By Stanley White: Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (21-1, 14 KOs) took advantage of an over-punitive referee Michael Ortega run amok to defeat Felix Valera (15-2, 13 KOs) by an unimpressive 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night on HBO Championship Boxing at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Tim Royner: Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) says his next target after tonight’s fight against Felix Valera (15-1, 13 KOs) is a title shot against WBA World light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (12-0, 10 KOs).
By Jeff Aranow: Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) will be fighting this Saturday night against #7 WBA Felix Valera (15-1, 13 KOs) on the undercard of the Sergey Kovalev vs. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy card at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
By Jim Dower: Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) will be fighting former interim WBA World light heavyweight champion Felix Valera (15-1, 13 KOs) in a 10 round fight on November 25 on the undercard of the Sergey Kovalev vs. Vyacheslav Sharbranskyy fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Gav Duthie: The World Boxing Organization are convening a committee to decide if they will accept a request from Kathy Duva to make the upcoming fight between Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev 30-2-1 (26) v Vyacheslav Shabranskyy 19-1 (16) eligible for the vacant WBO title.
By Jim Dower: The November 25th undercard fights for the Sergey Kovalev vs. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy fight on HBO is still being worked on at this time. Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) has been added to the card. Barrera, 35, will be fighting an opponent still to be determined in a 12-round match in the co-feature.
By Allan Fox: Light heavyweight knockout Joe Smith Jr. had surgery on Tuesday to repair a broken jaw he suffered possibly before his disappointing his 10 round unanimous loss to Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) last Saturday night on July 15 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
By Anthony Montero: A great night of fights at the Forum in Inglewood California that did not disappoint for those in attendance. The triple header started off with an interesting light heavyweight bout between the hard hitting ‘everyman’ Joe Smith Jr of New York and the well experienced tactician Sullivan Barrera of Miami. Most were expecting this to be a brawl filled with fireworks and knock downs, and the first round was just that.
By Dan Ambrose: Former Cuban amateur star Sullivan Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) had to get up off the deck in the 1st round to come back to defeat light heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr. (23-2, 19 Kos) on Saturday night to win the WBC International 175 lb. title at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
By Dan Ambrose: The highly ranked Joe Smith Jr. (23-1, 19 KOs) will be taking a risky fight this summer against the big punching Sullivan Barrera (19-1, 14 KOs) on July 15 the Forum in Inglewood, California. The Smith Jr. vs. Barrera fight will be televised on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. The start time for the fight is at 9:50 p.m. ET/6:50 p.m. PT.