Héctor Camacho Jr.

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Hector Camacho Jr. (born 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a professional boxer. He is the son of legendary three time world champion Hector Macho Camacho.

At the age of eight, Camacho first gained some prominence, when he entered the ring with his dad and did a mock sparring with him before his father's world title defense against Edwin Rosario. That night, he wore a Puerto Rican flag attire.

After an award winning amateur boxing career with wins against Ishe Smith and a loss against Zab judah, he turned professional in the middle 1990s. As a professional, he has beaten boxers like Rocky Martinez and former world champion Philip Holiday, and he had a no contest against former world champion Jesse James Leija.

The Leija fight marked the end of Camacho's popularity with many fans. The fight was stopped in the fifth round due to an unintential headbutt by Leija opening a cut over Camacho's eye. Camacho appeared to indicate he did not want to continue. Initially, it was decided to go to the scorecards to determine the winner and Camacho was given the decision. However, Leija's camp protested the result, resulting in the fight being changed to a no-contest. There was a strong backlash against Camacho since many fans felt he quit in the fight.

In 2002, Camacho lost for the first time, to Argentine Omar Weiss, by a decision in ten rounds.

On July 9, 2005, Camacho Jr. and his father co-starred an undercard in Tucson, Arizona. After arriving into the ring sitting on a fake bull, Camacho Jr. proceeded to knock out Francisco Barra in the second round. A riot followed his father's win that night; it is not clearly known if Camacho Jr. had a role in the riot.

His most recent fight was against Andrey Tsurkan at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 10, 2006. Tsurkan won by a TKO in the 8th round.

His record stands at 42 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw and 1 no contest, with 23 wins by knockout.