What time is it? For The Macho Man, time has run out...

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 09 May 2007, 13:43

Another boxer gets nicked and sent down..

Nothing new I suppose, though this will almost certainly mean the end of Camacho Snr's career

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho Sent to Jail
By Associated Press
3:30 PM PDT, May 7, 2007

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Three-time boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was sent jail Monday after pleading guilty to a 2004 burglary charge.

Camacho faces up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Circuit Judge Steve Simpson delayed sentencing, but ordered him sent straight to jail because a bail bond agent said he hadn't heard from Camacho for more than two years, the Sun Herald reported on its Web site.

Camacho, who is being held at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center, won super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s. His last title bout came against then-welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya in 1997, a loss by unanimous decision.

A warrant was issued for Camacho on Dec. 22, 2004, for a November burglary of a computer store. He was arrested in January 2005 on the burglary charge, and was also was charged with drug possession after police allegedly found ecstasy in his hotel room at the Imperial Palace. Trial on the drug charge is tentatively set for June.

In a written statement in January 2005, Camacho apologized for the break-in, which caused nearly $13,000 in damage and losses at ZDI Computer Center in Gulfport.

Camacho had bought a laptop from the business but had left it there for work on technical problems. He was trying to retrieve his computer, his attorney, David Morrison, said. The break-in was "a momentary lapse in judgment," he added.

Morrison said negotiations had taken place with the business owners, Solomon and Samantha Wheeler, until their attorney made an "outrageous" demand for $500,000 to avoid media exposure.

Wayne Woodall, the Wheelers' attorney, claims Camacho fell through the ceiling, cut himself, urinated inside the office and left with seven laptops and about $5,600 in checks and cash.

Camacho has had several brushes with the law involving drugs, his driving habits, and domestic assault. When he was 16, he served 3 1/2 months in a New York prison for auto theft.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 09 May 2007, 13:54

"a momentary lapse in judgment," ????

I doubt it, The Macho Man has been in and out of trouble with the law all his life.

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 09 May 2007, 14:01

Surely the macho man earned well from his career - It is sad to see a lot of boxers ending up in shit street like this.

It's the nature of the beast I guess.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 09 May 2007, 14:02

Wayne Woodall, the Wheelers' attorney, claims Camacho fell through the ceiling, cut himself, urinated inside the office and left with seven laptops and about $5,600 in checks and cash.

Thats the Macho Man for you...

As you say though KOJoe, he was robbing cars as a youth back in Harlem way before he turned pro - its just the natural progression for a punk street kid; eventually he was gonna fall foul of the law again.

Just think before Rosario got hold of him Camacho looked like a million bucks. After Rosario scrambled his brains he looked a million pesos..

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 09 May 2007, 14:32

He didnt like to be hit, ...ironically and sadly he still ended up fighting too long and his speech has been slurred for a while... though whether thats due to boxing or drink/drugs is questionable...

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 09 May 2007, 14:51

I think he was a bit unlucky with some of the critisism aimed towards him in his career, I think most of it was because fans never let him forget when he ran in the last round against Edwin Rosario.
But before that fight he had just outboxed the tough Jose Luis Ramirez, hardly losing a round.
The name of the game is to hit and not be hit, and he did that superbly in the fights against Boza Edwards, Mancini, Pazienza.
He also went the distance with Chavez, Trinidad and De La Hoya in losing fights, which takes some doing. Even if you just try and survive against those guys.
He was a professional for 25 years, and could beat mid level fighters after all that time with ease.

For someone who didn't look after themselves that well out of the ring, he probably got through alot of those fights on natural skill.
Maybe he's not as well liked as he should be because people thought he could have achieved alot more than he did.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 09 May 2007, 15:28

Old bones Ian wrote:I think he was a bit unlucky with some of the critisism aimed towards him in his career, I think most of it was because fans never let him forget when he ran in the last round against Edwin Rosario.
But before that fight he had just outboxed the tough Jose Luis Ramirez, hardly losing a round.
The name of the game is to hit and not be hit, and he did that superbly in the fights against Boza Edwards, Mancini, Pazienza.
He also went the distance with Chavez, Trinidad and De La Hoya in losing fights, which takes some doing. Even if you just try and survive against those guys.
He was a professional for 25 years, and could beat mid level fighters after all that time with ease.

For someone who didn't look after themselves that well out of the ring, he probably got through alot of those fights on natural skill.
Maybe he's not as well liked as he should be because people thought he could have achieved alot more than he did.

I've never had a problem with him personally really, but its a shame that he went gunshy after the Rosairo fight... he only acheived about 50% of what he could have done with the right attitude but to give him his due when he fought Trinidad and Chavez when well past his best he took his lumps and didnt quit so I respect him for that... all in all its just a shame that he seems to have made a mess of his life and frittered his talent away...

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 09 May 2007, 16:17

I'd agree with that Silkov, he always had it in him to self destroy, shame really, but he had his chance to make something of his life. Maybe the boxing came so easily to him that training wasn't the most importent thing.

T.M.K · Post by **T.M.K** » 10 May 2007, 07:36

Old bones Ian wrote: I think most of it was because fans never let him forget when he ran in the last round against Edwin Rosario.

Funny isn't it Mr Bones,

fans won't let Vitali Klitschko forget that all he had to do against Byrd was "run around and stay out of harm's way" for the last 3 rounds and he would have won. Camacho did it, and he got slated....

For me personally, I am a little too young to have known of Camacho in his prime so perhaps I don't taint him like slightly elder folks do, as it was into the 1990's before I had ever heard of him.

Old bones Ian wrote: Maybe he's not as well liked as he should be because people thought he could have achieved alot more than he did.

Now THAT is undeniable. And it says something that he was a 3-weight (4-time) world champion who fought for a title in a 4th-weight class and was one of the Boxing Superstars of the 1980's. He really could have gone down as a top-20 of all time if he'd pushed himself a little more and been more dedicated. He might have been a 4 or 5 weight champ if he'd taken a different route and truly knuckled down from 1989 onwards.

best wishes

"T.M.K"

T.M.K · Post by **T.M.K** » 10 May 2007, 07:38

And I typed all that, I suddenly felt as though I could have been writing about Naseem Hamed.

So much achieved, so much talent, such potential-greatness......... and it unravels in front of your own eyes.

"T.M.K"

ps: Tyson is stigma'd by this too....