Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho (born May 24, 1962), nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a boxer. Carrier of Muhammad Ali's flamboyance, and personal, controversial style, Camacho became a three time world champion, yet he always lacked the support of boxing writers. Some claim that he was treated very unfairly by boxing critics and experts around the world.

Early life and career

Camacho was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, but his family moved to New York when he was a little kid. He ran into trouble there as a teen, getting into fights and landing in jail at 15. He also learned boxing and karate as a teenager, and since he demonstrated talent as a boxer, he chose that sport as a career.

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Bayamon - Puerto Rico - New York - Karate

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It has been said that Camacho's flamboyant style brought a lot of fun to the sport of boxing, but it also made him garner the hate of the same critics who, ironically, had loved Ali just a few years before. Ali and Camacho's style was adopted by Roy Jones Jr.,Jorge Paez and Naseem Hamed, just to name a few, and it may bring excitement to their respective fans..

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Roy Jones Jr. - Jorge Paez - Naseem Hamed

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After a stellar amateur career, Camacho began a quick rise through the professional rankings, first in the Featherweight and then in the Junior Lightweight division. He felt so good from the start that the young fellow was sure he could beat World featherweight champions Salvador Sánchez and Eusebio Pedroza. However, Sanchez died when Camacho was still coming up in the ranks.

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Salvador Sánchez - Eusebio Pedroza

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Up at Junior Lightweight, he defeated top contenders Irleis Cubanito Perez, Melvin Paul, John Montes and Refugio Rojas (Both Montes and Rojas lasted one round, and Rojas would later last seven in a world title challenge of Julio Cesar Chavez for Chavez's world Jr. Lightweight championship).

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Irleis ''Cubanito'' Perez - Melvin Paul - John Montes - Refugio Rojas - Julio Cesar Chavez

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