Tag: RBR

Diego Pacheco returns to action tonight in Las Vegas as he faces Steven Nelson in a super middleweight DAZN main event, and Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates.

The show starts at 8 pm ET, so join us then for full live coverage in the comments section below!

Pacheco (22-0, 18 KO) is the WBO #1 contender for the belt currently held by Canelo Alvarez. He finished off Maciej Sulecki in six rounds back in August. Still just 23 years old, Pacheco is the youngest of the crop of promising challengers at 168 lbs., and this fight keeps him in mandatory position for the WBO.

Nelson (20-0, 16 KO) is 36 years old, fighting outside of a Terence Crawford undercard spot for the first time since 2020. He’s 6” shorter than Pacheco and doesn’t have any notable names on his resume. But, he does have real power and he’s fought over 180 lbs. before. Optimists can look at this matchup and see a hard-hitting guy getting his first real crack at a big name… Pessimists will ask why a guy that’s hometown Omaha buddies with one of the biggest names in the sport couldn’t get an opportunity like this until age 36.

Elsewhere on the card, rising lightweight star Andy Cruz fights for a minor IBF title in his 5th pro outing, promising youngster and relatively new Matchroom signee Ernesto “Tito” Mercado faces whatever remains of Jose Pedraza, and 2024 Olympian Nishant Dev makes his professional debut.

Main Card (DAZN, 8 pm ET)

• Diego Pacheco (22-0, 18 KO) vs Steven Nelson (20-0, 16 KO), super middleweights, 12 rounds
• Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KO) vs Omar Salcido (19-1, 14 KO), lightweights, 10 rounds
• Tito Mercado (16-0, 15 KO) vs Jose Pedraza (29-6-1, 14 KO), super lightweights, 10 rounds
• Leonardo Rubalcava (9-0, 3 KO) vs Israel Mercado (11-1-1, 7 KO), super lightweights, 8 rounds
• Nishant Dev vs Alton Wiggins (1-0-1), super welterweight, 6 rounds