Diego Pacheco to face Immanuwel Aleem on July 18 DAZN card
Diego Pacheco will return on July 18 against Immanuwel Aleem in a DAZN main event from Carson, California, Bad Left Hook reports. The bout arrives alongside news that the unbeaten middleweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">super middleweight has re-signed with Matchroom Boxing.
Pacheco, 25, carries a 25-0 record with 18 knockouts into the fight. He last appeared in December when he recovered from an eighth-round knockdown to outpoint Kevin Sadjo on the cards. Aleem represents a tactical shift after that scare, though his 22-4-3 ledger may undersell the challenge. The 32-year-old has dropped competitive decisions to Lester Martinez, Ronald Ellis, and Amilcar Vidal Jr over the past five years, several on PBC shows where the scoring felt tight.
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Risk profile higher than rankings suggest for Pacheco
On form, Aleem can still fight. He took Martinez the distance in March and holds a 2019 draw with Matt Korobov that many observers felt he won. The résumé includes narrow losses that could have gone either way, making this a tougher assignment than Pacheco's ranking would typically demand.
For Aleem, the Carson date offers a last viable shot at world-level relevance. For Pacheco, it is a chance to bounce back cleanly after the Sadjo wobble and build toward bigger Matchroom dates later in the year. The July 18 card streams live on DAZN.
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