Sullivan Barrera was born on 25 February 1982 and is a Cuban professional boxer.
26 Facts About Sullivan Barrera
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Sullivan Barrera challenged once for the WBA light heavyweight title in 2018.
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In that tournament, Sullivan Barrera defeated Chad Dawson in the semi-finals and Imre Szello in the final.
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Sullivan Barrera took the bronze medal at Torneo Playa Giron in 2002 and 2003.
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Sullivan Barrera defected to the United States in 2009, after two previous failed attempts.
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Sullivan Barrera won his first five fights by way of knockout.
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On his 7th fight, Sullivan Barrera won the WBA Fedelatin and the interim WBO Latino light heavyweight titles.
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Sullivan Barrera was ranked by the WBA and the WBC as one of the top 15 light heavyweight contenders early in his career.
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In November 2014, Sullivan Barrera defeated Rowland Bryant in the undercard of Hopkins-Kovalev.
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In December 2015, Sullivan Barrera faced Karo Murat in an IBF eliminator, the winner was to become Sergey Kovalev's mandatory challenger.
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The IBF had previously ordered Sullivan Barrera to fight Artur Beterbiev and Igor Mikhalkin but negotiations for both of those bouts fell through.
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Sullivan Barrera blasted Murat, dropping him in round 4 before stopping him in round 5.
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Sullivan Barrera next faced former unified super middleweight champion, Andre Ward.
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Sullivan Barrera was dropped in the eighth round from a low blow.
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Ward landed 166 from 463 thrown whilst Sullivan Barrera landed 111 of 722 punches thrown.
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Sullivan Barrera exploited Shabranskyy's defensive weaknesses to stop Shabrankskyy in the seventh round.
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Sullivan Barrera hit the ground running, knocking Shabranskyy down in the first round.
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Sullivan Barrera was able to get up but the referee waived the count.
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Smith was beaten to the punch in almost every round, only landing 61 of his 320 punches thrown, whilst Sullivan Barrera was more accurate in landing 187 of 484 thrown.
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Sullivan Barrera was reportedly offered to fight Kovalev but he rejected it.
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ESPN later reported that Sullivan Barrera would be facing Felix Valera.
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Sullivan Barrera continued his winning streak with a unanimous decision win over Valera.
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Sullivan Barrera was dropped for the fourth time in his last five fights halfway through the first round, as Valera dropped him with a left hook.
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Sullivan Barrera was determined to beat the count, but the referee saw he was in no condition to do so, and Bivol was awarded the TKO victory, handling Sullivan Barrera his second career loss, his only loss previously coming against Andre Ward.
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On 15 June 2019, Sullivan Barrera fought Jesse Hart, who had moved up to light heavyweight prior to the fight.
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Sullivan Barrera managed to land clean shots throughout the fight, but Hart, despite his technical flaws, did enough in the eyes of all three judges to win the bout, while scoring one knockdown in the process.