Kevin Lele Sadjo came in two pounds under the contracted weight Friday for the biggest fight of his career.
France’s Sadjo stepped on the California State Athletic Commission’s scale at 166 pounds for his 12-round, 168-pound fight against
Diego Pacheco on Saturday night in Stockton, California. Pacheco officially weighed 167.2 pounds.
DraftKings lists Los Angeles’ Pacheco as a 5-1 favorite to beat the Cameroonian contender, even though Sadjo has won 88 percent of his pro bouts by knockout. Pacheco (24-0, 18 KOs) is ranked fifth among The Ring’s super middleweight contenders, whereas Sadjo (26-0, 23 KOs) isn’t in the top 10.
Their super middleweight match is the main event of a card DAZN will stream worldwide from Adventist Health Arena. The weights for the main portion of the Pacheco-Sadjo undercard are listed below.
DAZN
8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT
Lightweights; 12 rounds
Joe Cordina (18-1, 9 KOs), Cardiff, Wales, 135 pounds
Gabriel Flores Jr. (27-2, 8 KOs), Stockton, California, 134.8 pounds
Junior welterweights; 10 rounds
Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (17-0, 16 KOs), Pomona, California, 139 pounds
Antonio Moran (31-7-1, 21 KOs), Mexico City, 140 pounds
Junior bantamweights, 10 rounds for vacant WBC interim title
Skye Nicolson (14-1, 3 KOs), Yatala, Australia, 121.4 pounds
Yuliahn Luna Avila (28-4-1, 4 KOs), Gomez Palacio, Mexico, 120 pounds
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.