(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Allan Fox: #5 WBA Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KOs) will be facing #1 WBA Johan Perez (19-1-1, 13 KOs) in a fight for the interim WBA World light welterweight title on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for Erislandy Lara pay-per-view card on Showtime at the MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
This is a fight where Herrera, 34, can partially make up for the controversial 12 round majority decision he lost to WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia last March in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
By Dan Ambrose: #5 WBA, #7 WBC, #7 WBO Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KO’s) is still bothered by his controversial 12 round majority decision loss to WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia from last March in Puerto Rico. 
By Gerardo Granados: Last Saturday night at Bayamon, Puerto Rico; we got the chance to see a good fight. In theory it wasn’t supposed to be too difficult for the WBA-WBC light welterweight belt holder Danny Garcia (W28-L0-D0), but the challenger Mauricio Herrera (W20-L4-D0) proved to be a good boxer and put up a great performance. The fight was very competitive and there were hard rounds to score, at the end I scored it even 114-114 with two close rounds that could have gone to either fighter. 
By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KO’s) came out the winner last Saturday night in beating Maurico Herrera (20-4, 7 KO’s) by a questionable 12 round majority decision in Bayamon, Peurto Rico, but Garcia was speaking like he had lost the fight at the post-fight press conference. He stated over and over again that he did his job and won the fight, but there was no conviction in his voice and in the voice of his father Angel Garcia. 
By Dan Ambrose: After what many people saw as a pure robbery last night in WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia’s controversial 12 round majority decision victory over Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Herrera is saying that he wants a rematch at 140 lbs if Garcia doesn’t move up in weight to 147. Garcia was hinting after the fight that he may move up in weight due to the problems he had in making weight for the fight. He blamed his poor performance on his problems making weight in part. 
By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) will be defending his titles against #4 WBA, #10 WBC contender Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) on Showtime from the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. While this is technically a title defense for Garcia, it’s viewed more as a tune-up/stay busy fight by hardcore fans, who have shown very little interest in this fight for obvious reasons. 
By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) will be taking a step back from facing dangerous opposition next month when he faces Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) on March 15th at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Garcia recently defeated former WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse by a clinch-filled 12 round decision last September. 
(Photo credit: Ester Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) is facing what almost a tune-up caliber opponent on March 15th against Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Herrera has lost 2 out of his last 4 fights, and he seems to have been picked out for what he did in the past when he beat Ruslan Provodnikov many moons ago in 2011. A lot of things have changed since then for Herrera. He’s been beaten by Karim Mayfield and Mike Alvarado.