Danny Garcia retained his WBC and WBA titles by defeating Mauricio Herrera on Saturday night. The American also remained undefeated by winning the light-welterweight bout in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on a majority decision. Two judges scored the bout 116-112 in favour of Garcia and the third had it 114-114 as Garcia improved his record to 28-0. Herrera, also a American citizen, dropped to 20-4, including seven knockouts.
Junior welterweight contender Mauricio Herrera said he saw a lot of flaws in WBC/WBA champion Danny Garcia. Herrera studied a lot of tapes and he says Garcia is not very active, wings his shots and panics when he sees his own blood. Herrera exposed some of those flaws on Saturday night in Bayamon, where he lost a close twelve round majority decision to Garcia, but many observers scored the fight a draw or had Herrera winning by a point or two.
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico - Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny "Swift" Garcia (28-0, 16 KOs) defeated Mauricio "El Maestro" Herrera (20-4, 7 KOs) via a majority decision to remain undefeated on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®.
Bill Emes catches the post fight press conference to Danny Garcia vs. Mauricio Herrera, which took place on March 15th at the Colisio Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Hear from Garcia, Herrera, the trainers of both boxers, Golden Boy VP Eric Gomez and more.
Junior welterweight contender Mauricio Herrera was busier and had nearly a 3-1 edge in jabs landed (hitting on 33%). WBC/WBA world champion Danny Garcia had the edge in power shots (13 of 34 per round), as Herrera landed an avg. of 7 of 23 power shots per round.
The weights are in for the Showtime televised card on Saturday night in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. In the main event, Danny Garcia makes the first defense of his lineal 140 lb. championship (fifth overall alphabet title defense) against Mauricio Herrera. Garcia (27-0, 16KO) weighed in at 139.75 lb., and Herrera was Herrera (20-3, 7KO) was 139.25 lb. The co-feature pits former sparring partners against one another in a 12-round heavyweight elimination bout.
By Jake Donovan - Mauricio Herrera stared down Danny Garcia during their pose following Friday’s weigh-in, and could be seen mouthing to the defending champion a simple message – “You ain’t s***!” While the statement isn’t at all true, it could certainly the judging panel that sat ringside and came to the conclusion that Garcia did enough to retain his lineal 140 lb. championship. Garcia’s first fight in Puerto Rico wasn’t one for the scrapbook, but his edge in landed power punches proved to be enough to remain king of the super lightweight division. Herrera strolled into Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez a determined challenger, but what he had to offer didn’t make a great enough impression on the judges. The expectation heading into the fight was that Garcia – on the heels of a career-best win over Lucas Matthysse last September – would breeze through the modest-punching challenger in a fight intended more as a “homecoming” than a competitive championship contest.
Mauricio Herrera threw 25% more punches per round than weight class average (vs. Kim, Alvarado, Provodnikov, Mayfield, Dallas). WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia landed above weight class average for power shots. 88% of Danny's landed punches were power shots. Garcia's opponents (Matthysse, Judah, Khan, Morales II) landed 48% of their power shots.
Reigning light-welterweight king Danny Garcia believes Mauricio Herrera has no idea what he has gotten himself into when the pair clash this weekend. The 25-year-old Philadelphia native puts his world titles on the line as he goes in against the tricky Herrera in Bayamon, Puerto Rico this Saturday night, live and exclusive on BoxNation/Showtime. Returning to the homeland of his parents, unbeaten Garcia has vowed to put on an impressive display in front of the locals and continue his winning streak after noticing a chink in the armour of Mexican-American ace Herrera.
The World Boxing Council headed by its recently elected president Mauricio Sulaiman has praised the Puerton Rico Boxing Commission and said the organization “is very proud to be back in Puerto Rico for a major boxing show” which will feature the title defense of WBC Super Lightweight Champion Danny Garcia against Mauricio Herrera and the heavyweight final elimination fight between Deontay Wilder and Malik Scott.