On Saturday night in Carson, California, at Dignity Health Sports Park, super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco will step up his competition when he faces veteran Maciej Sulecki in the main event of the biggest boxing event of the weekend.
Here’s how you can watch the fight.
- Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024
- Start time: 8.00 p.m. E.T.
- Main event ring walks (approx): 11 p.m. ET
Pacheco, 23, is one of the more promising young fighters in his weight region. At 6’4″, he possesses outstanding length for the super middleweight division.
In addition to a rare 79″ reach and height, Pacheco has also demonstrated legitimate K.O. power. He has raced out to a 21-0 start to his professional boxing career with 17 K.O.s.
Most recently, Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Shawn McCalman in April. I spoke with Pacheco about his approach and current status heading into the battle with Sulecki.
“You know, right now I’m 21-0, 17 knockouts,” Pacheco said. “I’m coming off a decision win earlier in the year. And, you know, my training camp is amazing. I was training for almost four months, and now I’m here in L.A. and I’m ready to go. My weight is good, I’m focused, and I’m just ready to get in the ring and show the world what I’m about once again.”
You can see my entire interview with Pacheco in the video below.
Sulecki, 35, will have a sizable advantage in experience. He has amassed a 32-2 professional record, and the native of Warsaw, Poland, has scored 12 wins by K.O.
“Thank you everyone here and for everyone giving me a chance and my team for giving me a great boxing camp,” Sulecki said during the last press event on Thursday before the fight. “I know that I will be the best test for Pacheco, I know that he has time but now is not his time. Maybe he will be a world champion, he does have the talent, but I know it’s my time now. I’m ready for him and I hope he’s ready for me, I know it will be a great fight. I know I haven’t been in big boxing for awhile but I’m going to take him into the deep waters and drown him. I don’t think he’s ready.”
As he mentioned, it’s been a while since Sulecki has fought a noteworthy opponent. In his last fight, Sulecki won a unanimous decision over Rowdy Legend Montgomery.
In March 2019, Sulecki scored the biggest win of his career when he defeated Gabriel Rosado by unanimous decision in a slugfest that saw both men on the canvas twice. Later that year, Sulecki was easily out-boxed by Demetrius Andrade in a one-sided affair that didn’t see the former win a round.
Since that fight with Andrade, Sulecki hasn’t faced the stiffest competition, which makes Saturday’s scrap potentially a big test for him as well.
We’ll likely find out a bit about both men in the fight.
