In an anti-climatic combat, #1 ranked WBO tremendous middleweight contender Diego Pacheco (22-0, 19 KOs) delivered a sixth-round knockout of journeyman Maciej Sulecko (32-3, 12 KOs) on Saturday evening of their conflict on DAZN on the Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California.
Calculated Aggression and Tactical Brilliance
The 6’4″ Pacheco boxed early on, utilizing his jab and proper arms to regulate the motion in opposition to the 35-year-old Sulecki. Nonetheless, there was loads of two-way site visitors between the fighters attributable to Sulecki catching Pacheco with good proper arms, left hooks and a strong jab.
Pacheco has by no means been nice defensively, however he made his issues worse by combating aggressively, and Sulecki used his expertise to make the most of the openings to attach.
If Sulecki had extra energy, he may have finished some injury, however he’s by no means been an enormous puncher. That’s clearly one of many elements for why he was chosen for this combat. Matchroom wasn’t able to throw the 23-year-old Pacheco into the fireplace simply but in his early profession.
Turning Up the Warmth
As the competition wore on, Pacheco gained confidence, realizing that he didn’t have a lot to fret about from Sulecki within the energy division. Within the sixth spherical, Pacheco harm Sulecki with a proper hand late. He regarded out of types on the finish of the spherical, and it was clear that he was fading.
The turning level got here within the fifth. Pacheco knew that Sulecki was drained and had no energy to harm as soon as. That’s when Pacheco began throwing leather-based. Late within the spherical, he had Sulecki dazed for a second. The Polish fighter clinched and made it out of the spherical by touchdown some exhausting photographs to Pacheco’s head.
At first of the sixth, Pacheco threw a proper hand adopted by a left to the physique that despatched Sulecki to the canvas. He rolled on his aspect after which to his again and was counted out.
Sadly for Pacheco, a lot of the consideration in tonight’s card got here from the co-feature bout between Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez in his battle in opposition to Miguel Marriaga.
So by the point the principle occasion got here on between Pacheco and the 35-year-old Sulecki, it will have taken a particular efficiency from the 23-year-old to outdo what followers had seen within the chief help bout. Pacheco didn’t have the fashion of the dance associate for him to outshine ‘Sugar’ Nunez.
Within the chief help combat, ‘Sugar’ Nunez (28-1, 28 KOs) stopped Marriaga (31-8, 26 KOs) within the sixth spherical in an entertaining combat. Nunez knocked Marriaga down with a physique shot within the sixth. After the spherical ended, the combat was stopped.
