Hector Camacho

Illmatic · Feb 8, 2008

brownpimp88 said:

not to mention that eusebio pedroza and bobby chacon both dodged him like the plague, imagine if he would have beaten those two.
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yup, he's already a top 5 puerto rican fighter of all time, a hell of an accomplishment.

sweet_scientist · Feb 12, 2008

acb said:

I would just love to see the Comacho that people rave about. What is on youtube is the older version.

Sweet_scientist has some video but hasn't made it available yet.
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Give me two or three weeks and I'll put Camacho-Ramirez up on youtube (I MEAN IT THIS TIME ). That's pretty much the only fight of his worth watching pre 1986 imo. Everyone else he fought during that time was either washed up or to varying degrees stiffs.

ayala · Feb 12, 2008

RafaelGonzal said:

Camacho at 130 this was his best weight. At his prime in the early eighties he possesed blazing footwork and hand speed. He was a Southpaw who had counter puching skills with decent power. The thing that was otherwordly about Macho was the beautiful footwork and blinding footspeed. At 130 that combo of hand and foot speed along with decent power produced some really impressive victories. Macho seemed to have unlimited potential. He was a stick and move guy, but at 130 he would overwhelm opponents with the speed and was very capable of scoring the spectacular KO

A lack of discipline was his downfall. Bad training habits, the night life and drugs took their toll...the mental aspect of the game were his downfall. Had he trained hard and had that mental aspect of a true Champion down, he likely would have accomplished a lot more. Macho got by on his talent which was immense. He beat some quality opponents and was in with the best, but lost most of the career defining fights of his career. Fights he had the talent to win but not the discipline or lifestyle to allow him to.

Though he had a decent career the promise that he had was never fully realized, but at his best Macho was amazing to watch. A very charismatic and colorful fighter. He was very flamboyant with colorful ring attire and entrances. He could have been so much more but it wasnt meant to be However, Macho had a decent career and he is amazing to watch especially at 130 at the higher weight levels and toward the end he became primarily a runner and slapper. At 130 Amazing but in the end, he could have been so much more.
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nice way mof putting it and yes he was amazing

hitman_hatton1 · Feb 12, 2008

he was class.

i've got some of those early fights.

he's worth checking out.

rosario - i think he deserved the decision and got it together well after being hurt.

hitman_hatton1 · Feb 12, 2008

sweet_scientist said:

Give me two or three weeks and I'll put Camacho-Ramirez up on youtube (I MEAN IT THIS TIME ). That's pretty much the only fight of his worth watching pre 1986 imo. Everyone else he fought during that time was either washed up or to varying degrees stiffs.
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yeah that's a brilliant performance.

he hurt ramirez a few times as well.

Sonny Carson · Feb 12, 2008

hitman_hatton1 said:

rosario - i think he deserved the decision and got it together well after being hurt.
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I agree.

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