Diego Pacheco stopped Jack Cullen in the fourth round of their super middleweight contest to cement his status as a serious prospect.
The fight topped the bill on Matchroom and DAZN’s Liverpool show at the M&S Bank Arena after Callum Smith pulled out of his Pawel Stepien light heavyweight scrap due to injury.
Cullen opened the bout with a good jab and worked well throughout the first, but the American took charge from then on and landed some hurtful right hands.
The fourth saw Pacheco catch Cullen with a big right hand and wobble him. The Englishman managed to duck the oncoming hook that followed, but was caught clean with a perfect left hand to the body and touched down in serious pain.
That body shot, though… OUCH! ? #PachecoCullen is LIVE on https://t.co/FoiaUucI53 pic.twitter.com/wnQdoSfBBf
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He made the count, but Pacheco pounced. Two lefts and a straight right had Cullen’s head rocked and he was on his way down again as the referee stepped in to stop it.
VIOLENT. Diego Pacheco is a star ? #PachecoCullen | @autozone pic.twitter.com/bV8DKoxzHi
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Pacheco moves to 18-0 with 15 knockouts, and takes the WBO International Super Middleweight title back stateside. A dominant showing from the Californian, who is knocking on the door in the 168lb ranks.
Elsewhere on the card, Darragh Foley scored an upset win over Robbie Davies Jr, who was knocked down in the second and caught flush in the third causing him to go over on his ankle. A horrific injury for the local fighter.
Before Robbie Davies Jr's unfortunate injury, Darragh Foley was letting it fly! ?#PachecoCullen is LIVE on https://t.co/FoiaUucI53 pic.twitter.com/6UKmomjYGV
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) March 11, 2023
Heavyweight fan-favourite, Johnny Fisher, stopped Italy’s Alfonso Damiani in the fourth with a big right hand that told the referee enough.
OH MY… @JohnnyFisherBox ?#PachecoCullen is LIVE on https://t.co/FoiaUucI53 pic.twitter.com/BulKj3ASsy
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) March 11, 2023
Super bantamweight, Peter McGrail went the ten-round distance against Argentina’s Nicolas Nahuel Botelli coming out the other side with a wide points victory.
Peter McGrail and Nicolas Botelli going all out. ???#PachecoCullen is LIVE on https://t.co/FoiaUucafv pic.twitter.com/7doZEZaEnA
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The Anthony Crolla-trained Rhiannon Dixon scored the first stoppage victory of her career, getting rid of Vicky Wilkinson in the sixth to win the Lightweight Commonwealth title.
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During the show, it was announced that Katie Taylor, the top dog in that division, will move up to challenge for Chantelle Cameron’s undisputed title at 140lb in Dublin on May 20.
