Boxing Tonight: Pacheco vs. Sadjo – Live Results from Stockton

Super middleweight Diego Pacheco clinched his way to the ugliest of victories on Saturday night, beating Kevin Sadjo by a 12-round unanimous decision in Stockton, California.

A big part of Pacheco’s game was holding, and he did a lot of it tonight. It was beyond excessive, but the referee just let it happen without penalizing. In the eighth, Sadjo landed a beautiful left hook to the head of Pacheco to drop him hard.

The high point of the fight was for the Frenchman, as he had few opportunities to land due to Pacheco grabbing him throughout. There was off-and-on booing from the crowd from the fifth round on.

The scores

• 117-110
• 116-111
• 115-112

Updates and results of the fights will be shown below.

Joe Cordina out-punched Stockton native, Gabe Flores, winning a 12-round unanimous decision in an entertaining battle to capture the WBO International lightweight title. It was a back-and-forth fight with both fighters exchanging power shots.

Flores focused more on combination punches to get the better of the former IBF super featherweight champion Cordina at times. He wasn’t consistent.  Cordina used roughhouse tactics through the first six rounds.

After repeated warnings for throwing rabbit punches, Cordina was docked a point in the sixth. He’d hit Flores in the back of the head twice while he was stooped over.

From the eighth round on, Cordina went into overdrive, loading up on his power shots and hammering Flores. He had him badly hurt in the 11th round after staggering him with a right. Flores held tough to keep from getting stopped.

The judges’ scores were 117-110, 115-112, and 114-113.

Light welterweight Ernesto Mercado looked impressive, knocking out WBO International champion Antonio Moran in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round fight. Mercado knocked Moran down once in round one and twice more in the sixth to get the knockout. The time of the stoppage was at 2:37 of the sixth.

In round one, Mercado landed a scorching right hook to the head of Moran that put him down. When he got back to his feet, he was wobbling. Fortunately for him, Ernesto took it easy for the remaining seconds of the round.

In the sixth, Mercado went for the kill, connecting with a short left hook while backed against the ropes. The punch whiplashed Moran’s head, causing him to retreat. Mercado immediately went on the attack, nailing Moran with a second left that put him down.

After he peeled himself off the canvas, he bravely attempted to stand up to Mercado, but it was no use. Mercado landed a speedy left-right combination that dropped Moran on his backside. Referee Michael Margado then halted the contest.

Super bantamweight Skye Nicolson dominated Yuliahn Luna Avila, winning a 10-round unanimous decision to capture the WBC interim super bantamweight title. Skye utilized her southpaw right hook and straight left to outbox Availa, It was target practice for her, as Avila was getting caught repeatedly when he would come in range.

The judges’ scores were 98-92, 98-92, and 97-93.

Prelim card

Arturo Cardenas was in charge from the opening bell against Cesar Vaca Espinoza, keeping control of every round and never letting the fight drift.

Cheavon Clarke stayed on Anthony Hollaway relentlessly, the pressure building until Hollaway’s corner stepped in and stopped it after four rounds.

Sachery Sam had too much for Brandon Medina Guerrero, landing the cleaner work throughout and leaving no doubt on the cards.

Cesar Olvera and Victor Saravia traded rounds in a close, scrappy lightweight contest that ended without a winner, the judges unable to split them.