Prime Hector Camacho vs. Today's Pacquiao @140lbs

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  1. fighter86

    fighter86 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Camacho had the best holding tactics in boxing at 130 & 135 some illegal some legal this guy was not going to get KO ,just that simple.The very first time I saw him fight was against an opponent called Louie Loy ,this fight was so funny as Macho clown the guy the whole fight hitting on the breaks and the ref could even see what he was doing because the quickness was awesome.

    Four of his loses were to world Champions and 3 to ATG and his last loss was to a bum as father time really crept in.

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  2. boxerpuncher

    boxerpuncher Active Member Full Member

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    Camacho by UD.

    Camacho in his prime was smooth like silk! The guy was lighting fast, and had decent power in either hand. Prime Camacho would dance circle's around Pac, and make him look ordinary. Its a fact that Manny has issue's with anyone that has good movement and good boxing fundenmentals.
     
  3. Legend2

    Legend2 Active Member Full Member

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    Exactly. People act as if Pacquiao is beating slick fighters all the time and get hyped up when he's facing these stationary brawlers.
     
  4. Ring_smarts

    Ring_smarts New Member Full Member

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    Camacho cud outbox pac to a ud
     
  5. fighter86

    fighter86 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    thanks , I couldn't have said it any better.
     
  6. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    Man you must be crazy!!!!!

    What time is it???

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  7. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Camacho was better at 130 and 135 than at 140.

    Newbies may not know much about Camacho other than his antics in the latter portion of his career, but make no mistake, he was EXTREMELY talented. A top fighter during the mid 80s, and ranked in the p4p lists. At 130 & 135, Camacho would give Pacquiao some problems with his ridiculous speed, but a problem with Camacho was his tendency to go into a defensive shell when getting tagged hard. We saw it against El Chapo, and especially later in his career against the likes of Chavez, Trinidad, and De La Hoya when Camacho seemed happy to just last the full 12.

    I can't picture Pacquiao not being able to get through with some hard shots, he pretty much always does. Pacquiao has more of a fighter's mentality, while Camacho has that survival mentality when he gets hit hard. I think this will be a big difference in the fight when Pacquiao starts to land.

    Pacquiao by decision.
     
  8. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No i do not just follow Pac... but i do think that people like Camacho who talk so much **** should be criticised in the same manner.

    Realistically i don't believe that Camacho would win. Thats not me hating or favouring Pac, thats just my honest opinion.

    Pac is too strong and too skilled for him
     
  9. floyd_g.o.a.t

    floyd_g.o.a.t Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :goodExactly
     
  10. Legend2

    Legend2 Active Member Full Member

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    Fair enough. But Pacquiao is NOT skillful. Beating up brawlers that stand in front of you does not show your skills, it just shows that the guy is standing there in front of Pac to be hit, nothing else. Unless Pac proves me wrong and beats a skillful fighter like Floyd, THEN I'll say Pac has skills. But Camacho can box AND move, there's a difference.
     
  11. garfios

    garfios Dark Lord Full Member

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    130-135lbs I think Camacho dance around that pacman to an UD, 140 and over and not so sure.
     
  12. Legend2

    Legend2 Active Member Full Member

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    How about you back up your opinion with evidence instead of name calling?
     
  13. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqMiigy92qU[/ame]
     
  14. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    haugen ... haugen ... haugen??? two sds ... at 140 and above Pac can get him. Pac is way way way way way quicker than Chavez is. I do think that since busting on the featherweight scene Pac has only been troubled by heavy handed talented guys who were willing to brawl in rough spots (read, Marquez and Morales) and this is not a description camacho fits. Pac's offense is so different than the heavy plodding one of Tito that they are scarcely similar, I think Tito would probably have bludgeoned Margarito out of there but would have been looking all night to land against somebody like Oscar, when Pac pummelled him into the ropes ... oh, wait, tito and oscar did fight! yeah, but that was a different de la hoya. Marquez is nothing like Camacho.
     
  15. RealBoxing

    RealBoxing Kill The Nonsense Full Member

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