Mauricio Herrera (born May 24, 1980) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA interim super lightweight title in 2014.
Professional career
Herrera turned pro at age 27, signing with Golden Boy Promotions.
On January 7, 2011 Herrera beat then-undefeated Ruslan Provodnikov on ESPN's Friday Night Fights to win the USBA lightweight title.
On March 15, 2014, Herrera lost a majority decision to Danny García in a 12-round championship bout for the WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring light welterweight titles, with scores of 116–112 for García twice and 114–114. The decision was controversial with some members of the media scoring the bout in favor of Herrera, including Showtime Championship Boxing's broadcasting team.
On December 13, 2014, Herrera lost a unanimous decision, and his interim WBA light welterweight title, to Jose Benavidez Jr. The HBO commenting team of Max Kellerman, Jim Lampley, and Roy Jones Jr. all agreed that Herrera had won the fight.
Commenting on the losses to Garcia and Benavidez, Herrara said, "A lot of people think I won those fights against Danny Garcia and Jose Benavidez, and after losing to Benavidez, that kind of hurt a little bit and represented the way things have gone with my career. I was almost forgotten, which is frustrating."
In March 2017, Herrera won a unanimous and majority decision over Hector Velazquez, and in August 2017 repeated the effort against Jesus Soto Karass.
On December 15, 2018, Sadam Ali defeated Herrera by unanimous decision on the Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding undercard at Madison Square Garden.
On May 4, 2019, Vergil Ortiz Jr. defeated Herrera in the third round of the co-feature of the Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs middleweight title unification fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was a fight that featured boxers with a 17-year age difference.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss24–9Vergil Ortiz Jr.KO3 (10), May 4, 201932Loss24–8Sadam AliUD10Dec 15, 201831Win24–7Jesús Soto KarassMD10Aug 4, 201730Win23–7Héctor VelázquezUD8Mar 23, 201729Loss22–7Pablo César CanoSD10Nov 18, 201628Loss22–6Frankie GómezUD10May 7, 201627Win22–5Hank Lundy5 (10), Jul 11, 201526Loss21–5José BenavidezUD12Dec 13, 2014 25Win21–4 Johan PérezMD12Jul 12, 201424Loss20–4Danny GarcíaMD12Mar 15, 2014 23Win20–3Miguel Angel HuertaUD8Sep 27, 2013 22Win19–3Kim Ji-hoonUD10May 2, 2013 21Loss18–3Karim MayfieldUD10Oct 27, 2012 20Loss18–2Mike AlvaradoUD10Apr 14, 2012 19Win18–1Mike Dallas Jr.MD10Jun 24, 2011 18Win17–1Cristian FavelaUD8Apr 29, 2011 17Win16–1Ruslan ProvodnikovUD12Jan 7, 2011 16Win15–1Hector AlatorreUD8Aug 20, 2010 15Win14–1Efren HinojosaRTD6 (10), Apr 23, 2010 14Loss13–1Mike AnchondoSD8Dec 4, 2009 13Win13–0Cleotis Pendarvis8Oct 9, 2009 12Win12–0Jason DavisTKO5 (10), Aug 14, 2009 11Win11–0Luis Alfredo LugoUD10Jun 12, 2009 10Win10–0William CorreaTKO5 (8), Apr 17, 2009 9Win9–0Brian GordonRTD5 (8), Feb 27, 2009 8Win8–0Pavel MirandaTKO8 (8), Nov 28, 2008 7Win7–0Antonio SorriaUD4Sep 26, 2008 6Win6–0Santiago PerezUD6Aug 28, 20085Win5–0Daniel CervantesUD6Aug 1, 20084Win4–0Alan Velasco6May 31, 20083Win3–0Jose Rodriguez2 (4), Feb 22, 20082Win2–0Elisio Garcia3 (4), Nov 2, 20071Win1–0Angel Osuna4Aug 24, 2007
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