The Ring<\/a> broke the story of Mercado and Pacheco sharing the card. It will be interesting to see who Hearn can secure for those two fighters if Turki Alalshikh isn\u2019t involved. To persuade other promoters to agree to their fighters facing Pacheco and Mercado, Hearn will need to invest money.<\/p>\nFans Tired of Baby Steps<\/p>\n
Fans are starting to lose patience with the way Hearn is bringing along Pacheco, as they want him to step up against a quality contender like Osleys Iglesias to see if he\u2019s any good or not.<\/p>\n
Understandably, it wouldn\u2019t make sense for Hearn to match Pacheco against a phenom like Osleys and watch him lose. The chances of rebuilding Diego after a loss to the Cuban Iglesias would be slim.<\/p>\n
Ranking Slippage at 168<\/p>\n
It took Pacheco seven years to reach his current position, and he has actually been losing ground lately, despite remaining unbeaten. Canelo Alvarez has taken the #1 spot in the WBO\u2019s rankings at 168 from Pacheco, and the unaccomplished Hamzah Sheeraz is now ranked just behind him at #2.<\/p>\n
The ranking drop by Pacheco is tied to the lackluster matchmaking that his promoters have done for him. He should have been moved up by now, but they\u2019re using the same formula as they did with Edgar Berlanga when he was with them. In other words, weak matchmaking to get him into a big money clash that he\u2019s overmatched and unqualified for.<\/p>\n
Pacheco\u2019s last six opponents:<\/p>\n
Trevor McCumby
\nSteven Nelson
\nMaciej Sulecki
\nShawn McCalman
\nMarcelo Coceres
\nManuel Gallegos<\/p>\n
Shakur\u2019s Silence Speaks Volumes<\/p>\n
The former amateur star, Ernesto Mercado, is coming off a fourth-round knockout win over Jose Pedraza on June 25, 2025, in Las Vegas. Mercado, 23, called out Shakur Stevenson recently, but was dismissed by him. Fans saw that an example of Shakur viewing Mercado as a threat.<\/p>\n
Navy Veteran, College Graduate with a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and Grad certificate in Human Resources from Brandman University formally known as Chapman University. Family man, Boxing fan\u2026find me on Twitter talking boxing @James_theGrad<\/p>\n
Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Eddie Hearn Lines Up Diego Pacheco and Ernesto Mercado for December 13\u00a0in Southern California<\/p>\nLast Updated on 10\/04\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ernesto Mercado and Diego Pacheco will share the December 13th card in Southern California in an Eddie Hearn-promoted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-179565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}