Mauricio Herrera

Mauricio Herrera
Born	Mauricio Herrera (1980-05-24) May 24, 1980 Lake Elsinore, California
Nationality	American
Other names	El Maestro
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight Light Welterweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach	71 in (182 cm)
Stance	Counterpuncher
Boxing record
Total fights	26
Wins	21
Wins by KO	7
Losses	5
Draws	0
No contests	0

Mauricio Herrera (born May 24, 1980) is an American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.

Professional career

On January 7, 2011 Herrera beat the undefeated Ruslan Provodnikov on ESPN's Friday Night Fights to win the USBA Lightweight Championship.

On March 15, 2014 Herrera lost a controversial majority decision to Danny García in a 12 round championship bout for the WBC, WBA (Super) & The Ring Light Welterweight titles, by the scores of 116-112 twice and 114-114. The decision was highly disputed with many members of the media scoring the bout in favor of Herrera, including Showtime Championship Boxing's broadcasting team. The scorecards submitted by judges Carlos Colon and Alejandro Rochin, in particular, drew criticism as their four point advantage for Garcia were not reflective of the action in the ring. His bad luck with judging continued in his last fight of the year on December 13 against José Benavidez, when he lost by disputed decision. The HBO commenting team of Max Kellerman, Jim Lampley, and Roy Jones, Jr. all thought that Herrera had clearly won the fight. HBO unofficial judge Harold Letterman scored the fight 116-112 for Herrera, and most of the boxing writers at ringside also had the fight for Herrera. On the HBO broadcast the commenting team all agreed the decision was "outrageous".

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