BRAULIO DUJALI, Davao del Norte – Former RP boxing team member Charly Suarez proved that he has what it takes to be a champion when he easily destroyed Justin Cabarles in the 2nd round to win the Mindanao Professional Boxing Association (MinProba) lightweight title on Tuesday night at Dujali Gym here.
The 30-year old Suarez quickly started with his jabs in the first round. Suarez showed more quickness as he connected body shots and head blows to stop Cabarles in 1:42 of the second round.
It was the second win for Suarez and the first in the eight-rounder while the first setback suffered by the 19-year-old Cabarles after four straight wins.
Suarez still needs one more eight-rounder before he will fight for a 10-rounder and a possible championship.
“Maraming salamat una sa lahat sa Panginoon Diyos sa protection ko sa laban kanina at saka kay Engr. Jilson Basang (I really thank the Lord for his protection and to Engr Jilson Basang),” Suarez said.
On the other hand, Nurshadhida Roselie of Singapore landed more jabs to beat Kim Actub of Iligan to win via a unanimous decision to capture the MinProba women’s super-bantamweight title.
Roselie dubbed as “The Sniper” had more telling blows while Actub only got short punches. Roselie improved her record to 12 wins against two losses while Actub dropped to 7-10-1.
Marvilo Aballe and Jhun Rick Carcedo also won in the other two MinProba title fights. Aballe won by a unanimous decision over Celso “Rocky” Sardido in the featherweight class while Cardedo scored a 4th round technical knockout over Romulo Ramayan in the welterweight title fight.
In the other bouts Glenn Porras knocked out Ramil Antaran in the 2nd round; Muhammad Ashiq settled for a majority draw with James Francis Buray; Stephen Bontuyan won by unanimous decision over Jestine Tesoro; Arjay Recopelacion had a majority draw with Jagear Bereno; Jar-ar Rubin settled for a split draw with John Paul Tabanao. (PNA)
