It's prime time Macho time!

Off of this footage, would anyone be tempted to pick him against some lightweight greats? Would this 1985 Camacho have a shot at beating an 87 Chavez? How about an 89-90 Pea? How about an 95 DLH or an 98 Mosley?

 

I think he has a style suited to beat punchers who need to really be set to throw their punches. That's why he in particular made a clown of Ramirez, but struggled mightily against Rosario.

I can't see Hector being favourite against any ATG but I wouldn't be surprised if he beat someone like Alexis Arguello (I have the Vilomar Fernandez fight in mind) and maybe even Ike Williams (having the Willie Joyce and Enrique Bolanos fights in mind).

I'd have him favourite against some less than ATG guys like Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales. Corrales in particular he'd probably do a number on.

 

Bazooka was a past prime Jose Luis Ramirez in that one Rafa. Like watching a man walk to the gallows. Much more interesting is seeing what he did to a prime Jose Luis Ramirez. I would say Hector's speed differential from 130 to the Ramirez fight was almost imperceptable. Only a tiny bit quicker.

 

Hector got out of the gates much quicker in his career than Julio did and Camacho was moving up through the weight classes before Chavez was. I'm not really sure who's fault it was for the fight not happening earlier. I think if either man REALLY wanted it, they would have made a concerted effort to make it happen by either staying in the same division or moving up to the other's division.

Interesting here that in the post fight interview against Ramirez, Camacho didn't call Chavez out. Kind of indicative of what I'm saying.

 

Not really. The Laporte and Lockridge wins didn't really do much to raise his p4p status actually because he struggled with both of those fighters. He had a much better late 1984 and early 1985 actually, beating Mario Martinez, Ruben Castillo and Roger Mayweather all in devastating fashion. Thus by the end of 1985 he was ranked equal 8th p4p by KO magazine. By the end of 1986 he was ranked 9th p4p by KO magazine. So no real improvement in stature (at least on the p4p scale) after the Lockridge and Laporte wins. If anything, I think Chavez's stock dropped a bit after getting pushed to the limit by Laporte in particular as well as Lockridge. Made him look more vulnerable in any case. Looking back on it, I think Chavez would have been better served moving up to 135 in 1986 instead of spending it as an 130 pounder, because I think weight cutting was beginning to effect his performances. He definitely fought better against Rosario and Ramirez once he stepped up to 135.

I think if both were up for it, a p4p match up could have been arranged for late 85 or early 86. Alas....

Maybe he beats Joe Brown but I think Laguna would be too active for him and steal close rounds, and Buchanan was too good of a scrapper. If Buchanan does get down on points he will look for an inside battle where he will be superior to Hector and with his great stamina he'll come on late to clinch it imo. Not sure about Jimmy Carter (depends if you believe his off nights were really off nights or if they were pre-ordained by the Mob) but I don't think he beats Jimmy Carter at his best there. An an 'off night', sure.