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.

World Junior Lightweight championship

When World Junior Lightweight champion Bobby Chacon refused to go to Puerto Rico to defend his title against Camacho, the WBC declared the world championship vacant, and the man Chacon had taken the title from, Rafael Bazooka Limon, filled in for Chacon. It was the first time Camacho was in a ring with a former world champion, and he didn't show any lack of experience, dropping Limon in rounds one and three before the referee put a stop to the fight in round five.

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Bobby Chacon - Puerto Rico - WBC - Rafael ''Bazooka'' Limon

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His first defense also came in San Juan where he met fellow Puerto Rican Rafael Solis, whose family included former world bantamweight champion Julian Solis. Camacho got tested in this fight for the first time, shaken in round three by a Solis uppercut, but he flattened Solis with a right to the chin in round five, knocking him out to retain the title.

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San Juan - Puerto Rican - Rafael Solis - Julian Solis

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Next came a move to Lightweight, where he won the United States title with a twelve round decision of Roque Montoya. By then Camacho was appearing on the covers of all the boxing magazines and making quite a few fans among teenaged girls.

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United States - Roque Montoya

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His next fight made him a two time world champion. Fought on HBO, the channel that realized Camacho was a potential legend after televising his fight vs Solis, Camacho beat the Mexican defending world champion, Jose Luis Ramirez in Las Vegas to win the world Lightweight championship. Camacho dropped Ramirez in round three and went on to win the fight by a unanimous twelve round decision.

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HBO - Mexican - Jose Luis Ramirez - Las Vegas

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What could have been a blessing, may have started Camacho's downfall instead. The two other reigning world champions in his division at that time, Livingstone Bramble and Jimmy Paul were reluctant to unify the crown with Camacho, and so he had to settle for a decision win over Freddie Roach before his next fight of importance came along, ten months after beating Ramirez.

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Livingstone Bramble - Jimmy Paul - Freddie Roach

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He met Edwin Rosario at the Madison Square Garden in New York, once again on HBO. In a famous fight, Camacho, in the minds of many fans, dominated rounds one to four, but had to hang on for dear life in rounds five and six. He came back to take the middle rounds, but Rosario came back during the eleventh and twelfth. It was a close decision, but Camacho retained the title with a split decision.

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Edwin Rosario - Madison Square Garden - New York - HBO

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