Diego Pacheco’s rising expertise is gathering elevated publicity as he’ll headline the Sept. 7 principal occasion in a brilliant middleweight bout at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California, BoxingScene has discovered.
The Los Angeles-born Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) is at the moment related to negotiations with France’s Kevin Lele Sadjo (23-0, 20 KOs) for the DAZN-streamed bout.
Pacheco, 23, elevated to No. 1 contender within the World Boxing Group rankings by advantage of his April 16 unanimous determination over Shawn McCalman in Las Vegas.
The Matchroom-promoted Pacheco produced 5 consecutive knockouts or stoppages earlier than that bout, and his staff is “super-excited” about this bump in publicity as he nears the title shot he longs for.
At tremendous middleweight, there’s fairly a logjam behind undisputed champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, together with first-in-line IBF necessary William Scull, who is predicted to request an exception that might permit Alvarez to pursue a bout in opposition to his WBA necessary, Edgar Berlanga.
Pacheco is skilled by Jose Benavidez Sr., the daddy of Alvarez’s most high-profile necessary, unbeaten former tremendous middleweight titleholder David Benavidez.
“With Diego, we’re nonetheless out to show ourselves, so in a single or two extra fights, we’ll be prepared [to fight for the belt],” Benavidez Sr. mentioned. “I would like him to battle guys like [Jaime] Munguia and Berlanga …”
Pacheco was beforehand in talks with Canada’s Erik Bazinyan (32-0-1, 23 KOs), however the 29-year-old fought to a Might 2 draw in opposition to Shakeel Phinn, and his staff’s curiosity in preventing Pacheco has since cooled.
Sadjo, 34, has fought his previous six bouts in France. He stands 5-foot-8, giving up eight inches to the 6-foot-4 Pacheco, who additionally possesses an 11-inch attain benefit.
Dignity Well being Sports activities Park, often known as the “Struggle Grounds,” has staged a slew of epic bouts, together with Timothy Bradley Jr.-Ruslan Provodnikov, Lucas Matthysse-John Molina, Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado, Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga and two of the Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez classics.
