By Ryan Burton
35-year-old Mauricio Herrera (21-5) is fully focused on his July 11th clash against Hank Lundy (25-4). With that being said, he does admit that he has bigger goals and would love to have a chance to avenge one of his close losses.
"The biggest one is probably Danny. He is the biggest name and most known. I would go for him. I would fight him again but it doesn't look like it would happen right now. He's moving up but we can definitely do it when I move up (to 147)," Herrera revealed.
Garcia faces Paulie Malignaggi at 147 pounds on August 1st in New York. Last year he defeated Herrera via controversial decision. Garcia's face was busted up after the fight and many observers felt that Herrera did more than enough to get the nod on the scorecards.
In his next fight Garcia demolished Rod Salka who was a lightweight who moved up in weight in 2 rounds. He then faced fellow super lightweight titleholder Lamont Peterson at a catchweight of 143 pounds in his most recent fight. Garcia again walked away with a controversial victory as some insiders felt that Peterson outboxed the Philadelphia native.
"That's good that he got exposed and keeps getting exposed," Herrera stated.
"He hasn't been fighting real tough guys. He took a risk and thought I was some light opponent. He didn't do his background check on me and then they put him in with Peterson and you see what happened. He got the Matthysse win but they were all close fights. He isn't everything that everyone thought he was."
With a rematch looking very unlikely, Herrera said that he would like to face any of the top 140 pound fighters in the world.
"Everyone asks me that and I think Matthysse and Lamont are the biggest names at 140 right now. They are on my list I would like to fight them and then I can say I fought two of the best before I move up. There is also Ruslan and I can do that as well if I can't get those other fights," Herrera told BoxingScene.com.
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