There was no RBR on the fight last night between Diego Pacheco and Manuel Gallegos. Gallegos was/is a tough cookie; never been KO'd and had a record of 19-1-1 going into the fight. Pacheco is 22 yrs old, record of 17-0 coming into the fight. Pacheco KO'd Gallegos with a vicious body shot in round 4. Despite the biased rantings of Gabe Rosado (first time I've heard him do a fight and he was very good but way biased), Gallegos was doing very well, and clipped Pacheco several times to the head with hooks and to the body very hard. Pacheco looks damn good to me. Has a very good chin, moves around well, has all the punches and throws in combinations. Works the head and body. He's only 22 and looks like he could easily grow into a LHW.
Offensively impressive, nice power, variety and punching technique. But he still needs to work on his defence and foot work. But he has time to improve as he's only 22 and will no doubt get better. But one to watch to see how he develops because the talent is there.
For a 22 year old kid he has a lot going for him, be good to see him and Berlanga down the line but in terms of what's next for him....just another step up opponent, didn't know much of Gallegos before & thought it was gonna be a walkover but the guy came to fight. Someone like Mbili or Uzcategui?
