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{{short description|Puerto Rican boxer (1962–2012)}}
{{For|his son|Héctor Camacho Jr.}}
{{family name hatnote|Camacho|Matías|lang=Spanish}}
{{use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Héctor Camacho
| image = Hector Camacho 2009.jpg
| caption = Camacho in 2009
| realname = {{nowrap|Héctor Luis Camacho Matías}}
| nickname = Macho
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Super featherweight]]
*[[Lightweight]]
*[[Light welterweight]]
*[[Welterweight]]
*[[Light middleweight]]
*[[Middleweight]]
*[[Super middleweight]]
}}
| height = 5 ft 7 in<ref name=camachostats>''[[HBO Sports]]'' tale of the tape prior to the [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho|Oscar De La Hoya fight]].</ref>
| reach = 67 in<ref name=camachostats/>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]], Puerto Rico
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|11|24|1962|5|24}}
| death_place = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico
| style = [[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]]
| total = 88
| wins = 79
| KO = 38
| losses = 6
| draws = 3
}}

'''Héctor Luís Camacho Matías''' (May 24, 1962 – November 24, 2012), commonly known by his nickname "'''Macho"''', was a Puerto Rican [[professional boxer]]. Known for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style,<ref>{{Cite news | last=Santiago | first=Luis | date=November 20, 2012 | url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/trayectoriadelmachocamacho-1390119.html | title=Trayectoria del 'Macho' Camacho | trans-title=Biography of 'Macho' Camacho | newspaper=[[El Nuevo Día]] | language=es | access-date=November 25, 2012 | archive-date=December 12, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212073336/http://www.elnuevodia.com/trayectoriadelmachocamacho-1390119.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Camacho competed professionally from 1980 to 2010, and was a [[triple champion|world champion in three weight classes]]. He held the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[super featherweight]] title from 1983 to 1984, the WBC [[lightweight]] title from 1985 to 1987, and the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[junior welterweight]] title twice between 1989 and 1992.

In a storied [[amateur boxing|amateur]] career, Camacho won three [[New York Golden Gloves]] tournaments, beginning with the Sub-Novice 112&nbsp;lbs championship in 1978.<ref name=NYDN>{{Cite news | last=Farrell | first=Bill | date=November 15, 2011 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/golden-gloves/1977-1986-article-1.977906#ixzz2D0UmDR3y | title=1977–1986: A New Generation of Champions | newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] | access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> During his professional career, Camacho had many notable fights against some of the biggest names in boxing, defeating [[Rafael Limon]], [[Jose Luis Ramirez]], [[Edwin Rosario]], [[Ray Mancini]], [[Vinny Paz]], [[Greg Haugen]], [[Roberto Durán]] twice late in Duran's career, and knocking out [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]. He also fought [[Julio César Chávez]], [[Félix Trinidad]], and [[Oscar De La Hoya]], among others.

During his later years, Camacho expanded his popular role and appeared on a variety of Spanish-language [[reality television]] shows including [[Univision|Univision's']] dancing show ''[[Mira Quien Baila]]'' and a weekly segment on the popular show ''[[El Gordo y La Flaca]]'', named "Macho News". However, he also had much-publicized troubles with drug abuse and criminal charges. In [https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2901231 2005], was sentenced to seven years in prison for burglarizing a computer store, but the judge suspended six years, allowing him to serve one year under house arrest and two years of probation if monitored by Puerto Rican authorities. He also faced a separate drug charge after ecstasy pills were found in his hotel room. In [http://cbsnews.com/news/drugs-found-where-boxer-macho-camacho-was-shot/ 2011] he was shot at three times by would-be carjackers in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], but was uninjured. In late [https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/7771816/ex-champion-hector-macho-camacho-charged-child-abuse 2012], Camacho was awaiting trial in Florida on charges of physical abuse of one of his sons.

On November 20, 2012, Camacho was shot and seriously wounded while sitting in a car outside a bar in his native [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]; the driver, a childhood friend, was killed in the shooting. Camacho died<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boxer Camacho dies four days after being shot |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2012/11/25/boxer-camacho-dies-four-days-after-being-shot/29136601007/ |website=Herald Tribune}}</ref> four days later; after he was declared clinically brain dead, his mother requested the doctors remove him from life support.<ref name="bigstory.ap.org">{{cite news|title=CAMACHO'S MOTHER SAYS LIFE SUPPORT WILL END |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/somber-vigil-macho-camacho-puerto-rico |agency=Associated Press |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128051254/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/somber-vigil-macho-camacho-puerto-rico |archive-date=November 28, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="CBS News">{{cite web|title=Camacho's mother says life support will end|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/camachos-mother-says-life-support-will-end/|work=CBS News|access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref> After lying in repose for two days in [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]], Camacho's remains were transported to [[New York (state)|New York]] for burial at the request of his mother.

==Early life and amateur career==
Héctor Luís Camacho Matías was born in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]], [[Puerto Rico]], to Héctor Luis Camacho Sr. and his wife María Matías. He was the second youngest of five children, which included a younger brother, [[Felix Camacho (boxer)|Felix]] and sisters Raquel, Estrella, and Esperanza.<ref name="NYT"/> When he was three, his parents separated, and his mother took the children with her to New York City.<ref name="NYT"/> They lived in the [[James Weldon Johnson]] [[housing project]] in [[Spanish Harlem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eldiariony.com/pesar-nueva-york-muerte-macho-camacho|title=Pesar en NY por la muerte del "Macho" Camacho|work=El Diario|author=Acosta, José|language=es|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012|archive-date=January 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107142051/http://www.eldiariony.com/pesar-nueva-york-muerte-macho-camacho|url-status=dead}}</ref> Camacho attended local schools and ran into trouble as a teen, getting into street fights and landing in jail at fifteen. Pat Flannery, a language teacher in high school, helped the youth, teaching him to read and "acting like a father figure".<ref name="NYT"/> When Camacho learned boxing and [[karate]] as a teenager, Flannery guided him to the [[Golden Gloves]] competitions.<ref name="NYT"/> Demonstrating talent as a boxer, Camacho chose that sport as a career.
[[File:Hector Camacho.webp|thumb|Hector Camacho photoshoot ]]
As an amateur, Camacho won three New York [[Golden Gloves Championship]]s. Camacho won the 1978 112&nbsp;lb Sub-Novice Championship, 1979 118&nbsp;lb Open Championship, and 1980 119&nbsp;lb Open Championship.<ref name="Boxing.com">[http://www.boxing.com/camacho.html "Macho" Camacho] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226193834/http://www.boxing.com/camacho.html |date=February 26, 2019 }} - Boxing.com.</ref> In 1979 Camacho defeated Paul DeVorce of the Yonkers Police Athletic League in the finals to win the title, and, in 1980, Camacho defeated Tyrone Jackson in the finals to win the Championship.

In 1980 Camacho won [[Intercity Golden Gloves]],<ref name="Boxing.com" /> defeating Orlando Johnson of Chicago.

Camacho completed his amateur career, having a hundred fights under his belt, with 96 wins, and 4 losses.<ref>[https://www.ringtv.com/176071-remembering-macho-time/ Remembering 'Macho Time'] - [[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]].</ref><ref>[http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/on-this-day-hector-camacho-dies-after-shooting/ On This Day: Hector Camacho dies after shooting] - Boxing News.</ref><ref>[https://www.si.com/vault/1982/09/06/624396/a-hard-driving-macho-man A hard-driving macho man] - [[Sports Illustrated]].</ref>

Camacho's nickname of "Macho" has been explained in various ways. According to his father, he gave him the nickname because he was his youngest son.<ref name="primera" /> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'', his mentor Pat Flannery is the one who gave him the nickname during his teens.<ref name="NYT" /> According to Camacho himself, the nickname came as a result of American co-workers at a factory who couldn't pronounce his last name.<ref>{{cite news |title=De dónde salió lo del Macho|author=Colón, David |newspaper=INdice |date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

===Amateur Highlights===
Camacho's major achievements in the amateur boxing:<ref name="Boxing.com" />
* {{gold1}} 1978 New York Golden Gloves Flyweight Sub-Novice Champion
* {{gold1}} 1979 New York Golden Gloves Bantamweight Open Champion
* {{gold1}} 1979 Intercity Golden Gloves 119-Pound Champion
* {{gold1}} 1980 New York Golden Gloves Bantamweight Open Champion
* {{gold1}} 1980 Intercity Golden Gloves 125-Pound Champion

==Professional career==
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 was so confident that he claimed he could beat world featherweight champions [[Salvador Sánchez]] and [[Eusebio Pedroza]]. However, Sánchez died while Camacho was still coming up in the ranks. In the junior-lightweight division, he defeated the top contenders Irleis ''Cubanito'' Perez, Melvin Paul, John Montes, and Refugio Rojas.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

===Super featherweight===
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When the World Junior Lightweight champion, [[Bobby Chacón]], refused to go to Puerto Rico to defend his title against Camacho, the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) declared the world championship vacant. [[Rafael Limón]], who had been defeated and lost the championship to Chacon, fought Camacho for the vacant title. It was the first time Camacho was in a ring with a former world champion; he scored a knockdown on Limón late in the third round and twice more in the fifth round before the referee stopped it.

Camacho also fought his first defense in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], where he met [[Rafael Solis (boxer)|Rafael Solis]], a fellow [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]]. He knocked out Solis with a right to the chin in round five, and retained the title.

===Lightweight===
Moving up to lightweight, Camacho won the [[United States Boxing Association]] title against Roque Montoya with a twelve-round decision. His victory in the next fight, broadcast on [[Home Box Office]] (HBO), made him a two-time world champion. Camacho beat the [[Mexican people|Mexican]] defending world champion, [[José Luis Ramírez]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] to win the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] world Lightweight championship. Camacho dropped Ramirez in round three and won the fight by a unanimous twelve-round decision.

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. Instead, he beat [[Freddie Roach (boxing)|Freddie Roach]] before his next fight of importance came along, ten months after beating Ramírez.

[[Héctor Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario|He met]] former WBC lightweight champion [[Edwin Rosario]] on June 13, 1986, at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]], a bout also broadcast on HBO. The fight was notable for the shifts of dominance between the men. Camacho dominated rounds one to four, but had to hang on in rounds five, six and seven, when he felt Rosario's power. He came back to take rounds eight and nine, but Rosario came back to take the last three rounds. It was a close fight, but Camacho retained the title by a split decision of the judges.

Camacho retained his title against [[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]], a former world junior lightweight champion, in [[Miami]] in a unanimous decision, after dropping Edwards in the first round.

===Light welterweight===
{{main|Julio César Chávez vs. Héctor Camacho}}
He went up in weight and competed at the next level. After a few fights there, he met [[Ray Mancini|Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini]], the former world lightweight champion who had a record of 29–3 with 23 knockouts, for the vacant [[WBO]] Light Welterweight title. Camacho was the fresher of the two and won a split twelve-round decision. He joined that exclusive group of world champion boxers who have become world champions in three weight divisions.

Camacho's next rival of note was [[Vinny Pazienza]], whom he defeated on points. His next challenger was [[Tony Baltazar]], from [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. He defeated Baltazar by points in a fight televised by HBO. His undefeated streak came to an end, and he lost his world championship to [[Greg Haugen]], the former world Lightweight champion. The referee had deducted one point from Camacho for refusing to touch gloves with Haugen at the start of the 12th round. After the fight, an unidentified substance was found in Haugen's urine, and a rematch was ordered. Camacho regained the title, beating Haugen in a close split decision.

In 1992 in Las Vegas, Camacho met [[Julio César Chávez]], a formidable Mexican champion who was undefeated 81–0. Camacho entered the ring in an outfit based on the Puerto Rican flag; the fight was televised by [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]]'s [[Pay Per View]]. Camacho was later criticized by some in the boxing press{{By whom|date=March 2013}} for his retreating tactics during the fight; Chávez kept pushing the fight and harassed him with hard punches to the body. The bout ended with a victory for Chávez by unanimous decision.

Since 1992 Camacho's notable fights included two victories (by points) over [[Roberto Durán]], (one in [[Atlantic City]], the other in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]). In 1997, he knocked out [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] in five rounds. This loss sent the forty-one-year-old Leonard into permanent retirement, putting an end to his third comeback attempt six years after a loss to [[Terry Norris (boxer)|Terry Norris]] in 1991.

===Welterweight and later career===
{{main|Héctor Camacho vs. Roberto Durán|Roberto Durán vs. Héctor Camacho II}}
Camacho fought for the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship|World Welterweight Championship]] against [[Félix Trinidad]] (1994) and [[Oscar De La Hoya]] (1997), but he lost both matches by unanimous decisions.

On December 5, 2003, Camacho faced Craig Houk. It was an odd fight, as Houk continuously turned his back on Camacho throughout the fight. Camacho had Houk in trouble in the first round before Houk caught an overzealous Camacho with a left hook and floored him, the third knockdown against him in his career. Camacho bounced back up and battered Houk for the remainder of the round. He knocked Houk near the end of the first and eventually won by knockout in round three. He won consecutive unanimous ten-round decisions over Clinton McNeil and Raúl Jorge Muñoz. After that, his boxing career went on hiatus, as he faced criminal charges. He pled guilty to burglary and acknowledged drug abuse, but was given probation.

Camacho returned to boxing on July 18, 2008, competing against Perry Ballard for the World Boxing Empire's Middleweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines/EkEyuVpVZlDmebmyyi.html|title=Camacho stops Ballard| publisher=Fightnews.com|date=July 19, 2008|access-date=August 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730221324/http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/headlines/EkEyuVpVZlDmebmyyi.html|archive-date=July 30, 2008}}</ref> The fight lasted seven rounds. Camacho won when Ballard's corner threw the towel. Before this fight, Camacho was trained by [[Angelo Dundee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefightnetwork.com/print/767/camacho_stops_ballard_in_seven|title=Camacho Stops Ballard in Seven|publisher=[[The Fight Network]]|date=July 20, 2008|access-date=August 2, 2008}}</ref> His last two fights resulted in a draw and a loss, against [[Yori Boy Campas|Luis Ramón Campas]] and Saúl Duran, respectively. His last fight against Duran was on May 14, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=607&cat=boxer|title=Hector Camacho Boxing Record|work=BoxRec|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401034024/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=607&cat=boxer|archive-date=April 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Later years and troubles==
===2005 burglary===
On January 6, 2005, Camacho was arrested by police in [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]], [[Mississippi]] on charges of trying to burglarize an electronic goods store and carrying the drug [[ecstasy (drug)|ecstasy]] on him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/actualidad/arrestado-por-robo-el-macho-camacho/20050107/nota/138032.aspx |title=Arrestado por robo el Macho Camacho |work=Caracol Radio |language=es |date=January 7, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107141714/http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/actualidad/arrestado-por-robo-el-macho-camacho/20050107/nota/138032.aspx |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2007, he pleaded guilty to being [[Substance intoxication|under the influence]] at the time of the burglary. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison, but a judge eventually suspended all but one year of the sentence and gave Camacho [[probation]]. He served two weeks in jail after violating that probation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/problemasdemachocamachoconlaley-1390124.html|title=Problemas de Macho Camacho con la ley|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Pillot, Víctor|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127184250/http://www.elnuevodia.com/problemasdemachocamachoconlaley-1390124.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2011 shooting===
On February 12, 2011, Camacho was attacked near the Luis Lloréns Torres housing project in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. Camacho said he was taking a friend to a nearby bar when two men approached his vehicle (a 2005 [[BMW X5]]) and tried to [[Carjacking|carjack]] him. When he tried to drive away, they shot at him three times.  He said that since "everybody loves me," he didn't think the men had realized who he was. He did not file a police report.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/tiroteadomachocamachoenel2011-1390645.html|title=Tiroteado Macho Camacho en el 2011|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Maldonado, Sugaily|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127181537/http://www.elnuevodia.com/tiroteadomachocamachoenel2011-1390645.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==2012 shooting and death==
On November 20, 2012, around 7 p.m. [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]], Camacho was shot once in the jaw while sitting in a car, on [[Puerto Rico Highway 167]], in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]. Camacho, 50, was seated in the passenger seat of a friend's [[Ford Mustang]] when he was shot by unknown individuals from a passing SUV. The driver of the car, Adrian Mojica Moreno,<ref name=CBS/> Camacho's childhood friend, was killed in the attack. Camacho was taken to San Pablo Hospital in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]], where he was reported to be in critical condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/gravehectorelmachocamachotrassertiroteadoenbayamon-725211.html|title=Grave Héctor "El Macho" Camacho tras ser tiroteado en Bayamón|author=Javier Colón Dávila and Michelle Estrada Torres|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|language=es|date=November 20, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127171753/http://www.primerahora.com/gravehectorelmachocamachotrassertiroteadoenbayamon-725211.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Police said a chase took place and that the vehicle from which the shots were fired was found in the area of [[Public housing in Puerto Rico|Jardines de Cataño]]. There were conflicting media reports, with an early claim that police arrested a suspect around 9 p.m. AST.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hector Camacho shot|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/hector-macho-camacho-shot-puerto-rico-friend-killed-112012|work=Fox Sports|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hector "Macho" Camacho Shot & In Critical Condition |url=http://gullypost.com/wtf/hector-macho-camacho-shot-in-critical-condition/|publisher=Gully Post|access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> Police investigating the incident said they found nine bags of [[cocaine]] in the car.<ref name=CBS>{{cite web|title=Drugs found where boxer "Macho" Camacho was shot|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drugs-found-where-boxer-macho-camacho-was-shot/|work=CBS News|access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

The bullet pierced Camacho's left [[human mandible|mandible]] and fractured his fifth and sixth [[cervical vertebra]]e, lodging in his right shoulder and forming a lesion on his [[carotid artery]] that restricted blood flow to his brain.<ref name="desconectado">{{Cite web|url=https://lta.reuters.com/articulo/deportes-boxeo-camacho-muerte-idLTASIE8AN01Q20121124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014105746/https://lta.reuters.com/articulo/deportes-boxeo-camacho-muerte-idLTASIE8AN01Q20121124|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-10-14|title=Muere boxeador puertorriqueño Héctor Macho Camacho - Reuters|website=lta.reuters.com}}</ref> At one point doctors announced Camacho was expected to survive but might be paralyzed,<ref>{{cite web|title=Hector 'Macho' Camacho shot|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8658399/hector-macho-camacho-shot-expected-survive|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> but after he suffered a [[cardiac arrest]] during the night, doctors said they could find only minimal brain activity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/estaeslapeleamasduraenlavidademachocamacho-1390591.html|title=Ésta es la pelea más dura en la vida de Macho Camacho|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Sánchez Fournier, José|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127174713/http://www.elnuevodia.com/estaeslapeleamasduraenlavidademachocamacho-1390591.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The morning after the shooting, Rafael Rodríguez Mercado, director of the Medical Sciences Campus, reported to ''[[El Nuevo Día]]'' that Camacho was brain stem dead. "His full recovery would be a miracle; medically there is nothing more that can be done," stated Rodríguez Mercado.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/machocamachotienemuertecerebral-1390591.html|title=Macho Camacho tiene muerte cerebral|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Sánchez Fournier, José|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127174951/http://www.elnuevodia.com/machocamachotienemuertecerebral-1390591.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was confirmed the next morning by Ernesto Torres, director of the hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/doctor-puerto-rico-boxer-camacho-brain-dead |title=Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead |agency=Associated Press |date=November 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125055157/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/doctor-puerto-rico-boxer-camacho-brain-dead |archive-date=November 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Camacho's mother Maria Matias announced on November 23 plans to have her son taken off life support once his three remaining sons arrived in Puerto Rico to be with him.<ref name="COTO AP">{{Cite news | last=Coto | first=Danica | date=November 24, 2012 | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjuEpe655s2QQ7UHNjYZ7LlStOVg?docId=db66fb603b8f4ef0a2d880f375881f34 | title=End Nears for Shot Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho | agency=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=November 25, 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Héctor Camacho was officially declared dead after a heart attack the following day.<ref name="bigstory.ap.org"/><ref name="CBS News"/> It was not possible for any of his organs to be donated to recipients because of the time that had passed between him being found clinically brain dead and when his heart stopped.<ref name="desconectado"/>

He was survived by his parents, his sons, two grandsons, his brother Félix<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/sports/hector-camacho-50-boxer-who-lived-dangerously-dies.html BRUCE WEBER, "Hector Camacho, 50, Boxer Who Lived Dangerously, Dies"], ''New York Times'', November 24, 2012</ref> and his sisters Raquel, Estrella and Esperanza.<ref name=primera>{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/supadreprefiererecordarloporsuslocurasyalegria-725804.html|title=Su padre prefiere recordarlo por sus locuras y alegría|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|author=Marrero, Rosita|language=es|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032927/http://www.primerahora.com/supadreprefiererecordarloporsuslocurasyalegria-725804.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  His oldest son, Hector Camacho Jr., said violence had overtaken Puerto Rico. "Death, jail, drugs, killings," he said. "That's what the streets are now."<ref name="COTO AP"/>
Puerto Rico's former governor, [[Luis Fortuno]], said "'Macho' will always be remembered for his spontaneity and charisma in and out of the ring."<ref name="COTO AP"/> Puerto Rican governor-elect, [[Alejandro Garcia Padilla]], said Camacho had "united the country"; "We celebrated his triumphs in the streets and we applauded him with noble sportsmanship when he didn't prevail."<ref name="COTO AP"/>  Asked how he wished his son to be remembered, his father said for his clowning around and that he was a happy person, that he had revolutionized boxing by how he was dressed upon entering the ring.<ref name=primera/>

===Funeral and burial===
After Camacho's death, his mother, María Matías, expressed the wish for her son to be buried in [[New York City]], where he had grown up and started his fighting career. Camacho's son [[Héctor Camacho Jr.]] thought he should be buried in Puerto Rico, but agreed to his grandmother's and aunts' wishes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/sepeliodemachocamachoseriaennuevayork-1394056.html|title=Sepelio de Macho Camacho sería en Nueva York|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|date=November 26, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=November 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129070606/http://www.elnuevodia.com/sepeliodemachocamachoseriaennuevayork-1394056.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Before being taken to the mainland United States, Camacho's body [[lying in repose|lay in state]] at the [[Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation]] in [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]]. During the two days Camacho's body was on viewing, hundreds of people visited the facilities to pay tribute to the fighter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/11/28/1353016/puerto-rico-despide-a-macho-camacho.html |title=Puerto Rico despide a Macho Camacho |work=El Nuevo Herald |author=Coto, Danica |date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130084150/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/11/28/1353016/puerto-rico-despide-a-macho-camacho.html |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Dozens of retired and active boxers from Puerto Rico and abroad were among those who participated in the funeral services. Among them were [[Félix Trinidad|Félix "Tito" Trinidad]], [[Wilfred Benítez]], [[Wilfredo Gómez]], [[John John Molina]], [[Samuel Serrano]], [[Román Martínez (boxer)|Román "Rocky" Martínez]], [[Juan Manuel López (boxer)|Juan Manuel López]], [[Nelson Dieppa]], [[Alex Sánchez (boxer)|Alex "El Nene" Sánchez]], [[Julian Solís]], [[Manny Siaca]], and the brothers [[McWilliams Arroyo|McWilliams]] and [[McJoe Arroyo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/11/27/1352567/velatorio-del-ex-campeon-mundial.html#storylink=cpy|title=Velatorio del ex campeón mundial de boxeo Hector "Macho" Camacho|work=El Nuevo Herald|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130022323/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/11/27/1352567/velatorio-del-ex-campeon-mundial.html#storylink=cpy|archive-date=November 30, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Trinidad was outspoken in praise for his former rival, saying Camacho "put Puerto Rico's flag up high, with a lot of pride like many other champions have done. He was very loved. You can see how everybody has suffered the loss of this great human being, a great champion."<ref name="Tito"/> Trinidad regretted the circumstances of the fatal shooting.<ref name="Tito">{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/titotrinidadlamentamuertedemachocamacho-727021.html|title=Tito Trinidad lamenta la muerte de Macho Camacho|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|date=November 27, 2012|author=Ortega, Melissa|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=November 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130013141/http://www.primerahora.com/titotrinidadlamentamuertedemachocamacho-727021.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Camacho's body was flown to New York City on November 29 and presented at Elcock Funeral Home in [[Queens]]. On Friday, his body was taken to Saint Cecilia's Church in Manhattan for a religious service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/nuevayorkrecibeasuhijodecrianzamachocamacho-729102.html|title=Nueva York recibe a su hijo de crianza Macho Camacho|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|author=González, Carlos|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=December 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202185746/http://www.primerahora.com/nuevayorkrecibeasuhijodecrianzamachocamacho-729102.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Camacho was buried on December 1 in [[Saint Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx|Saint Raymond's Cemetery]] in [[the Bronx]]. Before the burial, a parade was held in Camacho's honor in East Harlem. Two white horses pulled a hearse carriage up First Avenue surrounded by fans, friends and family of the late boxer. Camacho's casket was draped in a Puerto Rican flag. After a visitation and mass at St. Cecilia's Church on East 106th Street on November 30 and December 1, Camacho was buried on the afternoon of December 1, 2012, in [[Saint Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx]] in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx.<ref name="funeral">{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/segundodiadeactosfunebresdemachocamacho-1395993.html|title=Segundo día de actos funebres de Macho Camacho|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|date=November 28, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108072221/http://www.elnuevodia.com/segundodiadeactosfunebresdemachocamacho-1395993.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Aftermath and investigation===
Almost ten years later, on March 9, 2022, the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico arrested five suspects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Causa para arresto contra sospechosos del asesinato de Héctor "Macho" Camacho |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/notas/causa-para-arresto-contra-sospechosos-del-asesinato-de-hector-macho-camacho/ |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es |date=9 March 2022}}</ref> William Rodríguez Rodríguez, Luis Ayala García, and Joshua Méndez Romero were serving federal sentences for unrelated crimes, and were flown in from Florida as part of what police called "Operation Knockout." The fourth suspect, Jesús Naranjo Adorno, was arrested in morning hours in the same city where Camacho was killed, and the fifth suspect, Juan Luis Figueroa Rivera, remains in prison in Puerto Rico for an unrelated case. Authorities also stated that two other suspects were killed in 2013 and 2015, in unrelated events.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 suspects arrested a decade after killing of iconic boxer Héctor "Macho" Camacho |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hector-macho-camacho-killing-5-suspects-arrested-puerto-rico/ |website=CNN |language=en |date=10 March 2022}}</ref>

==Legacy and honors==
Several sports journalists, analysts, and experts from Puerto Rico and United States have praised Camacho's skills and influence in the boxing world. The journalist [[Rafael Bracero]] and Francisco Valcárcel, president of the [[World Boxing Organization]], agreed that Camacho was among the "Top 5 Puerto Rican boxers" of all time, along with [[Félix Trinidad|Félix "Tito" Trinidad]], [[Wilfredo Gómez]], and [[Wilfred Benítez]]. The boxing historian, [[Mario Rivera Martinó]], praised Camacho, calling him a "complete fighter" in the Lightweight division. [[José Sulaimán]] stated that he "revolutionized boxing during his time".{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

Ed Brophy, director of the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]], noted Camacho's talents in attracting an audience. He said, "Camacho brought a lot of excitement to boxing. He was bright, colorful, and always gave something to talk about with his walks to the ring, with his unique style of entering, and the costumes he wore." Brophy also praised Camacho's boxing skills, describing him as "an exciting fighter, and one of the greats. He faced the best, going up and down several divisions."<ref name="Sanchez">{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/entreleyendasmachocamacho-1393099.html|title=Entre leyendas Macho Camacho|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Sánchez, José A.|date=November 25, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128052512/http://www.elnuevodia.com/entreleyendasmachocamacho-1393099.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alfredo R. Martínez, senior editor of [[ESPN Deportes]], also noted Camacho's flamboyant approach, saying that "if he wasn't the first, he was one of the firsts that entered the ring with extravagant costumes, feather crests, bright clothes, everything to the rhythm of some pop song".<ref name="Sanchez"/>

Hiram Martínez, senior editor of ESPN Deportes, said about Camacho's training:

<blockquote>he transforms into a hungry, focused, and dedicated boxer, that works hours and hours polishing his speed, his wit, and the style that turned him into one of the greats of all time. That's the only way you can explain why all those great hitters he faced during the best moments of his career never knocked him down.<ref name="recuerdos"/></blockquote>

Jaime Vega-Curry (deputy editor of ESPN Deportes), said Camacho was "a character that combined a contagious charisma, impressive boxing quality, a child's soul, a salesman's shrewdness, and a superlative confidence on himself and in the force of his 'Macho Time'"<ref name="recuerdos">{{cite news|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1664745&s=box&type=story|title=Recuerdos sobre 'Macho' Camacho|work=[[ESPN Deportes]]|date=November 24, 2012}}</ref>

Brophy noted Camacho would be eligible for the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in December 2015. He added that "Camacho is part of boxing history, and that's what the International Boxing Hall of Fame is about."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elnuevodia.com/conunsitialenelsalondelafama-1393773.html|title=Con un sitial en el Salón de la Fama|work=[[El Nuevo Día]]|author=Sánchez, José A.|date=November 26, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=November 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129074026/http://www.elnuevodia.com/conunsitialenelsalondelafama-1393773.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Camacho, along with [[Lupe Pintor]] and [[Hilario Zapata]], among others, was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in December 2015 and was inducted in June 2016.<ref>[http://www.oneidadispatch.com/sports/20151216/hector-macho-camacho-highlights-international-boxing-hall-of-fames-class-of-2016 Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho highlights International Boxing Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016]. Oneidadispatch.com (2015-12-16). Retrieved on 2017-07-14.</ref>

Noted boxing biographer [[Christian Giudice]] wrote a book about Camacho's life titled ''Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho'', which was released on October 20, 2020, by [[Hamilcar Publications]].<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1949590135|title = Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho|last1 = Giudice|first1 = Christian|date = May 28, 2020| publisher=Hannibal Boxing Media LLC }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho {{!}} Hamilcar Publications|url=https://hamilcarpubs.com/books/macho-time-the-meteoric-rise-and-tragic-fall-of-hector-camacho/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=hamilcarpubs.com}}</ref>

Hector's fiancée, Shelly Salemassi, published a book of their real life story called The Lady and the Ten Time World Champ, Going The Distance With Hector Macho Camacho, which was released on December 1, 2021, by Page Publishing. {{ISBN|9781662434150}}

==Marriage and family==
Camacho had four sons, his oldest from an early relationship and three from his marriage.<ref name="Madre">{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/madredemachocamachovienedecaminoparaestarjuntoasuhijo-725311.html|title=Madre de Macho Camacho viene de camino para estar junto a su hijo|work=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128042219/http://www.primerahora.com/madredemachocamachovienedecaminoparaestarjuntoasuhijo-725311.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His eldest son, [[Héctor Camacho Jr.|Héctor "Machito" Camacho Jr.]] (born 1978 in New York, when Camacho was 16), also became a professional boxer and has won a championship.

Camacho married Amy Torres in 1991, and they had three sons: Justin (born December 1, 1989), Christian (born 1992), and Tyler Camacho (born 1998). (The ''New York Times'' reports the youngest son's name as "Taylor".<ref name="NYT"/>) In 1998 she obtained a restraining order against Camacho, alleging he had threatened her and one of their sons.<ref name="AP2012">[http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/11/ex-boxer_macho_camacho_dies_fo.html "Ex-boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies four days after shooting"], AP, ''Cleveland.com'', November 24, 2012, accessed November 29, 2012</ref> They divorced in 2001.<ref name="familia">{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/exesposademachocamachoesperaelcuerpoennuevayork-727202.html|title=Ex-esposa de Macho Camacho espera el cuerpo en Nueva York|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|author=Tirado, Frances|date=November 28, 2012|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=December 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201071349/http://www.primerahora.com/exesposademachocamachoesperaelcuerpoennuevayork-727202.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2011, his ex-wife Amy Camacho and at least one son were living in [[Orange County, Florida]] when an argument between the boxer and his ex-wife caused neighbors to become alarmed and call police.<ref name="Tolomeo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/report-boxing-champ-hector-macho-camacho-charged-child-abuse-2011-incident-son-article-1.1055246|title=Report: Former boxing champ Hector 'Macho' Camacho charged with child abuse following 2011 incident with son |last=Clayton|first=Andy|work=New York Daily News|date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> His youngest son, Tyler, is also a boxer, as was his brother, [[Felix Camacho (boxer)|Felix Camacho]].

Together for 15 years, Hector was engaged to Shelly Salemassi. In 2003, The Press and Guide of [[Dearborn, Michigan]] printed an engagement notice between Camacho and Shelly Salemassi, along with a photograph of the couple.<ref name="p&g">"Engagements", ''Press & Guide'', Dearborn, Michigan, 16 January 2003, p 4-B</ref>  Although they never married, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported she was the only one of his former significant others to fly to Camacho's New York funeral.<ref name="NY Post">{{cite web|title='Macho' Camacho's devastated mother collapses as slain boxing champ son laid to rest|first=Erin|last=Calabrese|date=December 1, 2012|url=https://nypost.com/2012/12/01/macho-camachos-devastated-mother-collapses-as-slain-boxing-champ-son-laid-to-rest/|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>

==Popular influence==
During the peak of his career, Camacho became an icon in popular culture.<ref name="Macho Time 101">{{cite web|url=http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133618/macho-time-101-camacho-el-boxeo-y-puerto-rico.html|title='Macho Time 101': Camacho, el boxeo y Puerto Rico|author=Hermes Ayala|publisher=Noticel.com|language=es|date=November 22, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=November 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130130700/http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133618/macho-time-101-camacho-el-boxeo-y-puerto-rico.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He first appeared on Telemundo's ''Super Sábados'', where he joined a musical sketch, "Macho Time", named after his catchphrase.<ref name="Macho Time 101"/> In 1976, the novel [[:es:La_guaracha_del_Macho_Camacho|''La guaracha del Macho Camacho'' by Luis Rafael Sánchez]] was published. The novel is a snapshot of every day life in Puerto Rico in the 70's and though Camacho is not a character ''per se'', his presence is felt throughout as a symbol of the Puerto Rican identity of the time. During the 1990s, Camacho appeared in episodes of ''El Show del Mediodía'', performing staged fights with [[Melwin Cedeño]]'s character, [[Chevy, el Ponzoñú]].<ref name="Macho Time 101"/>

In 1992, Camacho invited Cedeño to sing a version with him of ''[[La Borinqueña]]'' before a fight, together with Pedro Guzmán, a fellow comedian/musician. The trio's publicity stunt drew strong criticism at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133726/chevy-y-king-cabra-con-la-borinquena-junto-al-macho-en-las-vegas-video.html|title='Chevy' y 'King Cabra' con 'La Borinqueña' junto al 'Macho' en Las Vegas (vídeo)|publisher=Noticel.com|language=es|date=November 25, 2012|access-date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=April 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408124635/http://www.noticel.com/noticia/133726/chevy-y-king-cabra-con-la-borinquena-junto-al-macho-en-las-vegas-video.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Camacho also appeared in the sitcom, ''[[The Wayans Bros.]],'' portraying Manuel "Hot Pepper" López. He staged a fight against the main character, Marlon "Suckerpunch" Williams ([[Marlon Wayans]]).<ref name="Macho Time 101"/>

Due to his prominence, Camacho became the subject of cultural references in television, music and literature. [[Harry Mullan]] devoted a chapter to him, titled "It's Macho Time," in his ''The Book of Boxing Quotations'' (1988).<ref name="Macho Time 101"/> In a 2003 episode of ''[[King of the Hill]],'' titled "Boxing Luanne", the titular character [[Hank Hill]] remarks "Oh, I get it. A little flash… Like Héctor "Macho" Camacho". after placing tassels in the boxing outfit of [[Luanne Platter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livedash.com/transcript/king_of_the_hill-(boxing_luanne)/4590/TOONP/Friday_October_15_2010/477650/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128214516/http://www.livedash.com/transcript/king_of_the_hill-(boxing_luanne)/4590/TOONP/Friday_October_15_2010/477650/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |title=King of the Hill – Boxing Luanne: Transcript |publisher=LiveDash.com |access-date=November 27, 2012 }}</ref> Rapper [[Lil Wayne]] referred to Camacho and the professional wrestler "Macho Man" [[Randy Savage]] in his 2008 single, "[[Mr. Carter]]".

Following retirement, Camacho expanded his role as a television personality. In 2010, he took part in ''¡[[Mira quién baila (American TV series)|Mira Quien Baila]]!'', a [[reality show]] that is the American/Spanish-Speaking version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/famosos|title=Famosos|website=Univision}}</ref> He was the first to be eliminated from the competition. Camacho later joined the Univision entertainment news program ''[[El Gordo y La Flaca]]'' as a ''Mira Quien Baila'' critic and entertainment world newscaster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zayzay.com/news/hector-macho-camacho-joins-el-gordo-y-la-flaca-show/|title=Hector 'Macho' Camacho Joins 'El Gordo Y La Flaca' Show|date=January 16, 2012|website=Zay Zay. Com}}</ref> In March 2012, Camacho starred on a [[dating game show]] titled ''It's Macho Time,'' where women competed to be his "girlfriend".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/nota-619056|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131194728/http://www.primerahora.com/nota-619056|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=Héctor "Macho" Camacho busca novia en programa a transmitirse por canal de YouTube|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|language=es|date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> Currently a written biography is being assembled by Emil "Rocco" Filerino, a lifelong friend and personal manager. Another biography, "Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho", by writer [[Christian Giudice]], was published on October 20, 2020.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho|first1=Christian|last1=Giudice|first2=Carlos|last2=Acevedo|date=October 20, 2020|publisher=Hannibal Boxing Media LLC |isbn=978-1949590135}}</ref> In addition to those books, his son Hector Camacho Jr. wrote a collaboration with author Dustin Warburton and illustrator Dan Monroe, a comic book named "Macho Dad" in which Camacho is portrayed as a son-carrying, Puerto Rican flag-wearing superhero. Macho Dad was released on September 1, 2014.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0996037433|title = Macho Dad|last1 = Camacho Jr.|first1 = Hector |last2 = Warburton|first2 = Dustin|year = 2014| publisher=PencilWerk Press }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Macho+dad.-a0406993852|title = Macho dad}}</ref>
Hector's fiancée, Shelly Salemassi, published a book of their real life story called "The Lady and the Ten Time World Champ, Going The Distance With Hector Macho Camacho", which was released on December 1, 2021, by Page Publishing ({{ISBN|9781662434150}}).

==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|draws=3
|ko-wins=38
|dec-wins=41
|dec-losses=6
}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|88
|{{no2}}Loss
|{{nowrap|79–6–3}}
|style="text-align:left;"|Saúl Duran
|UD
|10
|May 14, 2010
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Kissimmee Civic Center|Civic Center]], Kissimmee, Florida, U.S.}}
|
|-
|87
|{{draw}}Draw
|79–5–3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Yori Boy Campas]]
|{{abbr|SD|Split draw}}
|8
|May 9, 2009
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[DoubleTree]], [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|86
|{{yes2}}Win
|79–5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Perry Ballard
|TKO
|7 (12), {{small|0:27}}
|Jul 18, 2008
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Reliant Arena]], [[Houston]], Texas, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant [[list of boxing organizations#All List|WBE (WPBF)]] middleweight title}}
|-
|85
|{{yes2}}Win
|78–5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Raul Munoz
|UD
|10
|Jul 9, 2005
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Tucson Convention Center|Convention Center]], [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|84
|{{yes2}}Win
|77–5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Clint McNeil
|UD
|10
|Jul 3, 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Beau Rivage (Mississippi)|Beau Rivage]], [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|83
|{{yes2}}Win
|76–5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Craig Houk
|TKO
|3 (10), {{small|0:25}}
|Dec 5, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Seminole Casino Immokalee|Seminole Casino]], [[Immokalee, Florida]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|82
|{{no2}}Loss
|75–5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Chris Walsh
|{{abbr|TD|Technical decision}}
|6 (10), {{small|3:00}}
|Apr 18, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[RBC Center]], [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Split TD after a cut}}
|-
|81
|{{yes2}}Win
|75–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Otilio Villarreal
|TKO
|9 (10)
|Jan 18, 2003
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Osceola County Stadium]], [[Kissimmee, Florida]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|80
|{{yes2}}Win
|74–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Roberto Durán]]
|UD
|12
|[[Roberto Durán vs. Héctor Camacho II|Jul 14, 2001]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Pepsi Center]], [[Denver, Colorado]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won NBA [[super middleweight]] title}}
|-
|79
|{{yes2}}Win
|73–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Troy Lowry
|UD
|10
|Feb 3, 2001
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Club Level, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.}}
|
|-
|78
|{{yes2}}Win
|72–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Tim Bryan
|TKO
|5 (10)
|Jun 16, 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Casino Rama|Casino]], [[Chippewas, Ontario]], Canada}}
|
|-
|77
|{{yes2}}Win
|71–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Billy Fox
|UD
|10
|Jun 9, 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|76
|{{yes2}}Win
|70–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Bobby Elkins
|TKO
|5 (10)
|Apr 8, 2000
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Joe Louis Arena]], [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|75
|{{draw}}Draw
|69–4–2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jorge Vaca]]
|TD
|3 (12)
|Nov 27, 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]], Puerto Rico}}
|
|-
|74
|{{yes2}}Win
|69–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Manuel Esparza
|TKO
|5 (10), {{small|1:55}}
|Oct 21, 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Hilton, Washington, D.C., U.S.}}
|
|-
|73
|{{yes2}}Win
|68–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Patrick Goossen
|UD
|10
|Jun 18, 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Struthers Fieldhouse|Field House]], [[Struthers, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|72
|{{yes2}}Win
|67–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Scott Smith
|UD
|10
|Mar 19, 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|71
|{{yes2}}Win
|66–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Ken Sigurani
|SD
|10
|Oct 23, 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, New Cumberland, West Virginia, U.S.}}
|
|-
|70
|{{yes2}}Win
|65–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Tony Menefee
|UD
|12
|Aug 11, 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Miccosukee Resort & Gaming]], [[Miami]], Florida, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant IBC [[light middleweight]] title}}
|-
|69
|{{yes2}}Win
|64–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Tommy Small
|TKO
|6 (10)
|Jun 12, 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Turning Stone Resort Casino]], [[Verona, New York]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|68
|{{no2}}Loss
|63–4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Oscar De La Hoya]]
|UD
|12
|[[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho|Sep 13, 1997]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Boardwalk Hall]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For [[list of WBC world champions#Welterweight|WBC welterweight title]]}}
|-
|67
|{{yes2}}Win
|63–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sugar Ray Leonard]]
|TKO
|5 (12), {{small|1:08}}
|[[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Héctor Camacho|Mar 1, 1997]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained IBC middleweight title}}
|-
|66
|{{yes2}}Win
|62–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Heath Todd
|TKO
|6 (10), {{small|2:37}}
|Oct 1, 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[War Memorial Auditorium (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)|War Memorial Auditorium]], Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.}}
|
|-
|65
|{{yes2}}Win
|61–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Arturo Nina
|UD
|10
|Aug 20, 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Paramount Theater (Madison Square Garden)|Paramount Theater]], New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|64
|{{yes2}}Win
|60–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Craig Houk
|TKO
|2 (10), {{small|2:12}}
|[[Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota|Jul 11, 1996]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|63
|{{yes2}}Win
|59–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Roberto Durán]]
|UD
|12
|[[Héctor Camacho vs. Roberto Durán|Jun 22, 1996]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Etess Arena]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant IBC [[middleweight]] title}}
|-
|62
|{{yes2}}Win
|58–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Wilbur Garst
|TKO
|7 (10), {{small|2:27}}
|Apr 11, 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.}}
|
|-
|61
|{{draw}}Draw
|57–3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Sal Lopez
|{{abbr|TD|Technical draw}}
|2 (12), {{small|1:52}}
|Jan 16, 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[War Memorial Auditorium (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)|War Memorial Auditorium]], Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained IBC welterweight title}}
|-
|60
|{{yes2}}Win
|57–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Lonnie Horn
|TKO
|6 (10), {{small|2:35}}
|Dec 9, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[The MARK of the Quad Cities]], [[Moline, Illinois]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|59
|{{yes2}}Win
|56–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Danny Chavez
|UD
|10
|Nov 7, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort]], [[New Cumberland, West Virginia]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|58
|{{yes2}}Win
|55–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Richie Hess
|TKO
|4 (10), {{small|2:59}}
|Oct 11, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Washington Hilton|Hilton]], [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|57
|{{yes2}}Win
|54–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Tony Rodriguez
|UD
|10
|Sep 28, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Grand Olympic Auditorium]], [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|56
|{{yes2}}Win
|53–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Gary Kirkland
|TKO
|9 (12), {{small|2:39}}
|Aug 6, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained IBC welterweight title}}
|-
|55
|{{yes2}}Win
|52–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Juan Arroyo
|RTD
|6 (10), {{small|3:00}}
|Jun 27, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[War Memorial Auditorium (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)|War Memorial Auditorium]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|54
|{{yes2}}Win
|51–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Homer Gibbins
|UD
|12
|[[Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer|May 20, 1995]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained IBC welterweight title}}
|-
|53
|{{yes2}}Win
|50–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Verdell Smith
|UD
|10
|Mar 29, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Myrl H. Shoemaker Center]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|52
|{{yes2}}Win
|49–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Luis Maysonet
|{{abbr|RTD|Corner retirement}}
|7 (10), {{small|3:00}}
|Feb 28, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Foxwoods Resort Casino]], [[Ledyard, Connecticut]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|51
|{{yes2}}Win
|48–3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Todd Foster]]
|TKO
|5 (12), {{small|1:45}}
|Jan 14, 1995
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant [[International Boxing Council|IBC]] welterweight title}}
|-
|50
|{{yes2}}Win
|47–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Rusty Derouen
|TKO
|4 (10), {{small|2:31}}
|Nov 15, 1994
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Erie Civic Center|Civic Center]], [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|49
|{{yes2}}Win
|46–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Pat Lawlor
|UD
|10
|Sep 27, 1994
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.}}
|
|-
|48
|{{yes2}}Win
|45–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Craig Snyder
|UD
|10
|Jun 9, 1994
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Rosemont Horizon|Horizon]], [[Rosemont, Illinois]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|47
|{{yes2}}Win
|44–3
|style="text-align:left;"|Franco DiOrio
|UD
|10
|May 3, 1994
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Casino Magic Bay St. Louis|Casino Magic]], [[Bay St. Louis, Mississippi]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|46
|{{no2}}Loss
|43–3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Félix Trinidad]]
|UD
|12
|[[Félix Trinidad vs. Héctor Camacho|Jan 29, 1994]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[MGM Grand Garden Arena]], Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For [[list of IBF world champions#Welterweight|IBF welterweight title]]}}
|-
|45
|{{yes2}}Win
|43–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Lee Fortune
|TKO
|1 (10), {{small|1:22}}
|Dec 18, 1993
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]], [[Puebla City|Puebla]], Mexico}}
|
|-
|44
|{{yes2}}Win
|42–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Tom Alexander
|TKO
|7 (10)
|Jun 19, 1993
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[San Diego Sports Arena|Sports Arena]], [[San Diego]], California, U.S.}}
|
|-
|43
|{{yes2}}Win
|41–2
|style="text-align:left;"|Eric Podolak
|TKO
|5 (10), {{small|0:26}}
|[[Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker|May 8, 1993]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|
|-
|42
|{{no2}}Loss
|40–2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Julio César Chávez]]
|UD
|12
|[[Julio César Chávez vs. Héctor Camacho|Sep 12, 1992]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Thomas & Mack Center]], Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For [[list of WBC world champions#Super lightweight|WBC light welterweight title]]}}
|-
|41
|{{yes2}}Win
|40–1
|style="text-align:left;"|Eddie VanKirk
|TKO
|4 (10), {{small|1:03}}
|Aug 1, 1991
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Las Vegas Hilton]], Winchester, Nevada, U.S.}}
|
|-
|40
|{{yes2}}Win
|39–1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Greg Haugen]]
|SD
|12
|May 18, 1991
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Reno-Sparks Convention Center|Convention Center]], Reno, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won WBO light welterweight title}}
|-
|39
|{{no2}}Loss
|38–1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Greg Haugen]]
|SD
|12
|Feb 23, 1991
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Caesars Palace]], [[Paradise, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Lost WBO light welterweight title}}
|-
|38
|{{yes2}}Win
|38–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tony Baltazar]]
|UD
|12
|Aug 11, 1990
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Caesars Tahoe]], [[Stateline, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBO light welterweight title}}
|-
|37
|{{yes2}}Win
|37–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Vinny Pazienza]]
|UD
|12
|Feb 3, 1990
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBO light welterweight title}}
|-
|36
|{{yes2}}Win
|36–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Raul Torres
|UD
|10
|[[Evander Holyfield vs. Alex Stewart|Nov 4, 1989]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|35
|{{yes2}}Win
|35–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Tommy Hanks
|UD
|10
|Jul 17, 1989
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|34
|{{yes2}}Win
|34–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ray Mancini]]
|SD
|12
|Mar 6, 1989
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Lawlor Events Center]], [[Reno, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won inaugural [[list of WBO world champions#Junior welterweight|WBO light welterweight title]]}}
|-
|33
|{{yes2}}Win
|33–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Rick Souce
|TKO
|4 (10), {{small|1:50}}
|Oct 22, 1988
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]], Puerto Rico}}
|
|-
|32
|{{yes2}}Win
|32–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Reyes Antonio Cruz
|UD
|10
|Jun 25, 1988
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[TropWorld Resort]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|31
|{{yes2}}Win
|31–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Howard Davis Jr.]]
|UD
|10
|May 2, 1987
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Boardwalk Hall|Convention Hall]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|30
|{{yes2}}Win
|30–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]]
|UD
|12
|Sep 26, 1986
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Abel Holtz Stadium, [[Miami Beach, Florida]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC lightweight title}}
|-
|29
|{{yes2}}Win
|29–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Edwin Rosario]]
|{{abbr|SD|Split decision}}
|12
|[[Héctor Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario|Jun 13, 1986]]
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC lightweight title}}
|-
|28
|{{yes2}}Win
|28–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Freddie Roach (boxing)|Freddie Roach]]
|UD
|10
|Dec 18, 1985
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[ARCO Arena (1985)|ARCO Arena]], [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|27
|{{yes2}}Win
|27–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[José Luis Ramírez]]
|UD
|12
|Aug 10, 1985
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Riviera (hotel and casino)|Riviera]], [[Winchester, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won [[list of WBC world champions#Lightweight|WBC lightweight title]]}}
|-
|26
|{{yes2}}Win
|26–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Roque Montoya
|UD
|12
|Apr 29, 1985
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium|Memorial Auditorium]], [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant NABF [[lightweight]] title}}
|-
|25
|{{yes2}}Win
|25–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Louis Burke
|TKO
|5 (10), {{small|3:00}}
|Jan 19, 1985
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Harrah's at Trump Plaza]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|24
|{{yes2}}Win
|24–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Rafael Williams
|TKO
|7 (10), {{small|2:19}}
|May 20, 1984
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Memorial Coliseum (Corpus Christi)|Memorial Coliseum]], [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|23
|{{yes2}}Win
|23–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Rafael Solis (boxer)|Rafael Solis]]
|KO
|5 (12), {{small|2:02}}
|Nov 18, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Roberto Clemente Coliseum]], San Juan, Puerto Rico}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC super featherweight title}}
|-
|22
|{{yes2}}Win
|22–0
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Rafael Limón]]
|TKO
|5 (12), {{small|2:52}}
|Aug 7, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Hiram Bithorn Stadium]], [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant [[list of WBC world champions#Super featherweight|WBC super featherweight title]]}}
|-
|21
|{{yes2}}Win
|21–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Irleis Perez
|UD
|10
|Apr 3, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Phoenix Convention Center|Convention Center]], [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|20
|{{yes2}}Win
|20–0
|style="text-align:left;"|John Montes
|KO
|1 (10), {{small|1:13}}
|Feb 12, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Buckner Fieldhouse]], [[Fort Richardson, Alaska]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|19
|{{yes2}}Win
|19–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Greg Coverson
|UD
|10
|Nov 20, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Showboat Hotel and Casino]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|18
|{{yes2}}Win
|18–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Melvin Paul
|UD
|10
|Oct 30, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|17
|{{yes2}}Win
|17–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Johnny Sato
|TKO
|4 (10), {{small|2:15}}
|Aug 28, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Sands Atlantic City|Sands]], [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|15
|{{yes2}}Win
|16–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Louis Loy
|TKO
|7 (10), {{small|1:24}}
|Jul 11, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|15
|{{yes2}}Win
|15–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Refugio Rojas
|TKO
|1 (12)
|May 21, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained NABF super featherweight title}}
|-
|14
|{{yes2}}Win
|14–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Rafael Lopez
|TKO
|3 (10)
|Mar 31, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|13
|{{yes2}}Win
|13–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Jorge Nina
|UD
|8
|Feb 15, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|12
|{{yes2}}Win
|12–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Blaine Dickson
|UD
|12
|Dec 11, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won [[North American Boxing Federation|NABF]] [[super featherweight]] title}}
|-
|11
|{{yes2}}Win
|11–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Anthony Murray
|UD
|10
|Nov 5, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|10–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Mullins
|KO
|6 (10), {{small|1:19}}
|Sep 16, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|9
|{{yes2}}Win
|9–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Jose Figueroa
|KO
|1 (8), {{small|0:43}}
|Jul 24, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|8–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Marcial Santiago
|UD
|8
|Jun 25, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Madison Square Garden]], New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|7
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Kato Ali
|{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}}
|7 (8), {{small|2:37}}
|May 16, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Concord Resort Hotel]], [[Thompson, New York]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Tomas Enrique Diaz
|UD
|6
|May 2, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|5
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Jerry Strickland
|KO
|2 (6), {{small|2:40}}
|Apr 24, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|4
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Johnson
|KO
|1
|Mar 27, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Herman Ingram
|{{abbr|UD|Unanimous decision}}
|6
|Mar 12, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|2
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–0
|style="text-align:left;"|Benny Llanos
|{{abbr|KO|Knockout}}
|1
|Dec 12, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|
|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"|David Brown
|{{abbr|PTS|Points decision}}
|4
|Sep 12, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|[[Felt Forum]], [[New York City, New York]], U.S.}}
|
|}

==Titles in boxing==
===Major world titles===
* [[list of WBC world champions#Super featherweight|WBC super featherweight champion]] (130&nbsp;lbs)
* [[list of WBC world champions#Lightweight|WBC lightweight champion]] (135&nbsp;lbs)
* [[list of WBO world champions#Junior welterweight|WBO light welterweight champion]]{{Efn|Won the inaugural title on March 6, 1989.|name=a}} (140&nbsp;lbs) (2×)

===Minor world titles===
* [[list of boxing organizations#All List|IBC]] [[welterweight]] champion (147&nbsp;lbs)
* IBC [[light middleweight]] champion (154&nbsp;lbs)
* IBC [[middleweight]] champion (160&nbsp;lbs)
* [[list of boxing organizations#All List|World Boxing Empire (WPBF)]] middleweight champion{{Efn|The World Boxing Empire, became part of the World Professional Boxing Federation in July 2006.|name=b}} (160&nbsp;lbs)
* [[list of boxing organizations#All List|NBA]] [[super middleweight]] champion (168&nbsp;lbs)

===Regional/International titles===
* [[list of NABF champions#Super featherweight|NABF super featherweight champion]] (130&nbsp;lbs)
* [[list of NABF champions#Lightweight|NABF lightweight champion]] (135&nbsp;lbs)

==Pay-per-view bouts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Fight !! Billing !! Buys !! Network
|-
|{{center|{{dts|1997|September|13|format=mdy}}}}
|'''De La Hoya''' vs. '''Camacho'''
|[[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Hector Camacho|Opposites Attack]]
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==See also==
{{Portal|Puerto Rico|Biography}}
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
*[[List of boxing triple champions]]
*[[List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions]]
*[[Notable boxing families]]
* [[Sports in Puerto Rico]]

==Notes and references==
===Notes===
{{Notes list}}
===References===
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Héctor Camacho}}
*{{boxrec|id=607}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060714075342/http://boxing-records.com/palm/voirpalmaf.phtml?boxeur=camachhe.html Héctor Camacho Amateur Record] at the BoxingRecords. Last updated March 1, 2006.
*{{IMDb name|2776773}}
*{{Find a Grave|101206797}}
*[https://savagewatch.com/2020/04/06/a-bad-ass-in-the-ring-and-outside-who-killed-the-flamboyant-and-talented-macho-camacho/ The Unsolved Murder of Hector Camacho]

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