A thread about HECTOR CAMACHO

What do you have to base it on? Hector himself was a southpaw but with greater speed. The other problem is that Pernell, like Monzon was a slickster so he can't take him out either. Hector's not just going to stay in one place fo him to strike. He'll use his unparalled speed to score while keeping himself out of reach. I told you, Pernell's not fast enough for him; we've all seen what happens when you put one speedster of greater speed in with another. You get matches like Camacho-Coverson, Camacho-Davis, Norris-Leonard

 

Thanks. Hard to tell which of them hit harder but I know Hector was sharper. when Hector unwound, he was dangerous. When he floored Coverson, the force of the blow went clean thru. Also if you look at the Loy fight, Hector unleashed three straight in the blink of an eye to drop a very sturdy fighter. Loy took reams of punishment from then on and didnt go down until he collapsed in round 8.

Dropped iron chinned Ramerez, and Edwards in the same manner. So without a doubt Hector is the sharper of the two

Whitaker, he's slick like Hector but he's not sharp like him and if Hector catches him quick like that, he'll keep him in line and walk out with the decision

 

Camacho might just slip in, but after Rosario, wasn't the same special fighter of the 130 lbs days. He was lucky to catch a Howard Davis Jr. who was flu-stricken and about 3 to 4 years removed from his best days.

 

Nothing Macho about him or his son...Chavez owned him and Leija exposed his son. I never liked him though he was very good at marketing his fights.

 

As SS seconded on another thread, best boxer of the last 40 years.

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We might never see his 'like' again.

 

:rofl

Nice tits!

 

Perhaps the 'gayest' boxer of the last 40 years as well.

 

Yeah that would be about right, since Emile Griffith

 

Bang on the money. :good

 

Camacho has qualities that would more than just bother Whitaker. Whitaker's jab is what would make the difference in my opinion.

 

I agree with this completely. I think it's perfectly feasible that Camacho does very well here, and it's down to the speed, getting punches off, and getting back out fo there. But Whittaker's jab and ring generalship that he has in his own right potentially off-set Camacho's biggest assets and enable him to pick up a decision.

 

Hector could have been a truly great fighter were it not for the fact that he was a major head case. He had a pathological fear of being hit..which is crazy in a way for a fighter, there has to be a warrior's mentality to be a true great..but it made some sense in a way, as he was first and foremost a defensive fighter. His loss to Chavez however proved he had balls..if only he had displayed that same attitude in fights that he won.

 

This is part of what I mean by "head case". Edwin Rosario scared the willies out of him unfortunately, and he morphed into the boring, second rate, safety first underachiever we all know so well. But like I said, he showed heart, balls and a chin in manning it out against JCC for 12 rounds, even if he did lose.

 

Whose "SS"? Do you even read your own posts before sending them out