After an injury forced Callum Smith out of his light heavyweight clash with Pawel Stepien at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday, Los Angeles’ Diego Pacheco’s WBO International super middleweight title showdown with Jack Cullen and Robbie Davies Jr’s super lightweight fight with Darragh Foley are now co-headlining. DAZN will stream.
The unbeaten Pacheco (17-0, 14 KOs) looks to impress in his first appearance in the UK, stepping up against “Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver” Cullen (21-3-1, 9 KOs) in what promises to be an all-action affair.
“Jack Cullen I feel is a good opponent, finally someone that the fans know I guess,” said Pacheco. “If I beat him then it’s going to be like, ‘he beat this guy’, and I hope people are going to start believing in me a little bit more.
“After I get this win, I do feel that people will start recognising me more as a contender than a prospect. He’s tall and he has a lot of heart, but I’m a way better fighter than him. I see myself stopping him. He won’t be able to take my power. Once I see the opening, I’ll take it.”
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Davies Jr (23-3, 15 KOs) was set to square off with world-rated Liam Paro, but will now face late stand-in Foley (21-4-1, 9 KOs) over ten rounds
Also, unbeaten heavyweight Johnny Fisher (7-0, 6 KOs) faces Alfonso Damiani (6-2, 2 KOs) in a scheduled eight-rounder.
I wonder if Hearn puts together Berlanga – Pacheco at some point.
Hard to say I think they are trying to get Berlanga to Canelo. Berlanga has everything in looks, charisma, and fan base to be in a big fight. I might be wrong but I think there is one problem….he is not good enough. Hearn may view Pacheco as too risky. Problem is …how do they get him there? I am interested to see what Hearn tries to do.
I know they have that in mind, but they’re going to have to put Berlanga in with some very strong competition to make it an interesting fight against Canelo and he’s going to have to look good. I know they’re talking about Daniel Jacobs, but after that??? Munguia? I think Munguia beats Berlanga and if the Jacobs who fought Ryder fights the Berlanga who fought Angulo – I’d take Jacobs too.
So would I. I think Munguia would be to route to go. I think that fight would sell and while I would pick Munguia Berlanga might be at least as good as the guys Munguia has been fighting lately. The problem is Munguia is Golden Boy. I know Hearn and Oscar have done business before but would Hearn risk Berlanga losing to Munguia? I hope so! But it might be his best route. The only thing is if Berlanga was going to fight Munguia one would think he would have signed with Golden Boy instead of Matchroom. But Munguia while dangerous might be the most lucrative path to Canelo. He will get paid a lot more then he would against Pacheco and the risk might not be any bigger. I know I am rambling..hope I am making some sense.
I never heard of him. He’s needs to step up his competition after this fight.