Rated WBA #1, WBC #2, IBF #4 at jr. welterweight,... WBA North American jr. welterweight champion, two successful defenses... 1996 US national amateur champion at 139 pounds...

Only 22 years old, he has a lot of talent, is very highly rated, and has already become a draw at the gate and on TV...he stepped up in class in 2000, and had two of his best wins in his last three fights…after fighting for his entire career in the jr. welterweight or welterweight divisions, he is moving down to lightweight…

KEY FIGHTS - 2001 - His last fight on 7-7-01 against Jesse James Leija was ruled a no contest as an accidental head butt left Camacho, Jr. unable to continue the bout due to blurry vision.

On 4-22-01,Camacho won an impressive 2nd round knock-out against Larry LaCoursiere...

In his fight against Rocky Martinez, Camacho, Jr. won a 12-round unanimous decision against the veteran challenger. Camacho, Jr. echoed the skills of his father by pummeling Martinez with an assortment of hard right jabs and severe left hand blows. Martinez lasted all 12 rounds but it was evident that Camacho wore him down, resulting in a unanimous decision in favor of Hector...

2000 ­ ONE OF HIS BEST WINS - in his last fight on 11-4-00 in New York City, Camacho won an impressive 10 round unanimous decision against "Little" Joe Hutchinson(18-2-2) of Indianapolis, ID...

On 7-29-00, in Phoenix, AZ, he won a 6th round technical decision against Philip Holiday (36-3-1): Holiday pressed forward, but Hector outboxed him and scored a knockdown in the 4th round; Holiday was badly cut on the right eyebrow in the 6th round by an accidental elbow, and could not continue; Hector led on the scorecards 59-53, 59-53, 57-55…

On 6-18-00 in Las Vegas, NV, he knocked out Manard Reed (20-1): Hector scored one knockdown in the 3rd round and another one in the 4th, and the referee stopped fight fight without a count at 1:45 of the 4th round…

2ND WBA/NA DEFENSE - ANOTHER BEST WIN - on 2-6-00 in Elgin, IL, he scored a spectacular one-punch knockout against former world title challenger Harold Warren (42-11): Hector scored a knockdown with a right hook late in the 1st round, and the referee stopped the fight as Warren struggled to get up at 2:59 of the round; Warren had fought top opposition, including world champions Roberto Garcia, Tracy Patterson, Kevin Kelley, Tom Johnson, and Derrick Gainer (twice), and contenders David Tetteh, and John Brown, and never been knocked out…

1999 - on 11-6-99 in Ventura, CA, he knocked out Juan Rodriguez (36-12-2) in the 3rd round... 1ST WBA/NA DEFENSE - on 10-9-99 in Caracas, VEN, he won a 12 round decision against William Rojas (15-10-1)...

On 8-30-99 in Las Vegas he knocked out Simon Gonzalez (24-7-2) in the 1st round... On 7-16-99 in Atlantic City he TKO’d Omaha journeyman Mike Cooley (8-11-2) in the 2nd round...

WON WBA/NA TITLE ­ ANOTHER BEST WIN - on 7-10-99 in Elgin, IL, he won the title with a TKO against Miguel Angel Ruiz (21-5-1): Hector aggressively and rocked Ruiz several times; the fight was stopped due to a bad cut on Ruiz’ right eyelid at 1:53 of the 9th round; Hector led by scores of 80-71, 79-73, 79-73 after 8 rounds...

On 5-8-99 in Miami he TKO’d Roberto Nunez in the 1st round... On 1-30-99 in Miami he won a 10 round split decision against Juan Torres (11-4) of Lakeside, CA: Hector knocked down Torres at the end of the 1st round and he barely beat the count; but Torres recovered, and by the 4th round was constantly pressuring Hector; Hector fought very defensively, and many observers thought Torres deserved to win; but Hector won by scores of 95-94, 96-93 Camacho, 97-93 Torres; the crowd booed the announcement of the scores...

1998 - on 12-3-98 in Bay St. Louis, MS, he won a 10 round majority decision against Wayne Boudreaux (24-13): Hector dominated the fight, but Boudreaux gave a gutsy effo and fought aggressively; scored 98-90, 98-91 Camacho, 95-95...

ANOTHER BEST WIN - on 10-23-98 in Atlantic City he won a 10 round unanimous decision against tough Fred Curiel (14-3-1): Hector built a lead in the early rounds but coasted through the second half of the fight; scored 95-93, 96-93, 96-92... On 7-11-98 in San Antonio he had the biggest scare of his career against journeyman Troy Crain (14-8): Hector dominated the first 5 rounds, but Crain scored a knockdown in the last 30 seconds of the 6th; Hector was very shaky, but managed to survive until the final bell and won a 6 round majority decision...

He debuted at the age of 18 on 10-1-96…

AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: he started boxing at the age of six and had an good amateur career, with a reported 56-2 record...Hector says he was really encouraged to become a boxer when his dad took him into the ring for an exhibition before his world title fight against Edwin Rosario on June 13, 1986 - Hector was 7 years old at the time...he was the 1996 US national amateur champion at 139 pounds...he lost against Zab Judah in the first round of bouts at the 1996 Olympic Trials in Oakland, CA...

STRENGTHS: A southpaw with good skills...has good speed and mobility...a sharp and accurate puncher...is good defensively... PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 4 years, 1 month...32 fights...159 total rounds AVERAGE LENGTH OF BOUTS: 4.6 rounds... KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE: 58 %... DISTANCE FIGHTS: 12 rounds - 1 (1-0)...10 rounds - 4 (4-0)... 9 rounds - 1 (1-0)...8 rounds - 2 (2-0)...