Diego Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) weighed in at 168 lbs, whereas his opponent, veteran Maciej Sulecki (32-2, 12 KOs), got here in at 167.4 lbs on the weigh-in on Friday for his or her 12-round headliner this Saturday, August thirty first on the Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California and stay on DAZN.
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Hearn’s Excessive Hopes for Pacheco
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes #1 WBO Pacheco, 23, is one to 3 fights away from difficult for a world title in opposition to unified 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez. He feels that if Pacheco destroys Sulecki, 35, he’d prefer to see him tackle Jaime Munguia, Christian Mbilli, or Erik Bazinyan subsequent.
If Hearn matches the 6’4 ” Pacheco in opposition to Munguia or Mbilli subsequent, it could be asking a bit an excessive amount of of him as a result of these two are superior fighters who would take a look at his chin and probably expose him.
Weigh in outcomes
Diego Pacheco 168 vs. Maciej Sulecki 167.4
Eduardo Nunez 133 vs. Miguel Marriaga 131.8
Arturo Cardenas 121.2 vs. Jesus Arechiga 122
Chev Clarke 199.8 vs. Efetobor Apochi 199.2
Adelaida Ruiz 113.6 vs. Ginny Fuchs 114.4
Tremendous featherweight Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez (26-1, 26 KO faces the robust veteran Miguel Marriaga (31-7, 26 KOs), who can nonetheless punch however is up there in age at 37.
“I really like Jason Quigley, however we’re previous that degree now,” stated Eddie Hearn to IFL TV, reacting to being advised that Jason Quigley desires Diego Pacheco subsequent. “Sulecki, in my view, is barely above Quigley. But when not, on the identical sort of degree.
Potential Opponents and Challenges
“After Sulecki, if we get the job accomplished, we now have to be Munguia, Bazinyan, Mbilli. These sorts of fights as a result of Diego Pacheco is #1 on the earth with the WBO. He’s going to get ordered to struggle the winner of Berlanga in opposition to Canelo in 2025, and we’ve obtained to be prepared for it. I’m not turning it down.”
If Pacheco goes to struggle a kind of fighters, Bazinyan can be the best way to go as a result of he’s essentially the most beatable and offers him his greatest shot of profitable. Pacheco will get hit an excessive amount of to go up in opposition to any of these different fighters.
“When that chance comes, you’ve obtained to be able to be able to take it,” stated Hearn. “However Diego is 2 or three fights away from being prepared for that struggle. He thinks he’s prepared for it now, however you’ve obtained to chop by means of Sulecki like a knife by means of butter, and also you’ve obtained to beat a kind of different names that I’ve simply talked about. You then’re prepared, however this child [Pacheco] is 23 years of age.
“He is likely one of the high fighters on this nation already, and I believe he’s going to be a celebrity,” stated Hearn.
