Diego Pacheco: I’m a big GGG fan but I think that Canelo takes the third one
Diego Pacheco goes up against Enrique Collazo at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 17. The pair battles it out for the WBC USNBC Silver super middleweight title. The contest is featured on the card topped by a highly anticipated trilogy fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin live stream on DAZN.
Pacheco (15-0 12 KOs) has been imperious in the paid ranks. He won his first ten-round contest by forcing Raul Ortega to retire after four rounds in Guadalajara in June. He now meets Collazo (16-2-1, 11 KOs) in his first bout with a belt on the line.
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Canelo is the undisputed super middleweight champion, and this is the second time that Pacheco has fought on the undercard of the Mexican superstar in February 2021 in Miami. Alvarez employed Pacheco for sparring ahead of his clash with Briton Callum Smith in December 2020 due to their similar size, and Pacheco impressed the champion, who’s trilogy clash with fierce foe Golovkin has special significance for Pacheco.
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“On the date of Canelo vs GGG II, that’s the day that I signed my contract with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom,” said Pacheco. “This has brought back so many memories and I’m honored to be on the card. I’m so grateful for where I am, 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 meant to be on the undercard too, but I got sick in the build-up. I got in trouble too because I didn’t want to tell anyone at first that I was sick because I really wanted to fight on the card, but I could have got Canelo sick and COVID was around then so I had to stop training and I couldn’t fight. So, it’s great to be here now.”
“Canelo is so strong. Even blocking or parrying his jabs, you can feel the power, his hands are like rocks. I was told I was only going to spar three rounds with Canelo, but then after three I was looking good, and I was moving 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 again, so that made me feel good and working with David Benavidez is great for me, I’m doing lots of rounds with him and it’s all boosting my confidence. I’m a big GGG fan but I think that Canelo takes the third one.”
Among other bouts featured on Canelo vs GGG 3 card, unbeaten Jesse Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) defends his WBC super flyweight title against Israel Gonzalez (28-4-1, 11 KOs), Austin Williams (11-0, 9 KOs) faces Kieron Conway (18-2-1, 4 KOs) for the vacant WBA International middleweight belt and Ali Akhmedov (18-1 14 KOs) meets Gabriel Rosado (26-15-1 15 KOs) for the IBF North American super middleweight title.
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