Who you're backed by makes a world of difference in how quicky a boxer can ascend the ranks. Being a top prospect with a major promoter and manager is worth its weight in gold for someone looking to quickly make a name for themselves and get matched properly en route to eventually fighting for a world title.
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Proceedings in Las Vegas begin at 1am in the early hours of Sunday morning in the UK which means an 8pm start on the East Coast. The ringwalks for Pacheco vs. Nelson are scheduled for 10:39pm on the East Coast and 3:39am in the UK.
That isn't the path Steven 'So Cold' Nelson has taken to arrive at the biggest fight of his career on Saturday. Nelson (20-0, 16 KOs) will face fellow unbeaten and rising contender Diego Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs) for the WBC USA and WBO International Super Middleweight belts at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Pacheco, 23, is one of the fighters who's had the proper backing and with good reason, as he's worked his way up to being on the cusp of being ranked in the top six in three of the four major sanctioning bodies, including being No. 1 in the WBO's rankings. Nelson, 36, has had to take the long way to get to Saturday night and knows what's at stake when he squares off with Pacheco.
"[Pacheco] takes a loss, he can bounce back," Nelson said at the press conference on Thursday. "I'm 36 from Omaha, Nebraska, been through hell to get here, and I mean hell. And not just in boxing, military, being shot, being blown up, being through everything, injuries, all that. I can't afford to lose. So if you think I'm coming in this fight just to lay down, I'm not. So you can make it hard or it could be easy. But I'm not losing. I'm not backing down."
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Proceedings in Las Vegas begin at 1am in the early hours of Sunday morning in the UK which means an 8pm start on the East Coast. The ringwalks for Pacheco vs. Nelson are scheduled for 10:39pm on the East Coast and 3:39am in the UK.
That isn't the path Steven 'So Cold' Nelson has taken to arrive at the biggest fight of his career on Saturday. Nelson (20-0, 16 KOs) will face fellow unbeaten and rising contender Diego Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs) for the WBC USA and WBO International Super Middleweight belts at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Pacheco, 23, is one of the fighters who's had the proper backing and with good reason, as he's worked his way up to being on the cusp of being ranked in the top six in three of the four major sanctioning bodies, including being No. 1 in the WBO's rankings. Nelson, 36, has had to take the long way to get to Saturday night and knows what's at stake when he squares off with Pacheco.
"[Pacheco] takes a loss, he can bounce back," Nelson said at the press conference on Thursday. "I'm 36 from Omaha, Nebraska, been through hell to get here, and I mean hell. And not just in boxing, military, being shot, being blown up, being through everything, injuries, all that. I can't afford to lose. So if you think I'm coming in this fight just to lay down, I'm not. So you can make it hard or it could be easy. But I'm not losing. I'm not backing down."
Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson fight card
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- Leonardo Rubalcava vs. Israel Mercado; Super lightweight
- Nishant Dev vs. Alton Wiggins; Super welterweight
- Harley Merderos vs. Arturo de Isla; Lightweight
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