As a result, he decided to investigate the murder and traveled to one of the most dangerous areas in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He was one of the island’s most popular and revered figures.ĭrath was friendly with Hector Camacho Jr., the fighter’s son who had also been a boxer. He had such a huge impact on boxing and on the Latino community and this murder was a big, big story in the Puerto Rican community.”įive years later, he decided to head to Puerto Rico and try to find out why Camacho’s murder remained unsolved. “It made me realize what an impact Hector had. “Duran is this incredibly hard-nosed, stoic guy who barely showed any emotion when we were talking ‘No Mas.’ And when we talked about Hector’s murder, he cried. “I asked Roberto what he thought of Camacho’s murder still being unsolved, and this was a couple of months after, and he started to cry,” Drath said.
The murder and the events surrounding his death haunt many of those who knew and loved Camacho.ĭrath has made several notable boxing documentaries among his works, including “No Mas” about the Leonard-Roberto Duran rematch and “Cornered: A Life Caught in the Ring,” about a fight in which a trainer removed the padding from his fighter’s gloves.Īfter talking to Duran about Camacho while filming “No Mas,” and about a year after his murder, Drath felt the urge to pursue the story. 23, 2012, in a murder in his native Puerto Rico that eight years after it happened, remains unsolved. (Photo by: The Ring Magazine via Getty Images)Ĭamacho’s fast life ended way too soon, on Nov. Hector Camacho poses with his belt during a portrait session on Jan. ET on Showtime, is a tale of life on the edge, of how life in the fast line so frequently ends up in a disturbing head-on crash. Camacho’s story, told brilliantly by filmmaker Eric Drath in a documentary called “Macho: The Hector Camacho Story” that is set to debut Friday at 9 p.m. The story of Hector “Macho” Camacho is far more about his fabulous boxing ability, colorful personality, outlandish ring attire and remarkable rise to prominence. By 1983, he was a world champion and by 1986, after a win over Edwin Rosario, he just may have been the finest fighter in the world. And at one point in the middle of the decade, when Leonard was in one of his retirements and Tyson hadn’t yet hit it big, Hector Camacho was the guy in boxing.Ĭamacho began in 1980, a street kid who needed the discipline that boxing provided to keep himself out of jail. In that star-studded decade, a lithe Puerto Rican who was raised in the Spanish Harlem section of New York grabbed the sport’s attention. Julio Cesar Chavez ran the table in the decade, going 68-for-68.
Aaron Pryor and Alexis Arguello put on two of the greatest bouts of the 20th century. Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
Larry Holmes made 16 of his 20 consecutive heavyweight title defenses in the decade.
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