Sullivan Barrera To Face Erik Watkins on Sept. 20th

By Francisco Salazar

Unbeaten light heavyweight Sullivan Barrera will fight Erik Watkins in a scheduled eight round bout on September 20.

The bout will be part of the Main Events card that will take place at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, CT.

NBC Sports Network is scheduled to televise the main event bout between cruiserweights Thabiso Mchunu and Garrett Wilson, along with the co-feature bout between lightweights Karl Dargan and Angino Perez.

In his last bout on June 21 in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., Barrera (12-0, 7 KOs) knocked out Lee Campbell in the sixth round. Campbell entered the bout unbeaten.

The Cuban-born Barrera, who resides in Miami, is trained by Abel Sanchez in Big Bear Lake, Calif.

Sullivan is already ranked in the top 15 by one major sanctioning body.

Watkins (10-7-1, 5 KOs) has lost his last three bouts in a row after putting together a four-bout unbeaten streak.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Salazar also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing