Overview
- The WBA announced on Nov. 12 that Diego Pacheco’s Nov. 14 fight with Darius Fulghum at Dignity Health Sports Park is an official super middleweight eliminator.
- Pacheco will also defend secondary belts on the card, with his WBC Silver title and a WBO International belt listed as being on the line.
- The WBA notice did not set a date for a world-title shot for the winner and did not state that the winner replaces Bektemir Melikuziev as the division’s mandatory challenger.
- Both fighters have promoted the bout as a career step, with Pacheco naming alternative opponents such as Lester Martinez if a preferred title route does not materialize and Fulghum calling himself underestimated.
- The designation raises Pacheco’s profile on Matchroom’s TNT/truTV and DAZN card and could lead to negotiations over title rights, but any championship order must still account for the WBA’s earlier resolution preserving Melikuziev’s mandatory status.