Macho Man was full of fun,” his son, Hector Camacho Jr., a pretty fair boxer in his own right during a pro career spanning over two decades, tells me. “He was like a big kid.

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.

Drath worked with the FBI for the film. Hector “Macho” Camacho was one of the most colorful figures professional boxing has ever seen, bringing a new flair to the sport in the 1980s and 1990s.

"Macho" chronicles Hector Camacho's delinquent childhood, his meteoric rise in boxing and the personal demons that eventually led to his 2012 murder.

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 ...

Macho: The Hector Camacho Story is directed and produced by two-time Emmy ® Award winner Eric Drath (Assault in the Ring and No Más, 30 for 30). Danielle Naassana is also a producer of the film ...

But that’s what happened to Hector “Macho” Camacho, who, despite being a three-division world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, could’ve probably become even ...

Drath lays it all out in “Macho: The Hector Camacho Story,” a new documentary that debuts Friday evening on Showtime. “It’s not enough to just have talent, you have to have something (more.) ...

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. ET on Showtime, is a tale of life on ...

“Macho: The Hector Camacho Story”, que se estrena este viernes, 4 de diciembre, a las 9 p.m. por Showtime, relata los inicios inquietos de Camacho, en la pobreza de un barrio netamente latino ...