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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Hector 'Macho' Camacho Shot


Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho went into cardiac arrest Wednesday morning and is on life support after being shot in the face Tuesday outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"The situation with 'Macho' is very delicate," Centro Medico director Dr. Ernesto Torres told reporters during a 7 a.m. media briefing on Wednesday. "The prognosis is not good."
Camacho's mother, Maria Matias, arrived in Puerto Rico Wednesday morning and is expected to decide whether Camacho, 50, should be taken off life support based on the results of further tests due Wednesday afternoon. Torres said the encephalographic tests would determine whether Camacho is brain dead. Torres said Camacho's son, Hector Camacho, is due to arrive in Puerto Rico on Wednesday night.
"We just have to wait to see if Macho gets better. It's a hard battle," friend and former manager Ismael Leandry told The Associated Press.

5 comments:

bkln said...

Sad, but thats what happens when you hang with the wrong crowd, He was a Great fighter.

Anonymous said...

Damn shame. I remember when Camacho was big, when he took out Sugar Ray Leonard. Shame he's had such a troubled life, beat his wife and all.

thomas augustus littleton said...

He is like so many other athletes, a street thug, who, if not for his athletic ability would have been in jail for life before he was 20.

Anonymous said...

5:06 how do u know that? not good to judge.

Anonymous said...

Wow it looks like it messed up his face real bad.