Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho

Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector CamachoHector Camacho lived fast, and his fists flew even faster in the ring. Handsome, flamboyant, and outspoken, Camacho electrified the boxing scene of the 1980s and, shouting his mantra Macho Time, he beat some of the greatest fighters of his generation. But his high speed life caught up with him eventuallyand tragicallywhen he was shot dead outside a nightclub in Puerto Rico at the age of fifty. Macho Time is written by Christian Giudice, author of

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