Promoter Eddie Hearn desires Jaime Munguia subsequent for the #1 WBO-ranked Diego Pacheco following his sixth-round one-punch physique shot knockout of the grizzled outdated veteran Maciej Sulecki final Saturday night time on the Dignity Well being Park, Carson, California.
A Bridging Battle or a Enterprise Transfer?
Hearn boasts that the 23-year-old Pacheco’s victory locks him in for a assured title shot towards WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Nevertheless, the Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn desires Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs) to face the lately crushed Jaime Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs) in a bridging combat.
Hearn’s thought is extra about enterprise as a result of he feels a conflict between Munguia and Pacheco would promote out the Crypto Area in Los Angeles. It could enhance Pacheco’s recognition, beating the well-known Munguia.
It’s uncertain that Munguia’s promoters at High Rank will conform to match him towards Pacheco, provided that he’s coming off a 12-round unanimous resolution loss to Canelo on Might 4th. Placing him in a troublesome combat so quickly wouldn’t make sense.
If Hearn desires to bridge the 6’4″ Pacheco in a combat that has a sensible probability of occurring, he ought to match him towards the proficient, unbeaten Osleys Iglesias. That’s a combat the place Pacheco would wish to show that he’s for actual and never a faux, manufactured fighter that some consider him to be.
The Cuban Iglesias (12-0, 11 KOs) is ranked #5 WBC and appears harmful. As an novice in Cuba, Iglesias reportedly beat David Morrell, which exhibits you what sort of expertise he has.
Hearn’s Deal with Marketability
“I feel it sells out that area indubitably,” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to the media, speaking a couple of combat between Diego Pacheco and Jaime Munguia probably promoting out the 21,000-seat Crypto Area in Los Angeles.
Hearn wants to come back down from the clouds and get actual about who he can really get for Pacheco subsequent. Until His Excellency Turki Alalshikh can step in and provide huge cash for Munguia to combat Pacheco, that match has little probability of occurring.
“Jaime Munguia has left Golden Boy and is now with High Rank,” stated Hearn. “So, perhaps that’s a combat that may get made. We’re in an ideal place as a result of we’ve acquired our world title shot [against Canelo Alvarez]. It’s locked in.”
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Hearn must give attention to the fighters he can get for Pacheco. The Eye of the Tiger promotion has little motive to let Pacheco combat #1 WBC-ranked Christian Mbilli as a result of he’s on the doorstep for a world title shot towards Canelo and doesn’t must take a dangerous combat towards an up-and-comer.
Eye of the Tiger would doubtless be extra receptive to a match towards Pacheco is Osleys Iglesias, who additionally they promote. If Hearn is genuinely motivated to provide Pacheco a bridging combat to arrange him for Canelo, he ought to contact Osleys Iglesias’ promoters to allow them to arrange a conflict. They might stage the combat on the Crypto Area in Los Angeles, and it will promote.
“We’ll see what occurs with Edgar Berlanga. I consider he’s going to provide an ideal combat on September 14th,” stated Hearn. “If he wins, implausible. If he doesn’t, he’s going to be a large identify. Munguia, Mbilli is a good combat [for Pacheco]. Bazinyan, who we had been making an attempt to get for tonight really.”
Erik Bazanyin wouldn’t be a bridging combat for Pacheco. That might be extra of a lateral transfer from his combat towards Sulecki final night time. Bazinyan is a 10-year professional with a report that’s crammed with fluff, and he’s regarded horrible lately. I’d choose Sulecki to defeat the 29-year-old Bazinyan by knockout.
If that is extra about guaranteeing Pacheco isn’t crushed earlier than a cash-out combat towards Canelo, Bazinyan is ideal as a result of Diego can have no issues beating him. However Hearn must cease with the bridging nonsense he’s chirping about as a result of these are simply phrases.
Placing Pacheco in with Bazinyan is extra about defending him as he did with Berlanga by matching him towards Jason Quigley and Padraig McCrory reasonably than David Morrell, who wished to combat him.
“We now not need to chase a shot at a world title,” stated Hearn about Pacheco being the #1 WBO contender for Canelo’s belt with that group. “We’ve acquired it. It’s simply when it comes. So what we do in between that second is basically necessary. It’s extra for his improvement to verify he’s prepared. When he does a reputation, it’s going to do huge numbers.”
Defending Pacheco or Making ready Him?
Once more, if Hearn desires to develop Pacheco, he must cease defending him and throw him in with Osleys Iglesias to see if he’s prepared for Canelo. I don’t suppose Pacheco is close to prepared as a result of he regarded terrible in each sense of the phrase towards Sulecki. Iglesias would destroy the model of Pacheco we noticed final night time.
“I simply really feel that Jaime Munguia towards Diego sells out the Crypto, and I feel it’s a superb combat as nicely. It’s a troublesome combat, however I feel style-wise, what an ideal combat, these two,” stated Hearn.
