{"id":309658,"date":"2025-12-10T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309658\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:12:13","slug":"diego-pacheco-expects-sadjos-crazy-style-will-lead-to-first-ko-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309658\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Pacheco Expects Sadjo’s ‘Crazy’ Style Will Lead To First KO of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diego Pacheco<\/a> isn\u2019t impressed by Kevin Lele Sadjo<\/a>\u2019s list of conquests.<\/p>\n

Pacheco considers Sadjo\u2019s knockout ratio deceiving, however, because he’s beaten low-level opposition, particularly for a 35-year-old fighter who has held the EBU super middleweight title.<\/p>\n

Ten of the first 11 fighters Sadjo (26-0, 23 KOs) defeated had losing records. Three of his five most recent victories came against opponents who had at least nine losses.<\/p>\n

Pacheco, 24, will be the first undefeated fighter Sadjo will face when they square off Saturday night in a 12-round main event<\/a> DAZN<\/a> will stream from Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California (8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT).
Sadjo\u2019s lack of experience against credible contenders notwithstanding, Pacheco expects him to come to fight much more than Trevor McCumby did July 19. Pacheco barely lost a round in defeating a reluctant McCumby<\/a> by unanimous decision, 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109 on the cards.
\u201cI think Kevin Lele Sadjo will really come to win, really come throwing punches, and that\u2019s what\u2019s gonna open him up to be able to get a knockout,\u201d Pacheco told The Ring<\/a>. \u201cI do believe that Sadjo is more of a crazy fighter [than McCumby], where he\u2019s not thinking too much about what he can run into and he\u2019s just coming forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a fighter who fights on a downhill, so I expect him to just keep coming forward. And honestly, I have a surprise for him. I think he\u2019s gonna see a completely different Diego Pacheco this fight, one that they\u2019re not expecting for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Los Angeles\u2019 Pacheco (24-0, 18 KOs) is the WBO\u2019s third-rated contender for Terence Crawford\u2019s title. Sadjo, who has resided and trained in France for many years, is ranked eighth by the WBO, though Pacheco isn\u2019t quite sure how.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first took a look at his BoxRec, I was a little surprised a guy his age was still fighting that level of competition,\u201d Pacheco said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a big step up for him. It\u2019s a bigger step up for him than it is for me, considering the guys I\u2019ve fought recently. But obviously, I\u2019m not looking past him or taking him lightly at all. He\u2019s a good fighter with a lot of power and a lot of knockouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I do notice that he\u2019s knocking out the guys who are standing right in front of him and we all know that I don\u2019t stand in front of anybody. I box and I use my jab very well, and that\u2019s what I plan on doing this fight as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

An inability for various reasons to land the types of fights he wants has frustrated Pacheco, ranked fifth in The Ring\u2019s top 10<\/a>. He hopes, however, to punctuate 2025 by producing an impressive knockout after going the 12-round distance with McCumby (28-2, 21 KOs) and Steven Nelson (20-2, 16 KOs) in two fights this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider myself a knockout artist,\u201d Pacheco said. \u201cAnd I consider myself to be one of the hardest punchers in the division, so to have no knockouts this year is crazy to me. So, I would love to get a knockout December 13th. I\u2019ve learned that when you go looking for the knockout, it usually doesn\u2019t come. So, I\u2019m just gonna do what I do, box, dominate and I think the knockout will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diego Pacheco isn\u2019t impressed by Kevin Lele Sadjo\u2019s list of conquests. Pacheco considers Sadjo\u2019s knockout ratio deceiving, however,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":{"0":"post-309658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-schedule","18":"tag-boxing-videos","19":"tag-boxing-results","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-unitedkingdom","37":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309658","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=309658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}