Diego Pacheco meets Maciej Sulecki tonight in their 12-round super middleweight headliner in a Matchroom-promoted show at the Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, Los Angeles. The event will be shown live on DAZN, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. This fight will show whether the the 23-year-old Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) is ready to be stepped up against higher competition, like Christian Mbilli or Jaime Munguia.
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Boxing News 24 will give live updates and results below of tonight’s action on DAZN.
Nunez vs Marriaga on Undercard
On the undercard, super featherweight Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez (27-1, 27 KOs) will be looking to steal the show tonight, fighting the heavy-handed Miguel Marriaga (31-7, 25 KOs) in a ten-round fight. This fight might outdo the main event, as Nunez is exciting to watch and will be looking for a knockout.
Sulecki (32-2, 12 KOs) is the underdog and has very little chance of winning this fight unless he can hurt Pacheco with one of his straight right hands. Pacheco isn’t the hardest fighter to hit, especially when fighting aggressively, which he always does. David Benavidez’s fighting style has rubbed off on Pacheco because he throws sustained combinations the way he does, sometimes putting him at risk.
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the 6’4″ Pacheco is a future world champion. Still, there are many doubts about whether he’ll be able to capture a belt while Canelo Alvarez, Mbilli, Edgar Berlanga, and Munguia are hanging around. Hearn is fast-tracking Pacheco, trying to get him to a fight against Canelo as quickly as possible for obvious reasons.
Pacheco won’t see the money he would get fighting Canelo facing anyone else in his career, and he needs to get that fight before the Mexican star steps away from the game.
“I can outbox my opponents to frustrate them and get them to open up; it’s just a matter of how the fight goes. I’m ready for whatever he brings, and I believe I’ll get the knockout.
