By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has signed #4 WBA, #11 IBF Mauricio Herrera (20-3, 7 KO’s) to a contract and it’s possible that the 33-year-old Herrera could be the next opponent for WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KO’s) on March 15th at a still to be determined venue. Garcia just beat Lucas Matthysse in his last fight in September, and there’s no interest in making a rematch.
So instead of fighting Matthysse again, Garcia could be looking at a fight with Herrera. Unfortunately this isn’t a great fight. Herrera has last 2 out of his last 4 fights in defeats to Karim Mayfield and Mike Alvarado, and he hardly deserves a world title shot based on that many defeats in his last four fights. It’s like giving Amir Khan a title shot against Floyd Mayweather Jr. for losing 2 out of his last 4 fights.