(Photo by Melina Pizano/Matchroom)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Nishant Dev and Alton Wiggins during their Middleweight fight on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Diego Pacheco returns to action tonight in Las Vegas as he faces Steven Nelson in a super middleweight DAZN main event, and Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates.
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Pacheco (22-0, 18 KO) is the WBO #1 contender for the belt currently held by Canelo Alvarez. He finished off Maciej Sulecki in six rounds back in August. Still just 23 years old, Pacheco is the youngest of the crop of promising challengers at 168 lbs., and this fight keeps him in mandatory position for the WBO.
Nelson (20-0, 16 KO) is 36 years old, fighting outside of a Terence Crawford undercard spot for the first time since 2020. He’s 6” shorter than Pacheco and doesn’t have any notable names on his resume. But, he does have real power and he’s fought over 180 lbs. before. Optimists can look at this matchup and see a hard-hitting guy getting his first real crack at a big name… Pessimists will ask why a guy that’s hometown Omaha buddies with one of the biggest names in the sport couldn’t get an opportunity like this until age 36.
Undercard results:
Andy Cruz UD-10 Omar Salcido (99-91, 98-92, 98-92)
Tito Mercado TKO-4 Jose Pedraza (2:08)
Leonardo Rubalcava MD-10 Israel Mercado (75-75, 75-75, 76-74 Mercado)
Nishant Dev vs Alton Wiggins:
Leonardo Rubalcava vs. Israel Mercado
Judges score cad: 76-74 Mercado, 75-75, 75-75
