WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is obliged to begin negotiations with mandatory challenger Sullivan Barrera. This was reported by WBA President Gilberto Mendoza: "I inform you that Barrera is a mandatory challenger for Bivol, ...
Bivol’s manager Vadim Kornilov says that the athlete plans to face Barrera in February or March 2018 in New York.
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