Diego Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) fights this Saturday, August thirty first, in a 12-round tremendous middleweight contest in opposition to Maciej Sulecki (32-2, 12 KOs) in a Matchroom-promoted occasion on the Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in California. The occasion shall be proven dwell on DAZN.
This combat is a lateral transfer for the 23-year-old Pacheco from his earlier bout in opposition to Shawn McCalman final April. Promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t need to rush the tall 6’4″ stork-like Pacheco too quick in opposition to the harmful fighters at 168.
Testing Pacheco’s Potential
Hearn intends to start out stepping Pacheco up in opposition to fighters like Edgar Berlanga, Jaime Munguia, and Christian Mbilli earlier than getting him a title shot in opposition to unified 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez. However clearly, if Canelo selects Pacheco subsequent, Hearn gained’t say no to that.
It could be good to see how effectively Pacheco performs in opposition to the unbeaten Cuban expertise Osleys Iglesias (12-0, 11 KOs). The Eye of The Tiger-promoted Osleys is ranked #5 WBC, and could be a superb check to see if Pacheco is able to go to the subsequent degree. If Pacheco can’t beat the 26-year-old knockout artist Osleys, he gained’t do effectively in opposition to Canelo if he will get that shot.
Sulecki, 35, would have been a dangerous combat for Pacheco if it had occurred 5 to seven years in the past when the Polish fighter was youthful, however his profession has slowed since 2020. He’s fought solely 4 occasions in opposition to lesser opposition.
In Sulecki’s final combat, he gained a ten-round unanimous resolution in opposition to 38-year-old Rowdy Legend Montgomery (11-6-1, 8 KOs). It’s not an excellent signal that Sulecki couldn’t knock out a fighter at this degree, however he’s gotten older, and the inactivity hasn’t helped.
Sulecki’s two defeats have come in opposition to former Hearn-promoted Demetrius Andrade in 2019 and Daniel Jacobs in 2018. Each fights had been extremely aggressive. The model of Sulecki that fought Jacobs could be an actual downside for Pacheco.
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