Diego Pacheco Lines Up Management as WBO Purse Bid Nears

Diego Pacheco has chosen his moment to bring in outside management, not during his rise but on the edge of his first world title fight. Sheer Sports Management now represents him as a WBO super middleweight belt against Hamzah Sheeraz moves toward a purse bid. The timing says plenty.

Pacheco has boxed his pro career under Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom banner, comfortable with pre negotiated purses and limited negotiation. That phase is over. A title fight brings choices about money, location, and future direction. He told BoxingScene the move was about representation at the point where decisions stop being routine and start shaping careers.

The fight itself exists only because Terence Crawford stepped away from the division. That exit cleared the lane and pushed Pacheco into a position he had not yet forced on form alone. The purse bid, scheduled for Friday, will draw interest from Matchroom, Queensberry Promotions, and others looking to stage a belt fight that now carries Saudi gravity.

The ring work changed the conversation

Pacheco arrives at this moment after a difficult year. He closed 2025 with a unanimous decision over Kevin Sadjo, going twelve rounds but losing authority along the way. He hit the deck in the eighth and spent the closing stretch clinching and surviving rather than leading. That was not an isolated night.

Two of his last three fights went the distance and raised the same question. Punch resistance looked fragile. Pressure faded. The aggression that once drove his rise failed to show.

Management now, not earlier, tells its own story

Bringing in Sheer Sports at this stage is a response. A fighter confident in dominance rarely adjusts structure on the eve of a title shot. Pacheco needs leverage, insulation, and clarity as the numbers get bigger and the risks sharper.

 Sheeraz, promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, comes off a knockout of Edgar Berlanga and carries momentum that Saudi planners notice. Pacheco has said he will travel. That willingness is practical, not brave.

Sheeraz brings size, composure, and finishing instinct. He does not wait for opponents to solve themselves. Against a fighter whose recent rounds raised durability questions, the matchup strips away illusion. Management cannot fix a chin or summon urgency. It can only place a fighter where he must show it.

No date or venue exists yet. The purse bid will decide the setting. The ring will decide everything else.