What is Camacho's (Post Rosario) best performance

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Of course it wasnt a shutout.
     
  2. Jay1990

    Jay1990 Active Member Full Member

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    Hector could've stoped Baltazar in that 10th Round
     
  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nothing at all close about that fight.

    Camacho won every round.
     
  4. drenlou

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  5. The Long Count

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    Hector was a party monster. Coked out of his mind in Spanish Harlem for years. That has a lot to do with his decline.
     
  6. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hector Camacho despite being rocked by Rosario had a granite chin and even when going up to welterweight a young
    bomber Trinidad couldn't ko him . If Amir Khan had Camacho chin maybe he could have been a potential Hall of Fame fighter at jr welterweight/ welterweight.
     
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  7. Twisted_Metal

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    Pretty much .

    Rosario only rocked Camacho, but Reyes Cruz basically floored him and he came back and won that fight.
     
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Rosario scare scarred Camacho mentally. His confidence was affected.

    Yes, he looked aggressive and sharp against the light punching, past prime Howard Davis.

    But, compare the Camacho who fought Jose Luis Ramirez in '85 to the Camacho who fought Cornelius Boza-Edwards in '86 at the same weight. Camacho was clearly safety first and gun shy in the Boza fight.

    Camacho even said after the Rosario fight if getting hit is macho, he wanted no part of it.

    The writers of the time commented extensively on the Rosario fight changing Camacho for the worse, and it was plain to see for any knowledgeable boxing fan.

    His rampant partying undeniably contributed to his physical decline, but the mental decline started when he was badly rocked by Rosario.
     
  9. JohnThomas1

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    Excellent.