Light heavyweight Sullivan Barrera of Cuba recently had surgery to repair his ailing right shoulder, but he says he can drop down to the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds. "I can make the weight no problem.  I barely even have to diet to make 175. Right now I am walking around at 185 or 186 pounds so making weight will be easy," said Barrera. "The last couple of fights my shoulder really affected me but now after the surgery last year and the proper rehab I am back to how I felt when I beat Joe Smith." Barrera was scheduled to face Sergey Kovalev in April but like the rest of the sports world, his fight was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Even though the fight was postponed Barrera hasn't left the gym and can be ready for any date in September.

 

As the calendar gets closer to September 12th, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez still doesn't have an opponent locked in for his date, and Barrera [in a longshot attempt] is volunteering to face Alvarez. [Editor's note: Barrera is 22-3 but hasn't fought since a 2019 a loss to Jessie Hart, so a fight vs. Canelo is a real stretch]. Canelo last fought at 175 pounds [beating Kovalev] and Barrera says he is willing and able to make the move down to 168 pounds to fight him.  "For me it is about the challenge. I don't need a lot of money to make me happy. Me and Canelo both work with Golden Boy so making a deal will be easy.  I am sure they can work out a deal in less than 24 hours and then I can go to work to prepare for the biggest fight of my life," Barrera stated.