BoxRec

-1998-
(age 36 yrs)

I remember watching Hector Comacho on this tv show back in 1986.
(interview starts at 28 minutes into this clip)

Might have been a gradual thing with his hand speed. He never looked like he lifted weight. Actually looked soft when he got older. It was kind of hard to tell because he became a guy who just did everything he could to avoid being hit that he threw very punches himself. Thought that he hit rock bottom against Mancini. He just wouldn't do anything offensively at all. Mancini looked bad but at least he was trying to throw punches. After that he did a bit better but was never a great fighter again.

Certainly can't rank him as high as Benitez, but he was one of best Puerto Rican fighters.

the first time that I remember seeing him fight was on the CBS Sports spectacular
Saturday July-11-1982

saw this one on CBS-TV a month later too.
( with ringside commentary by Sugar Ray Leonard !)
August 1982

October-30-1982

November-20-1982

February-12-1983

August 1983

giacomino wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 10:08

elmersalsa wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 08:56

giacomino wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 06:50
Rosario was one of the biggest hitters in lightweight and jr. welterweight history, and a good boxer when he was patient, which wasn't always the case. I thought he won the Camacho fight but Camacho clearly backed off after being hurt because he'd never been rattled like that. He probably did OK in the bank account department considering he got paid well to fight a shot Mancini, Haugen, Chavez, Trinidad and De La Hoya. All of those were money fights then and vs Chavez, Trinidad and De La Hoya, he knew going in he just wanted to last the distance

Even though Hector "Macho" Camacho fought those guys you mentioned, he could take a shot. Julio Cesar Chavez kicked his azz very bad, but he didn't go down at any point.

Has Camacho ever been knocked down?

Yes, but the fact that he wasn’t very often speaks
to both his durability and his ability to evade hard punches. After Rosario he was hard to catch squarely. Is he in your top 100 list?

Not by any chance. But, Macho is a HOF boxer, though. He is the only fighter to beat Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard

elmersalsa wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 10:35

giacomino wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 10:08

elmersalsa wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 08:56
Even though Hector "Macho" Camacho fought those guys you mentioned, he could take a shot. Julio Cesar Chavez kicked his azz very bad, but he didn't go down at any point.

Has Camacho ever been knocked down?

Yes, but the fact that he wasn’t very often speaks
to both his durability and his ability to evade hard punches. After Rosario he was hard to catch squarely. Is he in your top 100 list?

Not by any chance. But, Macho is a HOF boxer, though. He is the only fighter to beat Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard

Ha! I am guessing in their prime the outcomes would have been different. If Rosario had Macho messed up, I can’t imagine him vs a prime Duran at lightweight

elmersalsa wrote: ↑13 Oct 2025, 18:54

JackSprocket wrote: ↑13 Oct 2025, 16:14 What do you think elmersalsa, was there ever a faster boxer than Hector "Macho" Camacho?

I could count with one hand and to tell you the truth, there are not many.

Kid Gavilan was pretty fast.

Scypion wrote: ↑06 Nov 2025, 21:27

elmersalsa wrote: ↑13 Oct 2025, 18:54

JackSprocket wrote: ↑13 Oct 2025, 16:14 What do you think elmersalsa, was there ever a faster boxer than Hector "Macho" Camacho?

I could count with one hand and to tell you the truth, there are not many.

Kid Gavilan was pretty fast.

Yes, indeed.

did Camcho usher in the age of those split shorts/skirts showing a sexy bit of thigh?