Aarón Herrera Cen (born 11 September 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current WBC Mundo Hispano Lightweight Champion.
Professional career Herrera started boxing as an amateur in the city of Valladolid at the age of 12. His father first trained him before he decided to move to Mérida to train with Román Acosta. He began his professional career in 2006.
On March 23, 2011 Aarón knocked out Lizandro de Los Santos to win the WBC Mundo Hispano lightweight title.
Herrera stayed undefeated until 21 July 2012 when he lost for the first time by decision before Fernando García in Tijuana.
In 2013 Aaron "La Joya" Herrera began his international career fighting in Philippines against Jason Pagara and then in Germany against Turkish boxer Selcuk Aydin. He lost both fights, one by decision and the second one by KO.
After these defeats, Aaron Herrera's career changed radically when he decided to leave his trainer Roman Acosta for the Cuban Julio Tarrago. This change actually seemed to give him a second breath in boxing with a first victory by KO against Enrique "Huracan" Ramos in his native Valladolid in December 2013 and a second victory also by KO against the boxer Manuel Cubanito Mares, seen in the show Campeon Box Azteca.
Controversy arose in March 2015 when Herrera was awarded a TKO victory against Raul Hinojosa by referee David Silva just 1 minute and 39 seconds into the fight, even after seemingly failing to land any blows on his opponent.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes47Loss35–11–1Darwin PriceTKO2 (10), Aug 24, 201946Win35–10–1Hector BarrazaTKO4 (10)Feb 16, 201945LossMikaël ZewskiUD10Dec 1, 201844Loss34–9–1Suriel MarinKO5 (6), Aug 27, 201843Win34–8–1Luis Enrique RamosKO1 (6), Feb 17, 201842Loss33–8–1Jessie VargasUD10Dec 15, 201741Win33–7–1Israel ToalaTKO4 (10), Jul 8, 201740Loss32–7–1Brandon RíosKO7 (10), Jun 11, 201739Win32–6–1Mario Alberto CruzTKO8 (10), Mar 24, 201738Win31–6–1Humberto OcampoTKO8 (10), Jan 14, 201737Win30–6–1Jesus LopezTKO2 (8), Oct 30, 201636Loss29–6–1Mike ReedTKO6 (8), Oct 14, 201635Loss29–5–1Regis PrograisKO1 (10), Mar 25, 201634Loss29–4–1Pedro CampaUD10Dec 12, 201533Win29–3–1Raul HinojosaTKO1 (8), Mar 28, 201532Win28–3–1Wilfrido BuelvasUD8Jan 31, 201531Draw27–3–1Jorge Páez Jr.6 (10), Oct 11, 201430Win27–3José David MosqueraUD10Jul 5, 201429Win26–3Misael CastilloUD8Apr 5, 201428Loss25–3Selçuk AydınKO8 (10), Jul 27, 201327Loss25–2Jason PagaraUD12May 25, 201326Win25–1Jorge PimentelKO1 (10), Nov 3, 201225Loss24–1Fernando GarciaUD8Jul 21, 201224Win24–0Zaid ZavaletaTKO1 (8), Apr 21, 201223Win23–0Joksan HernandezUD10Feb 25, 201222Win22–0Adalberto BorquezUD10Nov 26, 201121Win21–0Carlos Winston VelasquezSD10Aug 20, 201120Win20–0Alirio RiveraTKO6 (12), Jun 11, 201119Win19–0Lisandro de los SantosTKO2 (12), Mar 23, 201118Win18–0Marino MercadoTKO4 (8)Dec 18, 201017Win17–0Jose YanezTKO2 (8), Nov 17, 201016Win16–0Eugenio LopezTKO4 (8), Oct 2, 201015Win15–0Manuel Garcia6Feb 6, 201014Win14–0Jose RamirezKO1 (6), Nov 21, 200913Win13–0Jose Arelis LopezUD6Oct 31, 200912Win12–0Ramon MendezKO1 (6), Sep 25, 200911Win11–0Jesus CasaresKO2 (4), Jun 19, 200910Win10–0Josias Juan Juan4 (6)Mar 6, 20099Win9–0Jairo HernandezUD4Aug 23, 20088Win8–0Carlos Mario SanchezUD4Apr 12, 20087Win7–0Edgar MercadoKO3 (4)Sep 22, 20076Win6–0Antonio Martinez4Jul 2, 20075Win5–0Edwin VelasquezKO4 (4)Mar 31, 20074Win4–0Jeremias OsorioKO2 (4)Mar 10, 20073Win3–0Leopoldo Macho PugaKO2 (4)Feb 13, 20072Win2–0Jesus CruzKO1 (4)Nov 25, 20061Win1–0Melvin Cepeda1Sep 6, 2006
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