The guy was a born showman to rival the best of them.Ĭamacho’s head to head capabilities were good enough to dominate borderline great fighters like Ramirez and Limon and beat Edwin Rosario. I’m not ranking these guys by entertainment, popularity or things of that nature, but if I was, you’d see Hector top 3. He was also a three-weight world champion with numerous title defenses, although he failed to capture the welterweight title upon both times of challenging for it. ![]() He also has a collection of wins over Roberto Durán, Ray Leonard and Ray Mancini, although all of these can be pretty much discarded given the state of their careers at the time. His wins over Limon, Ramirez and Rosario aren’t to be scoffed at. Now please understand, this isn’t me putting Hector here based on potential alone. The fact he won that fight is an indication of why he could’ve been an all-time great in my eyes. His performances against Rafael Limon, Rafael Solis and Jose Luis Ramirez showed he had the talent and tenancy to achieved true greatness, but his career seemed to stray awry after his fight with Edwin Rosario, that left hook seemed to take something from him for good. Maybe the Macho Man shouldn’t have made it in, or should I say he should’ve made it in, but didn’t achieve enough despite his awesome talent.Ĭamacho was a rapid fire slick southpaw with otherworldly reflexes. His placement is questionable due to his lack of an elite résumé, but he was a beast at 135 and I don’t think it’d be right to leave him off the list. To be frank, it’s probable that his head to head capability outranks his actual greatness, by a large degree, but I’m including both assets for my assessment, so he makes the list either way. His bob and weave aggression, a great straight right and a devastating left hook, along with a serviceable chin and good stamina made him a menace to deal with at 135, but he could be beaten rather handedly by the best to compete at 135, as Chávez showed. For example, he was good enough in my opinion to beat guys on a level with Ray Mancini, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Jose Luis Castillo. In spite of those losses he proved enough to show he could beat good to borderline great lightweights. ![]() ![]() The re-match defeat to Ramirez is an absolute classic and I advise everyone to watch. He was a very good lightweight but clearly hit his ceiling when he got his clock-cleaned by a prime Julio Cesar Chávez. A lightweight terror! The guy was a crazy accurate hard punching banger who gave a prime Camacho his hardest fight, despite losing.Ī warrior with wins over Frankie Randall, Jose Luis Ramirez, Livingstone Bramble on top of being a three-time champion across two weights.
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