Diego Pacheco-Shawn McCalman DAZN’s Co-Feature 4/6; Richardson Hitchins-TBD In Main Event

Diego Pacheco hopes to battle Edgar Berlanga later this 12 months, however the rising, unbeaten tremendous middleweight must get by means of one other undefeated opponent first.

BoxingScene.com has realized that Pacheco and Shawn McCalman have agreed to satisfy in a 10-round bout April 6. The Pacheco-McCalman match would be the co-feature of a Matchroom Boxing present DAZN will stream from a venue to be decided.

Pacheco (20-0, 17 KOs), a Los Angeles native who resides in Renton, Washington, most not too long ago knocked out Argentina’s Marcelo Coceres (32-6-1, 18 KOs) late within the ninth spherical November 18 at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. The 22-year-old Pacheco, who’s promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, has received 9 straight bouts by knockout or technical knockout and is 6-0 since Jose Benavidez Sr. began coaching him within the Seattle space.

McCalman, in the meantime, will take a step up in competitors when he opposes Pacheco.

The 30-year-old McCalman (15-0, 7 KOs) shut out Mexican veteran Cristian Olivas (22-10, 19 KOs) on all three scorecards in his final battle, an eight-rounder December 16 at The Armory in Minneapolis. In his earlier look, McCalman, of Aurora, Colorado, outboxed American Cash Powel IV (13-2, 8 KOs) and received an eight-round unanimous choice August 18 at Extra time Elite Enviornment in Atlanta.

DAZN’s 12-round primary occasion April 6 is predicted to characteristic undefeated junior welterweight contender Richardson Hitchins.

New York’s Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) is unlikely to field British contender Jack Catterall in an IBF elimination that evening. The IBF’s purse bid for its mandated Hitchins-Catterall contest has been postponed twice, the second time till Thursday.

The Hitchins-Catterall purse bid could possibly be canceled altogether, which could result in Hitchins going through the IBF’s subsequent main accessible contender, maybe Argentina’s Gustavo Lemos.

Hitchins is ranked third by the IBF, however he’s the New Jersey-based sanctioning group’s top-rated contender for Subriel Matias’ title within the 140-pound division as a result of the IBF’s high two spots are unoccupied. Catterall (28-1, 13 KOs) is ranked fourth by the IBF, forward of fifth-rated Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), sixth-ranked Regis Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs), seventh-rated Josh Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs) and the eighth-ranked Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs).

England’s Catterall would possibly battle Scotland’s Taylor subsequent in a higher-profile rematch than a possible bout with Hitchins, which might get rid of them from going through him April 6. Garcia, of Victorville, California, needs to problem WBA champ Rolly Romero (15-1, 13 KOs) and Prograis most likely wouldn’t entertain the thought of a battle with Hitchins so quickly after the New Orleans native suffered a lopsided factors loss to Devin Haney on December 9 at Chase Middle in San Francisco.

Haney (31-0, 15 KOs), of Henderson, Nevada, received the WBC tremendous light-weight title from Prograis.

Keith Idec is a senior author/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He will be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.