Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson & Andy Cruz Gomez vs. Omar Alfredo Salcido Gamez RBR.

For what it's worth, I picked Nelson by KO tonight, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I think Pacheco is an overrated hypejob. It's because I think he has the tools to get the job done. Diego is not a hard target to find, Sulecki and Coceres landed plenty of shots on him and many quite flush, Coceres even had him pretty badly hurt at one point. So I think a guy with the elusive come forward style of a Nelson, who can cut the distance with relative ease, with solid upper body and head movement to evade incoming fire. Who also throws punishing and compact fast nasty as **** straight rights on the way in, which stuns his opponents, allowing him to get in their face and tee off in combination, is the perfect recipe for a victory against a lanky long necked gangly big eared goof like Pacheco. Nelson has trained with Crawford and is trained by Bomac. Who I've long thought was one of the sport's more dangerous hidden talents, who's consistently fallen between the cracks. Precisely because he's too high risk, but just low profile enough to avoid for smart promoters.

 

I've known about him since 2017, long before I knew he was involved with Crawford.