Doctor: Hector 'Macho' Camacho is brain dead

Gunman shot Camacho 2 days ago

By By the CNN Wire Staff
POSTED: 6:58 AM PST November 22, 2012    UPDATED: 9:34 PM PST November 22, 2012 
Hector Macho Camacho
(CNN) -

Hector "Macho" Camacho, the famed Puerto Rican boxer, is clinically "brain dead," a doctor said Thursday.

A gunman shot Camacho in the face two days ago.

Camacho awed fans with his quick hands and ring antics, developing a reputation for flamboyance.

He was shot Tuesday in front of a bar in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, police said. Camacho, 50, was in the passenger seat of a car, sitting next to a man who was shot twice and killed, police said.

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