…ill took a savage beating, persuaded him to scale back his ultra-aggressive style in favor of a more cerebral, defensive approach. The change in style was a big reason that Hector Camacho, at the time 38-0, lost a close split decision to Greg Haugen at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in 1991. Hector Camacho won the rematch to set up his signature fight against Chavez, this time at the Thomas &a…
…ar De La Hoya in 1997, a loss by unanimous decision. Steve Tannenbaum said he was going to fight two years ago in Denmark until his opponent pulled out and that they were looking at a possible bout in 2013. “We were talking comeback even though he is 50,” he said. “I felt he was capable of it.” Hector Camacho was born in Bayamon, one of the cities that make up the San Juan metropolitan area. He w…
…around the streets of Spanish Harlem, taking the casket cover with a Puerto Rican flag to St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church Hector Camacho, a native of Puerto Rico, was shot in the face on November 20th while sitting in a parked car with a friend outside a bar in Bayamon, his hometown in the U.S. territory. The friend, Adrian Mojica Moreno, died at the scene and the boxer was declared dead thre…
…nd fellow boxers had gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday to say goodbye to the slain former world champion fighter, known for his flamboyance in and out of the ring. The brawl broke out after 28-year-old Cynthia Castillo, dressed in a pink T-shirt emblazoned with Hector Camacho’s face, leaned down to kiss his body in the open casket. Cynthia Castillo then walked into an area reserve…
Danica May Camacho, born in Philippines last night, has been recognized by United Nations as one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies, presenting her with a special cake. United Nations say Seven Billion Day – October 31 – is the date when the world’s population reaches landmark number. The Philippines, which is ranked 12th as the most populated cou…
…lware products The hackers’ message had claimed that: “Pandasecurity.com… has earned money working with law enforcement to lurk and snitch on Anonymous activists. They helped to jail 25 Anonymous in different countries and they were actively participating in our IRC channels trying to dox [obtain personal information about] many others.” The attackers went on to claim that…
Mexican teachers incensed by sweeping education reforms have attacked the buildings of political parties in the south-western state of Guerrero. For several hours, masked protesters started fires and attacked the offices with pickaxes and sticks, spraying slogans on the walls. Guerrer governor has called for support from the federal government. The reforms impose centralized teacher assessment an…
…ion… we’re chopping off the head of LulzSec.” Prof. Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey’s department of computing noted that LulzSec had been quiet since the middle of 2011 following an attack on Paypal. “Judging by the level of activity this morning, where hackers have been pasting personal information about the person reported as having turned witness to im…
…ims they were in the same social group. It's being alleged that Scott Disick videotaped girls he had sex with when he was a teenager “Scott and one of his buddies had a system,” Brittany Reichek, 29, told the magazine. ”They would pass themselves off as wealthy stockbrokers, pick up girls in the clubs in the Hamptons, get drunk with them, then take them back to their parents’ homes and claim…
a keen womanizer that the only woman he does not spend much time with is his wife, Greek-born Queen Sofia. According to Pilar Eyre, King Juan Carlos, now 74, and Queen Sofia have not shared a bed for 35 years. In fact, the new book, “The Solitude of the Queen”, says, following an operation on a benign lung tumor at a Barcelona hospital in 2010, the woman who spent most of the time consoling King…
…onversation I asked him if he would pose for us.” He agreed. 2. It could have been Paul Newman. Gurley Brown had approached him, before putting the question to Burt Reynolds, but he had refused. 3. It made Burt Reynolds into a celebrity. The day after the magazine hit news-stands, he was mobbed by women asking him to sign their copy. Burt Reynolds also noticed a change in the behavior of the…
…t. “Boys, girls you are great. Not only are you having fun while riding your bikes but you are also combining it with patriotic deeds.” Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, intends to secure a 2/3 majority in December’s elections for the Duma lower house of parliament. The 2/3 majority would give United Russia the power to change the constitution. It seems campaigning began for real…
Researchers say men will soon live longer than women for the first time since records began after abandoning their unhealthy, macho lifestyles. Once boys born in 2000 reach the age of 30, they can expect to match girls of the same age by living to 87.1. Researchers predict younger males will then go on to surpass the life spans of their female counterparts. In 1970, a man aged 30 was expected to…
…r at Yahoo! to Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi get by on four hours a night, while Donald Trump claims to survive on three. Geraint Anderson, author of City Boy, who worked as an analyst and stockbroker for 12 years, recognizes the phenomenon. “There was a real macho competition in the City about sleep. One of the ways of getting respect was bragging about how little you got.” The hours were…
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have announced they are divorcing after five years of marriage. Tom Cruise, 49, said he was “deeply saddened” that his younger wife, Katie Holmes, 33, had filed for a separation. He revealed Katie Holmes had initiated the split, bringing a dramatic end to one of Hollywood’s most high-profile romances. In a surprise move, Katie Holmes is understood to have filed f…
…fresher look. Manotox from Nip+Fab’s Nip+Man range is a plumping, firming moisturizer that claims to give amazing anti-ageing results without surgery According to a survey conducted by OnePoll, 25% of men now have beauty treatments such as facials, massages and manicures more than once a fortnight, while the average man now spends between 40 and 60 minutes getting ready to go out. The pheno…
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has admitted that Russia’s president is suffering from an injury, but denied media reports that it is affecting his work. Dmitry Peskov said the president had “pulled a muscle”, adding that it was sports-related. He dismissed claims that the injury had got worse after Vladimir Putin’s flight last month with Siberian cranes. Vladimir Putin,…
…lot of nonsense” and spoke with admiration about her commitment to the Commonwealth and armed services. “No one could curtsey lower than Margaret Thatcher,” said another former aide. Inevitably, after 11 years of almost weekly meetings, the Queen and Margaret Thatcher reached something akin to friendship. Margaret Thatcher was even said to have jokingly sent the monarch a pair of rubber gloves as…
urther violence could erupt in what has become Venezuela’s closest fought election in over a decade. Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, was diagnosed with cancer last year. More than 30 opposition parties have backed Henrique Capriles as a single candidate to challenge the leftist president….
…d around New York”. A New York Ironworks’ spokesman said that he had no comment on the matter. The Cyber War News blog also revealed that AntiSec had leaked the source code from Symantec’s 2006 version of its Norton anti-virus software. An accompanying statement made reference to the recent arrests. Symantec had said that it expected the move, having previously confirmed the theft. It…
…as the charismatic teacher Hector in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. After achieving a rare double of winning a Tony Award in New York and an Olivier Award in London, he recreated the role in a 2006 film version. But it was his role as the predatory Uncle Monty in Withnail And I – which has become of one of the biggest cult classics in British cinema history – that made him a fa…
…. His heart and body gave way. He had had myriad health problems over the last five years and in the last three to four months he was getting increasingly breathless.” Richard Griffiths died on March 29 at the age of 65 from complications following heart surgery Richard Griffiths was also best known for his role as inspirational teacher Hector in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys – which earned him…
…rring to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her late husband, who she succeeded as president. Cristina Fernandez’s husband, Nestor Kirchner, had a lazy eye. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 2010. Uruguayan President Jose Mujica was caught on microphone apparently referring to Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as an old hag President Jose Mujica has denied that he had…
…rred to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her late husband, whom she succeeded as president. Cristina Fernandez’s husband, Nestor Kirchner, had a lazy eye. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 2010. Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica has apologized for apparently referring to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as an old hag The comments, meant to be private, were accidentally…
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