The WBA Championships Committee granted special permission for its regular super middleweight champion David Morrell to move up a division and fight for the regular light heavyweight championship against Radivoje Kalajdzic in June of this year. The WBA approved the request of Morrell's promoter, TGB Promotions, "whose argument was based on the history Morrell has had with the WBA and all the achievements he has made in his career," according to a WBA press release. The approval was made with specific conditions, among which is that Morrell must vacate his super middleweight title if he wins his 175-pound bout. The true WBA champion at 175 pounds is Dmitri Bivol, who will participate in an undisputed, four-belt world championship bout against Artur Beterbiev on June 1st in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the committee decided that with Morrell’s weight move up, Edgar Berlanga will become the mandatory super middleweight challenger for world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The Puerto Rican has just defeated Padraig McCrory in a final eliminator.