⚑ Blotter Flag · Narrative Spine
The Blotter called Pacheco to win by confident decision; instead he spent ten-plus rounds repeatedly hurting Aleem without finishing him, and it was the referee, not Pacheco's own finishing punch, who ended it in the 11th.
Pacheco Wins the Fight, Loses the Argument About Himself
Diego Pacheco (26-0, 19 KOs), 25, retained his WBC Silver and WBO International super middleweight titles over veteran Immanuwel Aleem (22-5-3, 14 KOs), 32, in his first outing of 2026, back in the Southern California building where he'd stopped Maciej Sulecki two years earlier.
Pacheco was the better fighter from the opening bell, working behind his size and reach advantage in front of a crowd that had already seen him finish a fight at this venue before. Aleem, in his first assignment since a wide decision loss to Lester Martinez in March, absorbed the pressure early and stayed competitive on volume, but the pattern of the fight set in quickly: Pacheco landing the harder, more frequent shots, Aleem finding ways to survive them. CompuBox had Pacheco out-landing Aleem in total punches in every round but one, finishing 266 of 602 thrown (44.2%) to Aleem's 91 of 377 (24.1%) — a gap that shows up starker on power shots, where Pacheco connected at nearly a 50% clip.
That pattern held for round after round. Pacheco hurt Aleem multiple times across the fight — badly enough, by ringside accounts, that a stoppage looked close on more than one occasion before the 11th — but couldn't put together the finishing combination to close the show himself. Round 10 was his best of the night on the cards (30 of 49, 61.2%), and it still wasn't enough to end it. It became less a fight in doubt than a fight waiting on Pacheco to find the punches he'd been missing.
The referee supplied what Pacheco couldn't. At 2:32 of round 11, after Aleem absorbed another sustained combination on the ropes, the official stepped in and waved it off — a stoppage on Pacheco's record, if not entirely a finish of his own making. Pacheco called out WBA titleholder Jaime Munguia in the ring afterward.
Round 11 · 2:32
Pacheco corners Aleem against the ropes and unloads an extended, unanswered combination; the referee steps in before Aleem can offer a real response, ending a fight Pacheco had been threatening to finish for several rounds.
Diego PachecoDelivered
The Blotter called a confident Pacheco win and got one, plus a stoppage the program didn't project — but the same fight also confirmed the Sadjo-era question about his finishing instincts, so this lands as delivered rather than exceeded.
Immanuwel AleemUnverified
No individual pre-fight call was made on Aleem beyond being the opponent; he was competitive and durable deep into the fight before the stoppage, consistent with his standing as a live veteran rather than a soft touch.
CompuBox · Total Punches Landed/Thrown (Pct.) by Round
| Round | Diego Pacheco | Immanuwel Aleem |
|---|
| 1 | 13/34 (38.2%) | 5/37 (13.5%) |
| 2 | 29/65 (44.6%) | 7/34 (20.6%) |
| 3 | 26/56 (46.4%) | 6/33 (18.2%) |
| 4 | 17/54 (31.5%) | 7/33 (21.2%) |
| 5 | 32/65 (49.2%) | 10/44 (22.7%) |
| 6 | 23/51 (45.1%) | 7/39 (17.9%) |
| 7 | 23/65 (35.4%) | 11/37 (29.7%) |
| 8 | 22/49 (44.9%) | 16/41 (39.0%) |
| 9 | 28/63 (44.4%) | 12/37 (32.4%) |
| 10 | 30/49 (61.2%) | 7/29 (24.1%) |
| 11 (finish, 2:32) | 23/51 (45.1%) | 3/13 (23.1%) |
| Final Totals | 266/602 (44.2%) | 91/377 (24.1%) |
CompuBox breakdown, via BoxingBlotter research (07/18/26, Los Angeles). Jabs: Pacheco 123/314 (39.2%) to Aleem's 23/143 (16.1%). Power punches: Pacheco 143/288 (49.7%) to Aleem's 68/234 (29.1%). Body-shot totals folded into the landed figures above (Pacheco 91 body punches landed; Aleem 26). No knockdown was officially scored before the round 11 stoppage.
Card-Wide Results · Blotter Call vs. Result
Cruz vs. Montoya, the finish · Dignity Health Sports Park · Photo credit Zachariah Delgado/Matchroom Boxing
Called (Cruz, Unanimous Decision) — winner correct, method missed. Cruz dropped Montoya late in round two and closed the show in the third at 0:54, a sharper, more decisive return from the Muratalla loss than the get-well-fight framing suggested.
Called (Gonzalez, UD-10) — winner correct, method missed. The call banked on Alameda's 33-fight durability outlasting Gonzalez's stoppage streak; instead Gonzalez ended it in round two and picked up the vacant NABF featherweight title, the clearest signal yet of his ceiling.
Called (Atang, TKO within 2 rounds) — hit on the money. Atang broke Williams down and closed it in the second, exactly the composed, decisive U.S. debut the program flagged as the real evaluation.
Blueprint Accuracy Report · Vol. I No. 26
Story First Blueprint v5.2 · Accuracy Audit · Call Standard: Winner + Method
4 calls made · 4 winners correct · 3 method misses
No fabricated stats · All featured fighters accounted for
| Fight |
Blotter Call |
Result |
Verdict |
| Pacheco vs. Aleem |
Pacheco — UD, Confident |
Pacheco TKO-11 (2:32) |
MISS |
| Cruz vs. Montoya |
Cruz — UD |
Cruz TKO-3 (0:54) |
MISS |
| Gonzalez vs. Alameda |
Gonzalez — UD (10) |
Gonzalez KO-2 |
MISS |
| Atang vs. Williams |
Atang — TKO (within 2 rounds) |
Atang TKO-2 |
HIT |
All four winners were called correctly, but three of four went the distance the Blotter didn't project — every featured fighter on this card finished by knockout or stoppage. Lesson for the permanent file: a "confident" decision call on a live, sub-elite style (Aleem, Montoya, Alameda all fit that profile) deserves a stoppage hedge going forward rather than a clean UD pick.
Diego Pacheco
A Munguia Callout, and the Finishing Question Still Open
Pacheco is 26-0 and immediately called out WBA titleholder Jaime Munguia in the ring, positioning himself for a real push at 168 pounds. But a fight he dominated for ten-plus rounds without closing it himself keeps the finishing-instinct question — first raised after he was dropped by Sadjo last December — open for another file entry.
Andy Cruz
Back in the Win Column, Reportedly Off to 130
Cruz answered his first pro loss with a sharp, decisive stoppage rather than just a workmanlike decision, and reports have him moving down to 130 pounds from here — a new weight class to test whether the Muratalla loss was a one-off or a sign he's outgrown his frame at lightweight.
Albert Gonzalez
A Belt in Hand, and a Ceiling Question Starting to Answer Itself
A clean second-round knockout of a fighter who'd never been stopped in 33 fights is the clearest signal yet of where Gonzalez sits at featherweight, and the vacant NABF title gives him a piece of hardware to match the trajectory.
Leo Atang
One U.S. Debut Down, Bigger Tests Still to Find
The composed, decisive stoppage answers the debut-stage question the program flagged. The next one is matchmaking: at 8-0 with 7 knockouts, Atang has likely outgrown opponents at Williams' level, and finding someone who can take him past the second round is now the actual evaluation.
