Boxer 'Macho' Camacho taken off life support after shooting

Boxer Hector ’Macho’ Camacho has died after being taken off life support, according to the director of the Centro Medico trauma centre in Puerto Rico.

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho taken off life support after shooting

Boxer Hector ’Macho’ Camacho has died after being taken off life support, according to the director of the Centro Medico trauma centre in Puerto Rico.

Dr Ernesto Torres said Camacho went into cardiac arrest in the pre-dawn hours today. He was then taken off life support and died shortly thereafter.

Camacho was declared brain dead on Thursday following a shooting in his hometown of Bayamon.

The former world champion was 50.

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