard-earned victory over Australia&#x27;s Paul Fleming at the Kevin Betts Stadium in Sydney.Private First Class Suarez was given a warm welcome by soldier-athletes in NAIA upon his return. The 34-year-old earned a stoppage victory over Fleming to remain unbeaten in his professional career (15-0, 9 KOs). It was a battle of unbeaten fighters but only Suarez emerged unscathed, as he knocked down Fleming in the 12th round before the bout was waved off by the referee. Fleming dropped to a 28-1-1 record with 18 KOs in his career. According to <a href="https://www.ringtv.com/650659-charly-suarez-scores-come-from-behind-tko-stops-paul-fleming-in-12/" target="_blank">RingTV</a>, Suarez was behind on all of the judges&#x27; scorecards in the 12th round before he took matters into his own hands and won via TKO. With the win, Suarez claimed the IBF, WBA, WBC, and IBO regional super-featherweight belts, while also putting him in line for a bout against IBO super-featherweight champion Anthony Cacace.

Charly Suarez made a triumphant return to Manila on Monday, five days after recording a hard-earned victory over Australia's Paul Fleming.