Overview
- Both fighters made weight ahead of Saturday's main event with Diego Pacheco at 168.0 pounds and Darius Fulghum at 167.7 pounds.
- The World Boxing Association formally designated the Nov. 14 meeting as a super middleweight eliminator in an announcement on Nov. 12.
- Pacheco will defend his WBC Silver and WBO International belts in the 12-round headliner that is scheduled to begin its main card at 5:00 p.m. PT.
- Promoters list Pacheco at 26-0 with 19 knockouts and Fulghum at 15-1-1 with 13 stoppages, and outlets noted a WBA preview incorrectly described both as undefeated.
- The eliminator creates a route toward a WBA title opportunity, but the WBA's Oct. 30 resolution preserving Bektemir Melikuziev's mandatory status means the winner's immediate title placement is conditional and will require further orders or negotiation.