Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Nov 24, 2012 10:12:14 GMT -5
Héctor Camacho Matías (May 24, 1962 - November 24, 2012),[1]also popularly known by his nickname "Macho Camacho", was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was a champion in the lightweight and junior lightweight divisions. Camacho's son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer. During his 30-year career, Camacho was known for his quickness in the ring, and his flamboyant style.[2]
Camacho had a storied amateur career, winning three New York Golden Gloves beginning with the Sub-Novice 112 lb. championship in 1978.[3] He won four titles throughout his professional career: The WBC Super featherweight (1983), the WBC lightweight (1985), and the WBO Junior welterweight (1989 and 1991). Camacho also had notable fights defeating Panama's Roberto Durán twice, and knocking out Sugar Ray Leonard, sending Leonard into permanent retirement. He also fought against Julio César Chávez, Félix Trinidad, and Oscar de la Hoya, among others.
During his later years, Camacho ran into trouble with drugs and the legal system: in 2005 he was arrested for burglary, a charge to which he would later plead guilty. In 2008, he won his last major fight, the World Boxing Empire middleweight championship. He also made various appearances on Spanish-language reality television shows. In 2011, he was shot at three times by would-be carjackers, but was uninjured. In the fall of 2012, Camacho was awaiting trial in Florida on charges of abuse against one of his sons, but on November 20, 2012, Camacho was shot in the jaw and severely injured while sitting in a car outside a bar in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The driver, a childhood friend, was killed in the shooting. Although it was initially believed that he would recover, doctors declared Camacho "brain dead", after suffering cardiac arrest the following day.[4] On November 23, Camacho's mother said she would remove her son from life support on the following day. He was officially declared dead on November 24th, 2012 QC
Camacho had a storied amateur career, winning three New York Golden Gloves beginning with the Sub-Novice 112 lb. championship in 1978.[3] He won four titles throughout his professional career: The WBC Super featherweight (1983), the WBC lightweight (1985), and the WBO Junior welterweight (1989 and 1991). Camacho also had notable fights defeating Panama's Roberto Durán twice, and knocking out Sugar Ray Leonard, sending Leonard into permanent retirement. He also fought against Julio César Chávez, Félix Trinidad, and Oscar de la Hoya, among others.
During his later years, Camacho ran into trouble with drugs and the legal system: in 2005 he was arrested for burglary, a charge to which he would later plead guilty. In 2008, he won his last major fight, the World Boxing Empire middleweight championship. He also made various appearances on Spanish-language reality television shows. In 2011, he was shot at three times by would-be carjackers, but was uninjured. In the fall of 2012, Camacho was awaiting trial in Florida on charges of abuse against one of his sons, but on November 20, 2012, Camacho was shot in the jaw and severely injured while sitting in a car outside a bar in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The driver, a childhood friend, was killed in the shooting. Although it was initially believed that he would recover, doctors declared Camacho "brain dead", after suffering cardiac arrest the following day.[4] On November 23, Camacho's mother said she would remove her son from life support on the following day. He was officially declared dead on November 24th, 2012 QC