Chavez (left) battered Camacho (proper) over 12 rounds. Photograph from The Ring archive
Generally, a fighter’s report doesn’t inform the entire story. However then once more, typically it does.
Julio Cesar Chavez and Hector Camacho mixed for an astonishing 121-1 report, with Camacho proudly owning the only real loss in considered one of his 41 fights to that day and Chavez being an impeccable 81-0 as they climbed by the ropes for essentially the most iconic of all fights within the fabled Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry.
The thrill and the anticipation have been at an all-time excessive for these two rival, boxing-crazy nations. Camacho, the flamboyant bilingual character with a aptitude for exuberant costumes and loquacious rants, in opposition to Chavez, the serious-as-cancer cold-staring murderer that established the hook to the physique as Mexico’s nationwide treasure, solely to be in comparison with tequila, tacos and Mayan pyramids.
The mutual threats and taunts died out because the bell rang, and one of many best exhibitions of boxing footwork started. Chavez, ever the stalker, and Camacho, a textbook leftie utilizing perpetual movement to steer clear of his foe’s most potent fingers, gave a boxing clinic for the ages in the course of the first few rounds. However then, Chavez moved the keep on with excessive gear, and it was throughout.
With a way of urgency spurred by his intense nationwide delight, Chavez ran roughshod over Camacho, decreasing his face to a bloodied pulp and slowly engaged on his traditional, gradual demolition job till Camacho needed to restrict himself to outlive the evening.
The shutout was demonstrated by the scorecards of 119-110, 120-107 and 117-110, because the dangerous blood between each males gave solution to a mutual respect that may final a lifetime – and a combat that may stay within the reminiscence of each Mexican and Puerto Rican fan, ceaselessly.
