Herrera back in the win column!
Mark E. Ortega
FightFanNation.com
April 23, 2010
On the eve of Chris Arreola against
Tomasz Adamek, just a few blocks away at the Doubletree Hotel in
Ontario, California, Mauricio Herrera [14-1, 7 KOs] of Riverside,
California rebounded from his recent controversial defeat to Mike
Anchondo by stopping Efren Hinojosa [30-8-1, 17 KOs] of Lakeside,
California on a corner stoppage in the fifth round of a pretty close
fight.
Herrera was hit far too often but he
applied pressure for a majority of the bout and wore his opponent
down. At the end of the fifth round, Hinojosa's corner called a halt
to the bout. Herrera wasn't particularly impressive, but was the much
more accurate fighter. Herrera languished against the ropes a bit too
much and that could be trouble against a puncher at 140, which
Hinojosa is not. Herrera is looking for a rematch with Anchondo later
in the year.