{"id":318838,"date":"2025-12-16T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/318838\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:20:33","slug":"tim-bradley-backs-diego-pacheco-vs-hamzah-sheeraz-for-big-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/318838\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley Backs Diego Pacheco Vs. Hamzah Sheeraz For \u201cBig Money\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sanctioning body has already ordered Christian Mbilli and Sheeraz to fight for the vacant WBC 168-lb belt. Fighting Pacheco for his WBC Silver title would be for a lesser title.<\/p>\n

If Riyadh Season doesn\u2019t care about the titles, it wouldn\u2019t matter that Sheeraz isn\u2019t fighting for the vacant belt. It\u2019s a winnable fight for him.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday night, Pacheco struggled to defeat Kevin Lele Sadjo by a 12-round unanimous decision in Stockton, California.<\/p>\n

Knockdown Changed the Fight<\/p>\n

Diego was dropped in the eighth round by a left hook from Sadjo, and spent most of the remaining rounds holding onto the shorter fighter to keep from getting put down again. In the 10th round, Pacheco was staggered by a hard shot from Sadjo. From there, he doubled his efforts to hold whenever his opponent came close.<\/p>\n

\u201cHim getting knocked down and getting back up, I was highly impressed,\u201d said Tim Bradley on his channel<\/a>, talking about Diego Pacheco in his win over Kevin Lele Sadjo last Saturday night. \u201cHe made a decision to stay close to this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holding Became the Strategy<\/p>\n

Let me correct Bradley on this comment about Pacheco purposely staying close to Sadjo. That\u2019s not what was happening. The 6\u20194\u2033 Diego wanted the fight to be on the outside, but the much shorter 5\u20198\u2033 Sadjo kept walking him down, trying to get in punching range to throw.<\/p>\n

When he would get close, Pacheco would hold. He did this all night, and it was clearly part of his game plan to tie Sadjo up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kept tying him up because if he drops his hands and tries to create distance, he\u2019s going to get hit in the process,\u201d said Bradley, putting a positive spin on the excessive holding that Pacheco did.<\/p>\n

Pacheco was grabbing Sadjo before he\u2019d get a shot off. He was reaching out and pulling Sadjo in for a clinch. It was no accident. It was the strategy Diego had, and made the fight dull to watch because there was so much holding in each round. It was like watching an octopus grab a fish and bring it inward towards its beak.<\/p>\n

Sheeraz Fight Talk Heats Up<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re talking about him and Sheeraz. Let\u2019s do it. I don\u2019t know if Eddie Hearn is going to do it,\u201d said Bradley about the news of Riyadh Season being interested in a fight between Hamzah Sheeraz and Pacheco. \u201cGet that big money while they\u2019re trying to offer it to you, Pacheco. This is a fight you can win, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good fight for Pacheco if he can get it. Hearn spoke after the fight, saying he hoped to get Jaime Munguia as Pacheco\u2019s next opponent. That\u2019s a better match-up for Diego than fighting Sheeraz. If the money is significant for a fight against Hamzah, that would be the logical direction Pacheco should go in.<\/p>\n

Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and rising prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene. His reporting blends on-the-ground event coverage with clear technical insight, making him one of the most reliable voices in modern boxing media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sanctioning body has already ordered Christian Mbilli and Sheeraz to fight for the vacant WBC 168-lb belt.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-318838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318838","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=318838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}