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'Hell of a fighter!' - Pacheco earns McGirt praise ahead of homecoming
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Diego Pacheco is a "hell of a fighter", with coach Buddy McGirt impressed by his pupil's willingness to learn on the fly in training.
The Mexican-American star has worked under the Hall-of-Famer since departing David Benavidez's team, to low-key success.
Pacheco will have the chance to prove those skills tonight in a California homecoming against Immanuwel Aleem live on DAZN.
Speaking to The Ring ahead of his star's headline show at Dignity Health Sports Park, McGirt had nothing but praise for him.
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“I’m telling him that he's got to trust the process," he said. "If I tell him something, he's got to trust it. You got to try it and trust it.
"It might not work the first [or] the second time. By the third or fourth time, if you have patience, you should be able to get it done.
"It's just a matter of not rushing. But the good thing about Diego is that he's willing to learn. If I tell him something, he does it.
"I tell him that he doesn’t have to do it the same way I told him, but the key is to get the same results. [He] is a hell of a fighter.”
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