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Boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho shot in face, clinging to life

Updated Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 | 2:29 p.m.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The family of Hector "Macho" Camacho tried to decide Wednesday whether he should be removed from life support after a shooting in his Puerto Rican hometown left the former boxing champion clinging to life and his fans mourning the loss of a dynamic and often troubled athlete. Doctors at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan were conducting additional tests to determine whether he was brain dead, according to said Ismael Leandry, a longtime friend and former manager who has been at the hospital with family members. "He's battling minute to minute. This is ...

Associated Press writer David Skretta in Kansas City contributed to this report.

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  1. By GeorgeWashington
    Nov. 21, 2012
    11:17 a.m.
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    God Bless you Macho man. May you have no mercy on the garbage that shot him.

  2. By mred
    Nov. 22, 2012
    10:53 a.m.
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    boxers should unionize to stop their financial exploitation... get well soon

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