Camacho and Leonard: Shades of Jealousy

Some here in the Classic section will accuse you of being another poster after reading this.:rofl

 

I don't think it's jealousy but instead constant need to be in the spotlight. Leonard loved attention.

 

i agree, and no doubt duranimal will be here shortly to do the same

 

Nonsense, I was a big fan back then, and I never heard even rumors that there could possibly be a Leonard-Camacho fight.
The only reason why the fight came about when it did, is because Leonard saw Roberto Duran beating Camacho and he thought he could do the same thing.

Little did Leonard know was that Camacho was ill prepared for Duran making him look like **** against him..........when Leonard got into the ring with Camacho, Camacho just steamrolled him.:yep
......having not cared for how Leonard manipulated conditions to others over the years, I have to admit I was pleased to see it happen!:happy

My opinion however was that Camacho was just too good for an old Leonard.......that same Leonard imo beats the Duran that was robbed against Camacho.

 

I think Leonard was indeed dazzled by the speed he wished he had but never did

How Rl must have wanted to jump into the ring to save his fellow Olympian Howard Davis in 87. Even if he could it would have availed him nothing as the lightning quick Camacho was still without peer in the speed department even at his unusually high weight

 

I've seen seen a more blatantly roided up athlete then Camacho in there against Leonard, it was unbelievable.

 

Case closed.

 

Hector Camacho has the honored distinction of destroying not one, but two 1976 olympic gold medalists-first Davis then Leonard :yep

 

My chief memory of Ray's comments about Camacho before they squared off has to do with how endlessly delighted he was with the slick way Hector dispatched John Montes in Anchorage. SRL was clearly a Camacho fan, and before broadcasting subsequent matches of his, Ray would sometimes step in the ring to demonstrate to the television audience what he did to Montes. (Nobody dreamed that 14 years and 25 pounds later Hector would retire him.)

 

I think it was a case of game respecting game.Camacho MAY have been faster, if so, not by much, but Leonard recognized his ability from jump.

 

Oh thats it allright, He hated any one else eclipsing him in any form or manner, there's history between Hector & Ray over some of rays comments about Hectors fighting style in regard to his attitude during a fight

I can't for the life of me remember which fight it was that Hector was in but it all came about with Leonard true to form paying patronising compliments during his color commentary laced with very subtle digs at Hector, anyway the next time they met Hector called Leonard out, screaming he's a bum he's a bum, get his ass in with me & i'll knock him the **** out, i'am the real macho man, it's macho time & all the rest of the usual camacho abuse.

It's in one of the 90's mag's down in a sub paragraph to do with another 2 fighters, but it stuck in my mind & it was only reading about when he knocked Leonard out that he said he'd waited years to do that to Leonard for disrespecting him the way he did.

 

If Hector was faster it was by a hair ... Leonard was a much better fighter and puncher ..

 

I don't even se that he beat Leonard. So what. He fought two guys over the hill. Leonard was way over the hill. Leonard was stupid to fight again.

 

Thanks Duranimal

I had always wondered what fueled Hector's vicious attack on ray. As annoying as Hector was, I guess he couldnt stand him either