Saturday night, at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, unified jr. welterweight champion Danny Garcia successfully defended his titles, scoring a majority decision victory over game challenger Mauricio Herrera. After 12 rounds of action, the judges officially scored the bout 114-114, 116-112, and 116-112 in favor of the champion, Danny Garcia, while Showtime commentators Al Bernstein, Paulie Malignaggi, and Steve Farhood saw it 96-95, 97-93, 97-94 in favor Herrera. Many observers, both ringside and watching at home, also felt that Herrera had done enough to walk away with the victory. As you can imagine, once the decision was read, it didn't take long for the social networks to light up with activity. Check out what a few fans, fighters, and media alike had to say as they took to Twitter to share some of their thoughts.
Doesnt get to rejoice in that moment that he earned by winning title congrats to mauricio herrera
— Henry Ramirez (@HRamirezBoxing) March 16, 2014I had Herrera beating Garcia, the judges didn't. http://t.co/xinsURCWPL
— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) March 16, 2014Herrera did not do enough to take Danny's belts.
— Luis Arias (@LuisCubaArias) March 16, 2014We all saw Danny garcia Lost tonight ...My Scores Vs Herrera...Now yall see why Danny RunningÂ… http://t.co/pH9zCJUDBx
— KarimHrdHitaMayfield (@KarimMayfield1) March 16, 2014Just saw the fight, hats off to both guys. Herrera came in with the right style to nullify Garcia and did enough IMO to win the fight...
— Joel De La Hoya (@touchumup) March 16, 2014Herrera was a tougher fight for Danny than Matthysse was for him. Wow. #boxing
— Michelle Rosado (@M_RagingBabe) March 16, 2014Showtime's Al Berntein, Steve Farhood and Paul Malignaggi all had it for Mauricio Herrera as the majority of the twitterverse
— Boxing360 (@Boxing360) March 16, 2014Herrera stock is up even though he didn't get the victory #GarciaHerrara
— Cornelius Bundrage (@K9boxing) March 16, 2014Herrera won the 12th on my card. I got him winning 116-112. #boxing @SHOsports #GarciaHerrera
— Douglass Fischer (@dougiefischer) March 16, 2014Herrera won flat out. Anyone think Garcia won?
— Ernest Gabion (@eaner0919) March 16, 2014Summing up tonight's #Showtime card, #Herrera got jerked off by the judges, and Malik Scott turned a #boxing ring into a swimming pool!
— Rick Glaser (@RickGlaser1) March 16, 2014A bad decision is never a good thing. Herrera beat Garcia 116-114 on my card.
— Nigel Collins (@ESPNFNF) March 16, 2014Mauricio Herrera got robbed tonight.
#bullshit
— Chris Casas (@ccasas90) March 16, 2014@StephenEspinoza Herrera, but it was close. Don't have a problem with champ retaining title. To be the champ you must really beat the champ.
— Jose Reyes (@Reyesboxing) March 16, 20147-5 Garcia. I tend to favor power punches landed. Very close though. "@Attyg3: How did you score the fight SE? Don't pull a Switzerland."
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