Hector "Macho" Camacho 1962 - 2012

Puerto Rican boxing great Hector "Macho" Camacho has died in hospital after being taken off his life support machines, doctors have said.

The former boxer was clinically brain dead after being shot in the head on Tuesday. He was in a deep coma and unresponsive, the director of the hospital treating him, Dr Ernesto Torres, told reporters.

Camacho suffered a heart attack after being wounded in a drive-by shooting outside the capital, San Juan.

"We have done all we can do," Dr Torres said, adding that brain studies had shown irregular and intermittent activity.

The bullet "damaged three arteries that run through the neck and as a result blood is not flowing well" to Camacho's brain, he added.

Camacho, 50, was sitting in a car outside a bar on Tuesday with a friend when it was fired on.

His friend, Adrian Mojica Moreno, was killed in the attack. Police say they do not know of any motives for the shooting.

Camacho fought some of the great names of boxing - Oscar de la Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard and Felix Trinidad.

But in recent years he was convicted of burglary, found in possession of drugs and the subject of domestic abuse complaints from his former wife.

He continued to box, losing a fight to Saul Duran in May 2010, and had been discussing another bout next year.

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Hector Camacho Shot in Attack

Former Puerto Rican world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho has been shot in the face and left seriously injured in a drive-by attack.

Camacho was in a car that was fired on by unknown gunmen just outside the capital, San Juan, police said.

Doctors told local media that a bullet hit Camacho in the jaw, exited his head, and broke two vertebrae.

The boxer, 50, won three world titles. His last title fight was in 1997 when he was beaten by Oscar De La Hoya.

The shooting happened on Tuesday in Bayamon, south-west of San Juan.

According to police, gunmen shot at the vehicle, killing the driver who was named as Alberto Yamil Mojica Moreno and injuring Camacho.

Camacho was taken to a hospital in San Juan, where the director, Dr Ernesto Torres, said he was in a critical but stable condition.

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Macho Camacho Faces Florida Felony

Former champion boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is facing a felony count of child abuse and turned himself in to Florida authorities this week on a warrant filed late last year.

The 49-year-old Camacho posted a $5,000 bond at the Orange County Jail in Orlando on Monday and was released. According to the arrest affidavit, Camacho surrendered on a warrant that records show was filed by the state attorney's office in November.

State attorney's spokeswoman Danielle Tavernier said the office first received the case in May. She said a report that includes a narrative of what Camacho allegedly did was not immediately available.

Camacho's attorney Linda George released a statement Tuesday which said a family dispute took place at the home of Camacho's children and that a neighbor called police because it "entailed yelling outside of the home."

George said police arrived, did not arrest Camacho and no injuries or medical attention was required by anyone involved.

"Sometime after leaving the home, the complaint was filed alleging the actions against Mr. Camacho's teenage son," the statement said. "Mr. Camacho only recently learned of the complaint and accordingly voluntarily reported to officials so that this matter can be resolved. He maintains a good relationship with his sons and all would like to put this matter behind."

Camacho won super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s.

His last title bout came against then-welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya in 1997, a loss by unanimous decision.

Camacho has fought other high-profile bouts in his career against Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard. He knocked out Leonard in 1997, ending what was that former champ's final comeback attempt.

Camacho has a career record of 79-5-3, with his most recent fight coming in 2009.

Drug, alcohol and other problems have trailed Camacho since the prime of his boxing career.

Before this latest charge, Camacho was sentenced in 2007 to seven years in prison for the burglary of a computer store in Mississippi. While arresting him on the burglary charge in January 2005, police also found the drug ecstasy.

A judge eventually suspended all but one year of the sentence and gave Camacho probation. He wound up serving two weeks in jail, though, after violating that probation.

Twice his wife filed domestic abuse complaints against him, and she filed for divorce several years ago.

The three-time world champion is the father of 33-year-old middleweight Hector Camacho Jr.