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Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« on: November 25, 2012, 02:28:06 AM »
Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies days after being shot in head

He was taken off life support after being shot outside a bar in Puerto Rico. The theatrical Camacho, a three-division champion who faced legends from Ray Mancini to Oscar De La Hoya, was 50.


In this Dec. 9, 1986, file photo, Hector "Macho" Camacho, then the WBC lightweight champion, is escorted by Marty Cohen, left, and promoter Don King at a news conference in New York. (David Bookstaver / AP Photo)

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2012, 02:29:04 AM »
By Lance Pugmire Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2012

Hector “Macho” Camacho, a former three-division boxing champion who had 88 professional fights against a who’s who of legendary opponents stretching from Ray Mancini (whom he defeated in 1989) to Oscar De La Hoya (who beat him by decision in 1997), has died. He was 50.

Camacho was pronounced dead Saturday after being shot in the head four days earlier while seated in a car outside a bar in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Camacho’s condition deteriorated before his family opted to take him off life support.

Another man in the car, who had nine bags of cocaine in his possession, was also shot and immediately declared dead, according to the Associated Press.

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2012, 02:37:24 AM »
Camacho, known for wearing outlandish trunks ranging from a leopard loin cloth to others adorned with lights or tassels, well understood the importance of selling a fight and employing some mental warfare.

Before fighting Mancini, he said, “I never did nothing to the character. How can he dislike a good-looking guy like me? It's jealousy. He can't even be in the same room with me because he knows he can't beat me mouth-to-mouth.”


Hector "Macho" Camacho
( Associated Press / November 20, 2012 )
Hector "Macho" Camacho celebrates after retaining his title with a win over Homer Gibbins in 1995.

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2012, 02:38:35 AM »
The late Times columnist Jim Murray assessed the crowd-pleasing disparity between De La Hoya and Camacho like this:

“Oscar was winning a gold medal for his country, Macho was stealing one for himself. Oscar plays golf, Macho plays craps. He was a hyperactive child, and he's a hyperactive adult.

“He has a positive flair for rubbing people the wrong way, doing exactly what nobody wants. For instance, in his last fight, he committed the unpardonable sin of beating up Sugar Ray Leonard, no less. That's about as endearing to the public as burning the flag.”

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2012, 02:39:48 AM »
Camacho’s theatrics were combined with an admirable desire to take on the best opponents possible. He faced the likes of Freddie Roach, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Rafael “Bazooka” Limon, Felix Trinidad, Roberto Duran and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. His overall record was 79-6-3.

Camacho was born in Bayamon on May 24, 1962, and moved to New York City with his family. His career launched after he admitted to stealing cars in Spanish Harlem as a youth, with one transgression forcing him to jail in Rikers Island, N.Y. There, he boxed other inmates and was so good, one asked a question that stuck with him: “What are you doing here?”

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2012, 02:41:17 AM »

Hector "Macho" Camacho, Oscar De La Hoya
( Los Angeles Times / November 20, 2012 )
Hector "Macho" Camacho poses with Oscar De La Hoya De La Hoya's in East L.A. gym.


“When he was young, you couldn’t hit him, that’s why he won his first 50 fights,” veteran boxing publicist Bill Caplan said.

The success emboldened his flair for flamboyance, as former Times boxing writer Richard Hoffer captured in a 1985 story:

“His style of dress … is outlandish enough to make Liberace look reserved. He wears enough jewelry to make Mr. T look like a man who only dabbles in accessories. It must be great fun to watch Camacho walk through a metal detector.”

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2012, 02:43:43 AM »
When Camacho suffered his first loss in a 1991 World Boxing Organization lightweight title bout against Greg Haugen at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, his personable nature shined.

“You’d think the guy would be devastated, but 15 minutes after the loss, he was back in press row for the second fight of the HBO doubleheader, shaking everyone’s hands,” Caplan said. “Just a happy-go-lucky guy who loved people.”

The flash wasn’t a mask to toughness. He was never knocked out.

Camacho’s grit was unmistakable to anyone who observed his 1992 beating in front of a sold-out Las Vegas fight crowd at the hands of Chavez Sr., Mexico’s greatest fighter who was at his peak when he pummeled Camacho with body shots en route to a unanimous decision.

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2012, 02:59:41 AM »
De La Hoya knew the importance of beating up and knocking down Camacho in their 1997 bout:

“Listen, Chavez … and Felix Trinidad couldn't knock him out or drop him,” De La Hoya said afterward. “At least I dropped him.”

Camacho’s love of the sport was evident both in his desire to entertain beyond fisticuffs and instances such as his 1995 fight in the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.

There, recalled promoter Don Chargin, main-event fighter Camacho showing up with his hands wrapped, in a robe and colorful trunks to sit alongside off-night fighters and managers in complimentary seats to watch preliminary matches 90 minutes before his own bout against Tony Rodriguez.

“He just wanted to be with people,” Caplan said.

Camacho’s son, Hector Camacho Jr., is a middleweight boxer with a 54-5-1 record who most recently fought in July.

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2012, 10:23:05 PM »
Before fighting Mancini, he said, “I never did nothing to the character. How can he dislike a good-looking guy like me? It's jealousy. He can't even be in the same room with me because he knows he can't beat me mouth-to-mouth.”

-By this statement alone you know the guy really knows his game by getting into his opponents nerves. and for hyping up a fight.

His style of dress is outlandish to make liberace look reserved. He wears enough jewelry to make Mr. T look like a man who only dabbles in accessories. It must be great fun to watch Camacho walk through a metal detector.”

-By playing dress-up coming into a fight, you know he's a performer, and really knows how to entertain people.

“You’d think the guy would be devastated, but 15 minutes after the loss, he was back in press row for the second fight of the HBO doubleheader, shaking everyone’s hands,” Caplan said. “Just a happy-go-lucky guy who loved people.”

-No doubt that Hector was a true sport. Totally outrageous in jubilation of a win, but equally humble in defeat.

“Oscar was winning a gold medal for his country, Macho was stealing one for himself. Oscar plays golf, Macho plays craps. He was a hyperactive child, and he's a hyperactive adult.

-becoming a world champion in the sport he loves has its moments that could change the lives of those around him. In fact the sport he loves too much translates what life was trying to imitate outside of it. He has fallen into the pit once, but eventually, breaking out the habit has taken a grip, that a tragedy like this could bring out the best of him, and unto his own grave.

Rest In Peace Champ...you did not die in vain.

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2012, 09:11:52 AM »
kining mga boksidor andam gyod tingali na sila mamatay anytime kay nganong ni-enter man sila aning duwaa in the first place. 

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Re: Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2012, 09:11:43 PM »
kining mga boksidor andam gyod tingali na sila mamatay anytime kay nganong ni-enter man sila aning duwaa in the first place. 

kining mo enter tag boxing dili jud hinoon lalim. tagsa ray mo sud ani without contemplating about getting an injury or even possible death. some had to gamble themselves to enter the brutal sport as a means of living.

 

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