By Keith Idec
It’s “Macho Time” on ESPN Classic.
The network will show Camacho fights all day and night Saturday to celebrate the career of the late Hector “Macho” Camacho, the legendary three-division champion who died at 50 on Saturday from brain trauma suffered during a drive-by shooting Tuesday night in his native Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
The schedule for the Camacho marathon is as follows:
1-2 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Ray Mancini (won 12-round split decision March 6, 1989 in Reno, Nevada; won vacant WBO junior welterweight title)
2-3 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Ken Sigurani (won 10-round split decision Oct. 23, 1998, in Chester, W. Va.; middleweight fight)
3-4 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Patrick Goossen (won 10-round unanimous decision June 18, 1999, in Struthers, Ohio; junior middleweight fight)
4-5 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Greg Haugen I (lost 12-round split decision Feb. 23, 1991, in Las Vegas; lost WBO junior welterweight title)
5-6 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Greg Haugen II (won 12-round split decision May 18, 1991, in Reno, Nevada; regained WBO junior welterweight title)
6-7 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Vinny Pazienza (won 12-round unanimous decision Feb. 3, 1990, in Atlantic City; retained WBO junior welterweight title)
7-8 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Ray Mancini
8-9 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Patrick Goossen
9-10 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Ken Sigurani
10-11 p.m. ET/PT: Camacho vs. Greg Haugen II
11 p.m.-midnight ET/PT: Camacho vs. Vinny Pazienza
Keith Idec covers boxing for The Record and Herald News, of Woodland Park, N.J., and BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
