Hector Camacho Discussion

Well, I think he's a HOFer for sure, but I'm not so sure if he's an ATG or not.:think

 

Hector Camacho. Will we ever see his likes again? Probably not. The best pure boxer of the last 40 years.

Boxers like Camacho somtimes come along once in a lifetime.

 

Unique talent for a while but didn't make ATG. He never beat anyone good enough layered against his losses.

 

Camacho wasted a ton of talent. He started great but under performed through out most of his prime. The lopsided loses to Chavez and Oscar did not help ... I give very little credit for his win over an inactive, 40 year old Leonard ...

 

You are kidding right?

 

Phew

You had me worried for a minute

I was about to acknowledge, well he did beat Duran too i guess :rofl

 

I'm at the wind-up. Camacho wouldn't make my top 10 of the last 40 years.


JT knew I was at it. Thats why he never quoted my post.

 

All time great, probably not but neither was leonard. Leonard with his 5 comebacks didnt do lots of things he could have.

No fights with Nunn, Jackson, Curry, McCallum, Pryor, rematches with prime Hearns.

 

Hagler. No fights with McCallum, Graham, or rematch with Hearns.

Infact, the fact of the matter regarding the Hagler-Hearns rematch. That fight was due to happen during late 1986, but Hagler switched his attention to a fighter who had one fight in 5 years and was a massive underdog, Leonard. Certainly an easier picking for Hagler than Hearns at the time.

Hagler was also made to look ordinary against a natural lightweight.

Works both ways.

 

The discussion here is Camacho's wasted talent and potential. There are a lot of bitter people here over the way Hector physically abused Leonard in thier fight. I understand that.

They act like it doesn't bother then but it does. I saw the crowd in tears so I am well aware of the deep wounds and the hatred and jealosy towards Hector. There's no use in opening them once more.

But despite the hard feelings over the fact (Hector's suckering in Leonard to a death trap thereby winning the head games) we must give Hector his due.

Yes, Leonard was now past his prime but so was Hector so it balances out to a fair fight and Leonard knew this going into the fight. He went ahead anxiously into the

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Give Camacho credit:

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and went for the gusto, namely he went for the jugular and got an incredibly impressive knockout victory over a man many

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could not be knocked out.

He sure earned my respect!

Leonard on the other hand did not impress me at all in this fight. Even when he landed his best right hand flush on Camacho, Hector walked right thru it. He reminded me of a young Hagler as he put on relentless pressure, pounded the body, pounded the head when referee wasn't looking until finally, Leonard, groaning from his mortal wounds, gave up the ghost and floated into Valhalla where all good warriors go to conclude their careers.

Simply put: it was Hector Camacho who finally retired Leonard for good. :happy I always knew there was a reason I liked him from the first time I saw him.