Héctor Luís Camacho Matías (May 24, 1962 – November 24, 2012), nicknamed Macho Camacho, was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Known for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style, he held major championships in the super featherweight (WBC, 1983), lightweight (WBC, 1985), and junior welterweight (WBO, 1989 and 1991) divisions. After earning minor titles in four additional weight classes, Camacho became the first boxer to be recognized as a septuple champion.
A storied amateur, Camacho won three New York Golden Gloves, beginning with the Sub-Novice 112 lb. championship in 1978. During his 30-year career, Camacho had many 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 expanded his popular role and appeared on a variety of Spanish-language reality television shows. In 2010 Macho Camacho had a new opportunity in life and was part of Univision´s' dancing show Mira Quien Baila. Then he landed having a weekly segment on the popular show El Gordo y La Flaca Camacho named Macho News. In 2012 he filmed his reality show Es Macho Time on YouTube channel Nuevon, produced by Ben Silverman company Electus. Also, Camacho launched his signatures Tshirts Itsmachotime and Segudoo partnering with Surropa company, But, he also had trouble with drug abuse and criminal charges. 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. In 2011, he was shot at three times by would-be carjackers in San Juan, but was uninjured. In the fall of 2012, Camacho was awaiting trial in Florida on charges of physical abuse of one of his sons.
On November 20, 2012, Camacho was shot and seriously wounded while sitting in a car outside a bar in his native Bayamón, Puerto Rico; the driver, a childhood friend, was killed in the shooting. Camacho died four days later; after he was declared clinically brain dead, his mother requested the doctors remove him from life support. After lying in state for two days in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Camacho's remains were transported to New York for burial at request of his mother and sisters.
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Real name
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Héctor Luis Camacho Matías
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Nickname(s)
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Macho Camacho
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Rated at
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Height
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1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
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Reach
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175 cm (69 in)
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Nationality
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Born
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May 24, 1962
Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
Died
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November 24, 2012 (aged 50)
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Stance
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Boxing record
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Total fights
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88
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Wins
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79
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Wins by KO
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45
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Losses
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6
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Draws
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3
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No contests
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0
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Berikut adalah koleksi video pertandingan Hector Camacho:
- 1982-08-28 Hector Camacho vs Johnny Sato (DVDV #1)
- 1983-08-07 Hector Camacho vs Rafael Limon (DVDV #1)
- 1983-11-18 Hector Camacho vs Rafael Solis (DVDV #1)
- 1985-08-10 Hector Camacho vs Jose Luis Ramirez (DVDV #1)
- 1986-06-13 Hector Camacho vs Edwin Rosario (DVDV #2)
- 1986-09-26 Hector Camacho vs Cornelius Boza Edwards (DVDV #3)
- 1989-03-06 Ray Mancini vs Hector Camacho (DVDV #3)
- 1990-02-03 Hector Camacho vs Vinny Pazienza (DVDV #4)
- 1991-02-23 Hector Camacho vs Greg Haugan I (DVDV #4)
- 1992-08-01 Hector Camacho vs Eddie Van Kirk (DVDV #5)
- 1992-09-12 Julio Cesar Chavez vs Hector Camacho (DVDV #5)
- 1995-01-14 Hector Camacho vs Todd Foster (DVDV #5)
- 1995-05-20 Hector Camacho vs Homer Gibbins (DVDV #6)
- 1996-06-22 Hector Camacho vs Roberto Duran I (DVDV #6)
- 1997-03-01 Ray Leonard vs Hector Camacho (DVDV #7)
- 1997-09-13 Oscar De La Hoya vs Hector Camacho (DVDV #7)
- 2001-07-14 Hector Camacho vs Roberto Duran II (DVDV #8)
- . 1998 IBC Light Middle Weight Hector "MACHO" Camacho vs Tony Menefee (DVD #9)
