Diego Pacheco (23-0, 18 kos) denied Steven Nelson (20-1, 16 kos) his toughest opponent of his career, scoring 117-111 x defeated him by a 12 round unanimous decision and he was the toughest opponent of his career 3 Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
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While Pacheco didn’t have a fighter who gave him a harder time, Shawn McCalman and Marcelo Coceres stood out and he had major problems.
exposed flaws
Nelson was a nightmare for the 23-year-old Pacheco, as he stayed there until later in the round and then punished Nos. 11 and 12. He forced Pacheco to hold frequently in those rounds to neutralize the attacks. Pacheco doesn’t look impressive.
Nelson exposes two flaws in Pacheco
- no internal games
- Uncomfortable pressure
- Lack of Confidence: Nelson had Pacheco’s back throughout the fight, forcing him to submit and hold.
The performance showed that Pacheco is vulnerable and can be defeated by a fighter who applies pressure and power. Nelson, on the other hand, showed that if you can attack him relentlessly, Pacheco struggles even with the non-stretch.
“Anyone in the top five. I’m No. 1 in the WBO, No. 1 in the top five with other sanctioned bodies.” post war press conference When asked about what he wants to fight next after beating Steven Nelson on Saturday night.
“Maybe the journeyman,” Pacheco said when asked if Steven Nelson was his toughest opponent. “I didn’t have any trouble in any round. Maybe in the last round, he caught a few punches there and I had to tighten up a little bit. Steven Nelson showed a great heart and a great chin. But other than that, no. Nothing else.
“I showed my skills and my game plan was much better. I felt like I never got tired in any round. I felt like I controlled the pace and controlled the fight. If the fight had been longer, I could have gone for more Lots of rounds,” Pacheco said.
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