Hector Camacho Jr.

Hector Camacho Jr. (born 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a professional boxer. He is the son of legendary three time world champion Hector Macho Camacho.

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1978 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Hector Macho Camacho

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At the age of eight, Camacho first gained some prominence, when he entered the ring with his dad and did a mock sparring with him before his father's world title defense against Edwin Rosario. That night, he wore a Puerto Rican flag attire.

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Edwin Rosario - Puerto Rican

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After an award winning amateur boxing career, he turned professional in the middle 1990s. As a professional, he has beaten boxers like Rocky Martinez and former world champion Philip Holiday, and he had a no contest against former world champion Jesse James Leija, the Leija fight being filled with controversy because of the scoring of the fight, as the judges had initially given the fight to Camacho on a technical decision in five rounds, but Leija's camp protested the result, resulting in the fight being called a no-contest.

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Boxing - 1990s - Rocky Martinez - Philip Holiday - No contest - Jesse James Leija

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In 2002, Camacho lost for the first time, to Argentine Omar Weiss, by a decision in ten rounds.

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2002 - Argentine - Omar Weiss

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Camacho recovered with a 12 round win by decision against an unknown Mexican boxer in California.

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Mexican - California

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On July 9, 2005, Camacho Jr. and his father co-starred an undercard in Tucson, Arizona. After arriving into the ring sitting on a fake bull, Camacho Jr. proceeded to knock out Francisco Barra in the second round. A riot followed his father's win that night; it is not clearly known if Camacho Jr. had a role in the riot.

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July 9 - 2005 - Tucson, Arizona - Bull - Francisco Barra - Riot

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A constant HBO Boxing star, he sports a record of 39 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw and 1 no contest, with 22 wins by knockout.

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HBO Boxing - Knockout

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