One would expect Charly Suarez to be rewarded with a trip back to the Philippines for a short vacation following his sensational first-round knockout victory over the weekend in San Bernardino, California.

But instead of availing of that perk, Suarez has decided to stay behind and get back in training mode immediately.

“Yes, I am not going back to the Philippines just yet,” Suarez told DAILY TRIBUNE from San Diego on Friday.

Suarez knocked out Mexican-American Manuel Avila with 29 seconds to go before the end of the opening round to boost his status as mandatory challenger to World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico.

This Monday, Suarez will show up for training in Las Vegas to get his training camp going, according to Sampson Lewkowicz, the undefeated Filipino fighter’s Uruguayan-American promoter.

Lewkowicz has guaranteed Suarez and his chief trainer and manager Delfin Boholst that Navarrete has nowhere to go but grant Suarez a rematch.

Lewkowicz said the much-awaited return meeting will take place in October or November with Navarrete risking not only his WBO belt but most probably the International Boxing Federation strap as well.

“Not next year,” said Lewkowicz.

Suarez is fine with Lewkowicz’s idea of staying in the United States, which the Las Vegas-based fight figure believes is the perfect venue to train.

“Here in America, a sparring is a fight,” said Lewkowicz.

“Everyone’s trying to knock your head off even in sparring. It’s totally different here.”

And that toxic atmosphere of an American gym proved pivotal in making it possible for Suarez to score that resounding win over Avila.

“Before, Charly didn’t have that one-punch knockout power but now he has,” added Lewkowicz.