Diego Pacheco is ready to perform on the big stage again, and he does so on the undercard of his first title against Enrique Collazo on the undercard of the trilogy clash between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. on Saturday night (September 17).
The event, presented by Matchroom, Canelo Promotions and GGG Promotions, will be broadcast live on DAZN Pay-Per-View in the US and Canada, as well as worldwide on DAZN (excluding Mexico, Latin America and Kazakhstan). .
Pacheco (15-0 12 KOs) has been imperious in the paid ranks and after winning his first ten-round contest by forcing Raul Ortega to retire after four rounds in Guadalajara in June, he now faces Collazo for the vacant strap. WBC USNBC Silver in his first fight with a belt on the line.
Canelo is the king of the super middleweight division, and this is the second time Pacheco has fought on the Mexican superstar’s February 2021 undercard in Miami. Alvarez employed Pacheco for training ahead of his clash with Britain’s Callum Smith in December 2020 due to his similar size, and Pacheco impressed the champion, whose trilogy of clashes with the ferocious foe Golovkin holds special meaning for Pacheco. .
“On the Canelo-GGG II date, that’s the day I signed my contract with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom,” Pacheco said. “This has brought back so many memories and I’m honored to be on the card. I’m so grateful for where I’m at and I just want to make the most of these opportunities.”
“I was part of Canelo’s camp for the Callum Smith fight in San Antonio, and I was also meant to be on the card, but I got sick in the buildup. I also got in trouble because I didn’t want to tell.” anybody at the beginning who was sick because he really wanted to fight on the card but he could have made Canelo sick and COVID was present at the time so I had to stop training and couldn’t fight. So it’s great to be here now.
“Canelo is so strong. Even blocking or deflecting his jabs, you can feel the power, his hands are like rocks. They told me I was only going to fight Canelo three rounds, but after three rounds I looked good, and I moved well, and it was good for him, so it was ‘let’s do one more’ and ‘let’s do one more’.
“We did six rounds and then I went back in, that made me feel good and working with David Benavidez is great for me, I’m doing a lot of rounds with him and it’s all building my confidence. I’m a big fan of GGG but I think Canelo gets along third”.
Pacheco’s clash with Collazo is part of a big night of action in Las Vegas, capped off by the epic battle trilogy between Canelo and Golovkin.
