Sports Hector 'Macho' Camacho, former boxing world champ, dies after being shot in face Published: Nov. 24, 2012, 1:26 p.m. By The Associated Press ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hector “Macho” Camacho will be taken off life support, his mother said Friday night, indicating she would have doctors do that Saturday. It was a decision the fo… ...

Camacho knocked out Leonard in 1997, ending what was that former champ's final comeback attempt. Camacho has a career record of 79-5-3, with his most recent fight coming in 2009.

Doctors say famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector `Macho' Camacho is clinically ''brain dead'' after being shot in the face, and his family has decided to wait two more days before taking him off life ...

He was taken off life support after being shot outside a bar in Puerto Rico. The theatrical Camacho, a three-division champion who faced legends from Ray Mancini to Oscar De La Hoya, was 50.

Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days ...

You learn that Camacho was a drug addict for much of his life and won world titles while abusing drugs, but he could never defeat the disease of addiction. Macho: The Hector Camacho Story flatters ...

I enjoyed him very much." De La Hoya, who put Camacho on the canvas and defeated him for the WBC welterweight title on Sept. 13, 1997, tweeted: "May your soul rest in peace my friend.

Ex-Boxer Hector Camacho Shot 50-year-old former boxing champion shot in the face in Puerto Rico. Nov. 21, 2012 -- UPDATE 12: 20 PM - El Nuevo Dia reports that Hector "Macho" Camacho is brain dead.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Former champion boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is facing a felony count of child abuse and turned himself in to Florida authorities this week on a warrant filed late last year. The ...

Camacho, a Puerto Rican native who grew up in East Harlem, lost only four of his 80 professional bouts. His son, Hector Jr., also a boxer, is undefeated in 31 bouts.