Super middleweight Diego Pacheco faces Steven Nelson in the main event and 2020 Olympic gold medalist lightweight Andy Cruz takes on Omar Salcido in the co-main tonight from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The main card will be shown live on DAZN, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Undercard Results
– Lightweight prospect Harley Mederos (8-0, 7 KOs) destroyed Arturo de Isla (5-3-1, 4 KOs) by a third-round knockout. Mederos, 24, nailed de Isla with a right hand followed by a booming short left hook to drop him in round three. The referee, Raul Caiz Jr., then waved it off. The time of the stoppage was at 1:27.
– Super featherweight prospect Zaquin Moses (2-0, 1 KOs) scored a first-round injury stoppage of previously unbeaten Mario Garcia (3-1, 3 KOs) in a four-round scheduled fight. Garcia suffered a bicep injury and couldn’t come out for the second round. Referee Robert Hoyle waved it off officially at 3:00 of round one.
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The fight many boxing fans are talking about is Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Omar Salcido (20-1, 14 KOs) in this card. They’ll be fighting in a 10-round WBC 135-lb title eliminator. The winner will be the mandatory for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. Cruz is expected to dominate tonight and school the slugger Salcido. You can bet that Shakur will be watching closely, knowing that Cruz will likely face him in 2026.
Many believe that Cruz will be the #1 fighter in the lightweight division and defeat Shakur next year. From there, he’ll defeat Gervonta Davis and then Keyshawn Davis. It may take Turki Al-Sheikh to persuade both Tank and Keyshawn to fight Cruz, as he could scare them away once he defeats Shakur.
On DAZN at 8 pm ET
Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson
Andy Cruz vs. Omar Salcido
Ernesto Mercado vs. Jose Pedraza
Before the Bell at 6 pm ET On YouTube
Nishant Dev vs. Alton Wiggins
Harley Mederos vs. Arturo De Isla
Zaquin Moses vs. Mario Garcia
