Hector 'Macho' Camacho, Ex-Boxing Champ, Dies At 50 After Being Taken Off Life Support

[IDemo]

Source: Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50.

Shot while sitting in a parked car outside a bar Tuesday with a friend in the city of Bayamon, he was declared dead at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan. The friend, 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, died at the scene of the shooting. Police said Mojica had nine small bags of cocaine in his pocket and a 10th bag was found open in the car.

Originally from Bayamon, just outside San Juan, Camacho was long regarded as a flashy if volatile talent, a skilled boxer who was perhaps overshadowed by his longtime foil, Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez, who would beat him in a long-awaited showdown in Las Vegas in 1992.

Camacho fought professionally for three decades, from his humble debut against David Brown at New York's Felt Forum in 1980 to an equally forgettable swansong against Sal Duran in Kissimmee, Florida, in 2010.

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[sellitman]

1. From what I read his wife had to get a restraining order from him.

Sorry but I'm not going into mourning.

[naaman fletcher]

9. I agree

So the guy was a good boxer. So what? He was a piece of shit.

[GermanSmoker]

2. RIP

He was a great Boxer.

[mecherosegarden]

3. May his soul find peace. RIP

N/T

[olddad56]

4. I will remember him as a great boxer and a marginal citizen. .

[elbloggoZY27]

5. Knocked Out

I am and have been a Boxing fan for a very long time and spent a very short time in the ring with a pro fighter in Camden New Jersey. After that misguided adventure I came away with a lot of respect to those who make it a career. In real time a boxes hand speed is unbelievable and you can take that to the bank.

My condolences go out to the Camacho family, friends and I am sure many boxing fans.

His death was unfortunately not in the ring but in a car. Violence is ugly no where or when it happens.

May G-D watch over his Soul for all eternity.

[xtraxritical]

7. I don't know what to say other than "what a hard way to make a living".

Rest In Peace. I'm glad to be reminded of you.

[hrmjustin]

6. Rest in peace!

[Skittles]

8. I had a crush on him back in the day

to me he was the ultimate "bad boy"

[Beacool]

10. A conflicted man who hang around some dubious characters.

Apparently the intended victim was his friend, pity that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Rest in peace.

[ripcord]

11. I loved watching him

He wasn't just a great boxer he was a great showman