ANOTHER Filipino boxer, Charly Suarez, has earned ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating Chinese bet Jun Shan in the ongoing Aiba Asian/Oceanian Olympic qualifying tournament in Qian’an, Hebei province, China.
Suarez shattered the nose of Shan in the first round and forced his retirement before the start of the third in the lightweight division to join light flyweight Rogen Ladon in the gold medal bout and the plane bound for Brazil in August.
Suarez, who led in the cards of the three judges when the fight was halted, will face Otgondala Orjnyabuu of Mongolia in the final.
Never allowing the hometown crowd to get going, Suarez swamped Jun with powerful combinations that rocked the Chinese from the opening bell until he surrendered while in his corner.