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Diego Pacheco vs Trevor McCumby Keys to Victory: Breaking down tactics of each fighter
Diego Pacheco will look to keep building his case toward a world title opportunity Saturday night when he clashes with Trevor McCumby at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and live on DAZN.
The undefeated Pacheco (23-0, 18 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision over Steven Nelson in January, while McCumby (28-1, 21 KOs) suffered a hard-fought ninth-round TKO loss to Caleb Plant last September.
With this being a pivotal super middleweight tilt, DAZN News analyzes the keys to victory for both Pacheco and McCumby.
Diego Pacheco’s Keys to Victory
Pepper from the outside with the jab
Diego Pacheco is going to have four inches of height and five inches of reach advantage on Trevor McCumby and he must use it by peppering him with stiff, stinging jabs from the outside.
Catch McCumby coming in with the left hook
Pacheco already owns a crunching left hook.
That McCumby pressures in the pocket, forcing phone booth action, meshes extremely well with this punch and its chances to do damage.
Unleash the uppercut
The 24-year-old Pacheco can sit on a blistering uppercut with either hand, throwing it toward maximum impact.
Like the left hook, Pacheco’s uppercut, especially the right, should be a nasty greeting any time a forward-fighting McCumby gets too close.
Trevor McCumby’s Keys to Victory
Pressure, close the distance
His performance against Caleb Plant is an indicator that Trevor McCumby can pressure with success.
And he might have to press and close the distance against Diego Pacheco, too.
Work the body, head with combinations
Another pickup from the Plant fight, in which he knocked the former super middleweight champion down but wound up being stopped in the ninth round, is that McCumby places body-head combinations well.
Attacking Pacheco’s body, in hopes he lowers his arms just enough to blast him with something significant upstairs, is something McCumby should strive for.
Stay composed
McCumby cannot afford to swing and miss erratically against Pacheco who will make him pay with unforgiving counters.
In another high-profile fight, McCumby must stay composed to keep his chances high.
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