Yet even though the 79-6-3 (38 knockouts) record compiled from 1980 to 2010 against the best in the game — including Sugar Ray Leonard, ... “Macho” Camacho made it his way. T. Gerbasi.

Camacho told The Associated Press in 2010 before retiring that year with a record of 79-6-3, with 38 knockouts. "A couple years back, when I was doing it, I was still enjoying it. The competition ...

Hector “Macho” Camacho, one of the most colorful and charismatic boxers of his generation, who won world championships in three weight divisions but was continually shadowed by drug problems ...

Hector "Macho" Camacho, ... In 1997, Camacho ended Leonard's final comeback with a fifth-round knockout. It was Camacho's last big victory even though he boxed for another decade.

Even in a sport driven by larger-than-life personalities, former world champion boxer Héctor “Macho” Camacho stood out. Camacho died Saturday after the decision was made to take him off of ...

Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies at 50 ... Among his high-profile bouts was his 1997 knockout of Leonard, ending his comeback effort. But the same year, Camacho lost to de la Hoya.

Camacho's death represents a heavy blow to the boxing world. Before he retired, the champ's overall record stood at 79 wins—45 of them by knockouts—6 losses and 3 draws.

In this March 1, 1997 photo, Hector "Macho" Camacho exults as referee Joe Cortez stops the fight with "Sugar" Ray Leonard in the fifth round in Atlantic City, N.J. Charles Rex Abrogast/AP ...

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — In his heyday in the ring, there was nobody quite like Hector Camacho. Now, three years after his untimely death, the "Macho" man has reached the pinnacle of his sport ...

Camacho finished his career with a record of 79-6-3 with 38 knockouts, and he was never knocked out. But outside of the ring, Camacho struggled with drug and alcohol problems.

Three-division former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho died Saturday after being shot in the face in Bayamon, P.R. on Tuesday. He was 50. Camacho, a boxing legend who could be ...

CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- In his heyday in the ring, there was nobody quite like Hector Camacho. Now, three years after his untimely death, the "Macho" man has reached the pinnacle of his sport. Camacho ...