At the age of eight, Camacho Jr. first gained some prominence, when he entered the ring with his dad and did a mock sparring with him before his father's world title defense against Edwin Rosario. That night, he wore a Puerto Rican flag attire.
After an award winning amateur boxing career, he turned professional in the middle 1990s. As a professional, he has beaten boxers like Rocky Martinez[?] and former world champion Philip Holiday[?], and he had a no contest against former world champion Jesse James Leija[?], the Leija fight being filled with controversy because of the scoring of the fight, as the judges had initially given the fight to Camacho Jr on a technical decision in five rounds, but Leija's camp protested the result, resulting in the fight being called a no-contest.
In 2002, Camacho Jr. lost for the first time, to Argentine Omar Weiss[?], by a decision in ten rounds.
Camacho recovered with a 12 round win by decision against an unknown Mexican boxer in California.
A constant HBO Boxing star, he sports a record of 36 wins, 1 loss and 1 no contest, with 18 wins by knockout.
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