Larry Merchant on Hector Camacho......

you act like he lost the fight. Hector has nothing to apologize for. Edwin had a couple big rounds but didn't win the fight. edwin gets 3 rounds from me.

 

This is it. I don't believe Camacho had his track shoes on v Rosario and I don't believe he became a track runner post Rosario.

Camacho moved but I wouldn't simply deem him a runner. I believe Camachos career has more worth than that.

 

Achilles makes perfect sense. one fight doesn't make or break a career.

 

Merchant made that observation about Camacho not liking getting hit over three years too late.

Big, strong, undefeated counterpuncher Cubanito Perez actually exposed him in Phoenix in April 1983. Early in their match, Irleis buckled Hector with bodyshots, when he trapped Camacho in a corner. That exchange completely altered the complexion of their bout, reducing Hector to charging Perez with multiple jabs, then clinching to prevent Cubanito's counters, before the referee broke them up to intitiate the same pattern for the remainder of the bout. I don't remember Perez taking a backward step in that one.

As fast as Camacho was, Cubanito exposed him as somebody who had problems with opponents who were physically stronger than he was. He also exposed Hector as somebody who really didn't like getting pounded downstairs. Truth be told, it amazes me that Camacho went on to have as much success as he did for such a long time afterwards. I expected everybody Hector to faced immediately target his body from that point forth.

I expected Perez to blossom into an ATG after his performance but severe allergies derailed him, crippling his development, and blocking his path to championship status. Just the luck of the draw, I guess.

 

There is no such name on Camacho's record. Although you may be reffering to Irleis Perez.

 

Wow, you HAVE aptly nicknamed yourself! Go on boxwreck.com, and look up Camacho's entry for 1983-04-03, and you will find 26-0-0 Irleis "Cubanito" Perez on his record (and vice-versa). On the record of Perez, you will indeed find "Cubanito" listed as his alias.

Sincerely,

Deen

 

you haven't seen most fight you talk about either.

 

Thanks. It was a stunning turn around from Camacho's one round left uppercut starching of John Montes in Anchorage in his prior match. (If you recall, Hector extended his right jab over Montes's lowered head, holding his right in place so Montes couldn't get away from that lightning bolt shooting up. SRL provided commentary from ringside, and that maneuver turned Ray into a Camacho fan for life. How ironic that over 14 years later, the boxer whose tactic SRL gushed so enthusiatically about would ultimately retire Leonard himself!)