Hector Camacho, Jr.
| Héctor Camacho Herrera Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Héctor Camacho Herrera Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | Machito |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Reach | 175 cm (69 in) |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican-Mexican |
| Born | Hector Camacho Herrera Jr. September 20, 1978 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 65 |
| Wins | 58 |
| Wins by KO | 32 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Héctor Machito Camacho Herrera Jr. (born September 20, 1978) is a Mexican-Puerto Rican professional boxer residing in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.He started boxing professional at the age of 18 years old. He is the son of the late three-time world champion Héctor "Macho" Camacho. In 2007, 2010, 2014, and 2016, he won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Light Middleweight title. His mother is Mexican born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. His girlfriend is Swedish-Mexican Sports Reporter Vanessa Huppenkothen.
Hector Camacho Jr. was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but grew up in New York City. His parents were quite young and did not marry; his father was Hector Camacho, then 16 years old, who lived in Spanish Harlem. The senior Camacho, nicknamed "Macho", became an amateur boxer and, later a professional.
The boy was nicknamed "Machito". He grew up admiring his father's fighting skills and imitating him, and was more interested in fighting than school. At the age of eight, Camacho Jr. was noted for doing mock sparring with his dad before his father's world title defense on June 13, 1986, against Edwin Rosario at Madison Square Garden in New York City. That night, the boy wore a Puerto Rican flag outfit.
His fight against the former world champion Jesse James Leija resulted in a no contest, after Leija's team protested the awarding of the fight on points to Camacho. The fight was stopped in the fifth round due to an unintentional headbutt by Leija that opened a cut over Camacho's eye. Camacho indicated he did not want to continue. The referees went to their scorecards to determine the winner, and gave Camacho the decision. Many fans felt he quit in the fight.
Camacho is a member of Team Fight to Walk, which raises money to support spinal cord research. Other boxers, including Boyd Melson, Demetrius Andrade, Shawn Estrada, Steve Cunningham and Deandre Latimore, help support this organization.
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