Thursday, 22 November 2012

Puerto Rican boxing champ Camacho brain dead after shooting (Reuters)

Former Puerto Rican welterweight boxing champion Hector

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Three-time world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho is brain dead following a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico, a doctor said on Thursday. Camacho, 50, whose speed and flamboyance made him a top attraction in the 1980s and 1990s, is in a coma and unresponsive, said Dr. Ernesto Torres, director of the Rio Piedras Medical Center. Camacho "is clinically brain dead," Torres told reporters. "The tests showed a flat line, without any type of activity." Doctors will meet with his mother, Maria Matias, and other relatives on Friday to discuss options, Torres said. ...




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