Montiel last suffered defeat in November of last year against Mexico’s Victor Terrazas (35-2-1, 21 KOs) by unanimous decision after being floored in the fifth round by a man who has won nine straight fights, eight of them by knockout. Montiel, 33, won, 114-113, 114-112, and, 115-112 during a bout in which each fighter was cut badly and there were accidental head butts. ‘Macho’ was just the ultimate guy.”įormer WBC and WBO bantamweight beltholder Fernando Montiel (48-4-2, 37 KOs) earned his third-straight victory by narrow, unaniimous decision over Mexican countryman Giovanni Caro (24-11-4, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at Gimnasio Municipal “Jose Neri Santos,” Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. We don’t have a personality like him in boxing today. It was one of those things where you just let him do his thing. He dressed up like a gladiator and actually got into what was almost like a chariot to be carried into the ring. “The one that I remember the most was when we fought Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesars Palace. He would drive me crazy with some of the outfits that he would put on. He was never in too much of a rush to speak to people. There was never anyone that he wouldn’t stop and sign an autograph for. “One of the things I remember about him was that he was great to his fans. He was the consummate professional.”Ĭamacho was particularly good with his fans and his pre-fight costumes, according to Burns No matter what I said to him, no matter how hard I pushed him, he worked extremely hard to get ready for his fights. “He would come in 30 pounds over weight, but then it would be nothing but just hard, hard work. However, when it came time to come to the boxing gym, the guy was amazing,” said Burns. He did live life to the fullest, if you will. “Hector’s habits outside of the gym were not the best, but a lot of things were said about him that weren’t true. I learned how to train a southpaw, how to fight a southpaw, and how to train an older fighter, and I use a lot of that today.”īurns recently reunited with former undisputed middleweight champ Jermain Taylor after having guided him to a mark of 25-0, with 17 knockouts before being replaced by Emanuel Steward in 2006. “But as it turned out, while he did pick up some things from me, I learned an awful lot from him. “When I first went into camp, I went in with the idea that I was going to teach this guy a lot,” said Burns. But when Hector returned the next day, he actually drove past the house because he didn’t recognize it, which I thought was pretty funny.”īurns said he learned from Camacho nearly as much as he taught. ![]() “So we completely re-did the house he was in, because it was a disaster. I sent him away and said, ‘don’t come back until tomorrow,'” said Burns. ![]() “When I got the call to come in and to train him, his whole camp was in disarray. Trainer Pat Burns recalled former four-time, three-division champion Hector “Macho” Camacho, who died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday after being removed from life support four days after the ex-boxer was shot in the face and two days after he was declared brain dead.Ĭamacho (79-6-3, 38 knockouts) was never knocked out over the course of a career that included two victories over Roberto Duran, one each over Sugar Ray Leonard, Edwin Rosario, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Howard Davis, Rafael “Bazooka” Limon, Vinny Pazienza, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, and Freddie Roach, and losses to Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez and Felix Trinidad.īurns worked with Camacho for several bouts, including Camacho’s fifth-round knockout victory over Leonard in March of 1997, and his unanimous decision loss to De La Hoya in his next fight in September of ’97. Meanwhile, Pacquiao has a fourth bout with four-division titlewinner Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. Who knows if that fight will happen, but I know what fight can happen, and that’s me and Pacquiao.” “It’s still Floyd and Pacquiao out there right now, but you know. I’ve got the world in my hands right now, and I feel like I took over the game in this era,” said Broner, a former WBO junior lightweight titletholder.
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