| Diego Pacheco | |
| Weight: | Super-middleweight |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in |
| Reach: | 79 in |
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| Birth Date: | 2001 3, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 865105 |
| Total: | 21 |
| Wins: | 21 |
| Ko: | 17 |
| Losses: | 0 |
Diego Pacheco (born March 8, 2001) is an American professional boxer.
Pacheco began boxing at the age of ten and amassed over seventy-five bouts and eight National championships in his amateur career. At the time he turned professional, he was ranked as the top amateur middleweight in both the United States and Mexico.[1] [2]
In October 2018 Pacheco signed with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA.[3] He made his professional debut on December 22, 2018, at the Auditorio Fausto Gutiérrez Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico, against Luis Carlos Gonzalez, winning by knockout (KO) early in the first round.[4] In 2019, he fought and won seven times, including six victories by way of KO.[5] On December 7, 2019, he featured on the undercard of Andy Ruiz Jr. vs Anthony Joshua II in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, knocking out the more experienced opponent Selemani Saidi with a right hand.[6] [7]
On February 29, 2020, Pacheco defeated Oscar Riojas via six-round unanimous decision (UD) on the undercard of Mikey Garcia vs. Jessie Vargas at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.[8]
On March 5, 2022 Pacheco stopped Genc Pllana in the second round.[9] On June 10, 2022 he defeated Raul Ortega via fourth-round RTD.[10]
On April 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, Pacheco was scheduled to face Shawn McCalman.[11] He won the fight by unanimous decision and retained his WBC USA and WBO International super middleweight titles.[12]
Pacheco is scheduled to face former title challenger Maciej Sulecki in Carson, CA on August 31, 2024.[13]
At 6'4", Pacheco is well known for his length and superior sense of timing, as well as for having power in both hands.[14]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Win | 21–0 |  Shawn McCalman | UD | 10 | Apr 6, 2024 | | ||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 |  Marcelo Coceres | KO | 9 (12), | Nov 18, 2023 | | ||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 |  Manuel Gallegos | TKO | 4 (10), | Jul 7, 2023 | | ||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Jack Cullen | TKO | 4 (10) | 11 Mar 2023 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Ricardo Adrian Luna | TKO | 2 (10), | Dec 3, 2022 | | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Enrique Collazo | TKO | 5 (10), | Sep 17, 2022 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Raul Ortega | RTD | 4 (8), | Jun 10, 2022 | | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Genc Pllana | KO | 2 (8), | Mar 5, 2022 | | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 |  Lucas De Abreu | TKO | 8 (8), | Oct 16, 2021 | | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jesús Moroyoqui | TKO | 6 (8), | Jun 26, 2021 | | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Rodolfo Gomez Jr. | UD | 8 | Feb 27, 2021 | | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Juan Antonio Méndez | TKO | 2 (6), | Oct 23, 2020 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Oscar Riojas | UD | 6 | Feb 29, 2020 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Selemani Saidi | KO | 1 (4), | Dec 7, 2019 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Aaron Casper | KO | 4 (6), | Nov 9, 2019 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Terry Fernandez | KO | 3 (4), | Sep 14, 2019 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jose Alonso Esparza | TKO | 1 (4), | Aug 24, 2019 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jared Chauvin | 1 (4), | Jun 1, 2019 | ||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Guillermo Maldonado | KO | 1 (4), | Apr 26, 2019 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Felix Alberto Aguilar | 4 | Feb 23, 2019 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Luis Carlos Gonzalez | 1 (4), | Dec 22, 2018 |