{"id":137825,"date":"2026-08-06T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137825"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:07:24","slug":"world-title-contender-darius-fulghum-targets-diego-pacheco-and-other-top-super-middleweights-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=137825","title":{"rendered":"World Title Contender Darius Fulghum Targets Diego Pacheco And Other Top Super Middleweights &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-137826\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail-5-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail-5-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail-5-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail-5-1-730x485.jpg 730w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/thumbnail-5-1.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Picture courtesy of Golden Boy Promotions &amp; Cris Esqueda)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houston-based, world-rated super middleweight Darius \u201cDFG\u201d Fulghum (15-1-1, 13 KOs) is targeting undefeated Diego Pacheco (26-0, 13 KOs) among others to position himself as a legitimate world title challenger for reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) World Super Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia (46-2, 35 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>For his last fight this past May 22nd, the 29-year-old Fulghum shifted training camp from Houston to the state-of-the-art Brickhouse Boxing Club in North Hollywood, California, for multiple issues that needed attention after his previous two disappointing performances (0-1-1).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to getting elite sparring, Fulghum worked with one of boxing\u2019s leading young trainers, Julian Chua, who also trains 2-division world champion Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez (and WBA No. 1 ranked super flyweight John \u201cScrappy\u201d Ramirez, as well as unbeaten prospect Eric Priest (16-0-1, 8 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Fulghum\u2019s longtime coach, Darnell Pierce, remains in Darius\u2019 corner as head trainer and he worked many of Fulghum\u2019s training sessions at Brickhouse. The results were so positive that the WBA No. 5-rated Fulghum is training again at Brickhouse Boxing Club in advance of his next fight. Fulghum stopped Cuban Yoanki Urrutia (17-2, 7 KOs) in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy focus was the most important thing that I improved,\u201d Fulghum explained. \u201cBrickhouse put me in an environment where every day I\u2019m surrounded by people who force me to level up. Physically I\u2019ve always had the tools. The difference now is I\u2019m mentally locked in, and that\u2019s what people are going to see from here on out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco\u2019s last fight was on July 18 in Carson, California, in which he knocked out Immanuwel Aleem (22-4-3, 14 KOs) in round eleven. Pacheco is ranked in all 4 major sanctioning bodies \u2013 WBO #3, WBC #4, WBA #6 and IBF #13 \u2013 as well as No. 6 by Ring Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of respect for Diego,\u201d Fulghum said. \u201cI was offered that fight but they decided to go with Aleem as their opponent instead. I was disappointed that I didn\u2019t get that fight, because I believe I would\u2019ve exposed a lot of things. Again, I think he is a talented fighter, but I know what I\u2019ve done, and I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever been in the ring with anybody like me. He\u2019s fought a lot of good guys, but none with my style. If we fight, people are going to see the difference. This will be an entertaining fight with lots of action and my hometown of Houston will show up and show out for this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiego has a good jab and he\u2019s well rounded. But his team has matched him smartly because most of the guys he\u2019s fought play right into his strengths. I\u2019m not one of those guys. I\u2019d like to fight Diego next. It would be a great fight and position me for a world title shot. There are other \u2018name\u2019 super middleweights like (WBA No. 1) Bek (Bektemir Melikuziev) but he may be fighting Munguia next. I\u2019d fight (WBA No. 3, Jose Armando) Resendiz and (WBA No. 4, Jermall) Charlo. \u2018DFG\u2019 is ready for the test!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fulghum was a decorated amateur boxer who was ranked No. 1 in the USA as a heavyweight, but as a professional he\u2019s fought strictly as a super middleweight. He was the 2018 National Golden Gloves Tournament Champion, and he also won the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. He earned a nursing degree from Prairie View A &amp; M University during COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Fulghum is working with 3 Point Management (3 PM), which has a growing stable of gifted boxers former including WBA &amp; WBO Cruiserweight and WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez (48-248-2, 30 KOs), WBA No. 1-rated world super flyweight title contender John \u201cScrappy\u201d Ramirez (17-1, 9 KOs), former WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Oleksandr \u201cThe Nail\u201d Gvozdyk (21-3, 17 KOs), former WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Champion, Canadian Kareem \u201cSupreme\u201d Hackett (13-1, 7 KOs), Armenian featherweight Azat \u201cCrazy A\u201d Hovhannisyan (23-6, 17 KOs), and German junior welterweight Simon \u201cSaucy\u201d Vollmer (7-0, 3 KOs).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"360 Conversation With Singer &amp; Songwriter Russ Ballard: Music, 1960&#039;s, Miami Vice, Humanity &amp; More\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pEli_4F6wo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Cris Esqueda) Houston-based, world-rated super middleweight Darius \u201cDFG\u201d Fulghum (15-1-1, 13 KOs) is targeting undefeated Diego Pacheco (26-0, 13 KOs) among others to position himself as a legitimate world title challenger for reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) World Super Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia (46-2, 35 KOs). 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