Hearts a little heavy from recent news of Hector Camacho's condition after being shot on Tuesday.
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead" ...."Camacho would remain on life support until Thursday morning"
really a mixed bag of emotions for me ...
ive seen it all too many times growing up. the people around me. family. "friends".
the potential. the "what-if's". and then the stories just like this one where the demons just dont get off your back, even after rehab or jail. i really feel it all since i can relate. the sadness. the frustration. the anger. what the family must be thinking. ...
and i know that people will always remember the bad just as well as the good but its also important to remember no one is perfect and im no one to judge.
i just choose to remember rooting for him because of who he was and what he did while in the ring and how proudly he'd rep Puerto Rico. and theres no denying he and a few others from that era paved the way for many in the sport.
Hector passed away on 11-24-2012. :(
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid.....-donut.cnn
Jim
"...Reduced to its simplest level, boxing is about one thing: punching the other guy really hard. Camacho, incredibly, managed to elevate the sport even while refusing to adhere to that most basic principle. When he fought, the night was not about the punch; it was not about the looming, electric threat of a knockout; it was about the whole show. Hector Camacho was bigger than the knockout. Rest in peace, champ. Nah … that's just not your style. Rest in splendor."
