Getty Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho
The life story of legendary boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho will be under examination in Macho: The Hector Camacho Story.
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‘Macho: The Hector Camacho Story’ Preview
Directed by Eric Drath, this film looks at the life, legacy, impact and mysterious death of one of the most influential boxers of the 1980s.
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Spanish Harlem, Camacho rose to fame in the early 1980s, winning the world championship belt in 1983. He wound up winning world championships in three different weight classes, and his skill set was undeniable. Camacho’s speed, agility and boisterous personality made him one of the most recognizable athletes of the decade, as did his colorful ring attire and decorum during interviews.
“He was definitely a lucky guy in the sense that he was born with all the talent in the world,” Drath said about Camacho. “He was a natural showman and was blessed with that gene for showmanship that so few fighters ever have. You had Muhammad Ali, of course. Sugar Ray Leonard to an extent. Tyson had that ability that people just marveled at. Camacho had this authenticity.”
Camacho beat the likes of Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard, but it wasn’t so much who he beat or what he won as much as how he won it.
“He was different and he just didn’t care. Who he was inside of the ring was who he was outside of the ring. That charm and charisma helped him in the beginning as people maybe enabled him a little more than they might have another person who committed the crimes he did. But his talent saved his butt, too. He had that wonderful combination of talent and charisma and showmanship made him just a remarkable fighter and a remarkable story,” Drath said.
Sadly, Camacho’s story ended on a sad note. He was arrested for burglary in 2005 in Mississippi, where he was also found with drugs on his person. Several years later, in 2011, he was attacked by random assailants and shot multiple times. Those who shot him were never discovered, and he never filed a police report after surviving the incident. A year later, in 2012, Camacho and a close friend were shot and killed in his friend’s car on the side of the road in his native Puerto Rico. His killer was never found, and his death remains a mystery today.
The film explores all those things and more, as well as the relationships Camacho had with his mother, Maria Matias, who is interviewed in documentary, and his four sons, including Hector Jr.