On February 18, 2023, a 24-year-old Mauricio Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) got a shot at the WBA featherweight title held by 34-year-old British boxer Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs).
Lara came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Wood was on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 6 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA featherweight champion. Lara improves his record to 26-2-1 (19 KOs), while Wood adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On February 13, 2021, a 22-year-old Mauricio Lara (22-2, 15 KOs) and a 30-year-old British boxer Josh Warrington (30-0, 7 KOs) met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days. Warrington was on a 30-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 4 months, and 1 day.
Mauricio Lara stopped Josh Warrington via TKO in the 9th round. Lara improves his record to 23-2 (16 KOs), while Warrington adds a loss to his record at 30-1.
On July 4, 2020, a 22-year-old Mauricio Lara (19-2, 13 KOs) and Alejandro Palmero met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Lara came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 3 days.
In the rematch, Mauricio Lara stopped Alejandro Palmero via TKO in the 1st round. Lara improves his record to 20-2 (14 KOs)
On October 22, 2022, a 24-year-old Mauricio Lara (24-2-1, 17 KOs) and a 31-year-old Colombian boxer José Sanmartin (33-5-1, 21 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Lara came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 17 days. Sanmartin was on a 7-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Mauricio Lara stopped José Sanmartin via TKO in the 3rd round. Lara improves his record to 25-2-1 (18 KOs), while Sanmartin adds a loss to his record at 33-6-1.
On March 10, 2018, a 20-year-old Mauricio Lara (10-1, 5 KOs) and Daniel Colula met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped Daniel Colula via TKO in the 1st round. Lara improves his record to 11-1 (6 KOs)
On November 25, 2017, a 19-year-old Mauricio Lara (8-1, 4 KOs) and Luis Gerardo Perez Salas met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped Luis Gerardo Perez Salas via KO in the 1st round. Lara improves his record to 9-1 (5 KOs)
On March 23, 2019, a 21-year-old Mauricio Lara (14-2, 8 KOs) and Guillermo Avila met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 11 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped Guillermo Avila via TKO in the 2nd round. Lara improves his record to 15-2 (9 KOs)
On August 25, 2018, a 20-year-old Mauricio Lara (11-2, 6 KOs) and Sergio Alfredo Chirino Sanchez met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped Sergio Alfredo Chirino Sanchez via RTD in the 2nd round. Lara improves his record to 12-2 (7 KOs)
On March 5, 2022, a 24-year-old Mauricio Lara (23-2-1, 16 KOs) and Emilio Sanchez met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day.
Mauricio Lara stopped Emilio Sanchez via KO in the 3rd round. Lara improves his record to 24-2-1 (17 KOs)
On April 1, 2017, a 19-year-old Mauricio Lara (6-1, 3 KOs) and a 21-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Eduardo Baez (9-0-1, 2 KOs) met in the ring.
Lara came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 11 days. Baez was on a 2-fight win streak with a 20% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 18 days.
Mauricio Lara defeated Eduardo Baez via unanimous decision in the 6-round fight. Lara improves his record to 7-1, while Baez adds a loss to his record at 9-1-1.