LAS VEGAS – January 24, 2025 – Undefeated Super-Middleweight Diego Pacheco and his opponent, fellow undefeated contender Steven “So Cold” Nelson, met one last time for their official weigh in at the OPM Theater at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas today ahead of their clash on the Matchroom card at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday, January 25, live worldwide on DAZN.
WBO No. 1-ranked contender Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs), who is trained by Jose Benavidez, is also ranked No. 3 at 168-pounds by the WBC and No. 6 with the IBF. Fresh off a statement victory in August against former world title challenger Maciej Sulecki in his hometown of Los Angeles, Calif., he will be headlining his sixth show in a row and fighting for the second time in Las Vegas. His opponent, Nelson, (20-0, 16 KOs) has been hunting a big fight and now gets the chance to derail Pacheco’s rise to the top and move himself into a top position. The 36-year-old last tasted action in August in Los Angeles with a fifth-round stoppage win over Marcos Rodriguez on the undercard of his good friend and fellow Omaha fighter, Terence Crawford.
Pacheco and Nelson were joined by the rest of the undercard. Please see below for the official weights ahead of tomorrow’s event.
MAIN EVENT: WBO INTERNATIONAL & WBC USA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLES –
12 ROUNDS
Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson
Los Angeles, California Omaha, Nebraska
22-0 (18 KOs) 20-0 (16 KOs)
166.4 LBS 168 LBS
CO-MAIN EVENT: IBF INTERNATIONAL & WBA CONTINENTAL AMERICAS LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 10 ROUNDS
Andy Cruz vs. Omar Salcido
Matanzas, Cuba Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
4-0 (2 KOs) 19-1 (x KOs)
134.8 LBS 134.8 LBS
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT – 10 ROUNDS
Ernesto Mercado vs. Jose Pedraza
Pomona, California Caguas, Puerto Rico
16-1-1 (15 KOs) 29-6-1 (14 KOs)
142.4 LBS 143 LBS
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT – 8 ROUNDS
Leonardo Rubalcava vs. Israel Mercado
Jalisco, Mexico Pomona, California
9-0 (3 KOs) 11-1-1 (7 KOs)
141 LBS 141 LBS
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT BOUT – 6 ROUNDS
Nishant Dev vs. Alton Wiggins
Pro Debut 1-0
Haryana, India Oakland, California
155.8 LBS 156.4 LBS
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT – 6 ROUNDS
Harley Mederos vs. Arturo De Isla
Brooklyn, New York Nuevo León, México
7-0 (6 KOs) 5-2-1 (4 KOs)
134.4 LBS 135.6 LBS
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT – 4 ROUNDS
Zaquin Moses vs. Mario Garcia
1-0 3-0 (3 KOs)
Newark, New Jersey Cancun, Mexico
130.4 LBS 137.4 LBS
ABOUT PACHECO VS. NELSON:
Undefeated super-middleweight and WBO No. 1-ranked contender Diego Pacheco will face fellow undefeated contender Steven Nelson in a 12-round, 168-pound bout, headlining the 2025 Matchroom Boxing and DAZN kickoff fight card in the United States. The event will take place at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday, January 25, and will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN. In the co-main event, Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Cruz takes on Omar Salcido in a 10-round lightweight bout for the IBF International and WBA Continental Latin American titles. The undercard also features unbeaten super-lightweight Ernesto ‘Tito’ Mercado making his Matchroom debut against former two-time world champion Jose Pedraza in a 10-round super-lightweight bout. The DAZN broadcast will kick off with young Matchroom talent Leonardo Rubalcava facing Californian Israel Mercado in an eight-round super-lightweight contest. Additionally, newly signed Matchroom talent, Indian Olympian Nishant Dev, will make his professional debut, headlining the Before the Bell livestream action, which also includes another Matchroom signing, Zaquin Moses, in his second professional bout, and unbeaten lightweight Harley Mederos, who will face Arturo de Isla in Mederos’ first fight since signing a promotional deal with Matchroom.
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