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==Marriage and family== Camacho had four sons, his oldest from an early relationship and three from his marriage.<ref name="Madre">{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/madredemachocamachovienedecaminoparaestarjuntoasuhijo-725311.html|title=Madre de Macho Camacho viene de camino para estar junto a su hijo|work=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|language=es|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128042219/http://www.primerahora.com/madredemachocamachovienedecaminoparaestarjuntoasuhijo-725311.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His eldest son, [[Héctor Camacho Jr.|Héctor "Machito" Camacho Jr.]] (born 1978 in New York, when Camacho was 16), also became a professional boxer and has won a championship. Camacho married Amy Torres in 1991, and they had three sons: Justin (born December 1, 1989), Christian (born 1992), and Tyler Camacho (born 1998). (The ''New York Times'' reports the youngest son's name as "Taylor".<ref name="NYT"/>) In 1998 she obtained a restraining order against Camacho, alleging he had threatened her and one of their sons.<ref name="AP2012">[http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/11/ex-boxer_macho_camacho_dies_fo.html "Ex-boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies four days after shooting"], AP, ''Cleveland.com'', November 24, 2012, accessed November 29, 2012</ref> They divorced in 2001.<ref name="familia">{{cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/exesposademachocamachoesperaelcuerpoennuevayork-727202.html|title=Ex-esposa de Macho Camacho espera el cuerpo en Nueva York|newspaper=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|author=Tirado, Frances|date=November 28, 2012|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=December 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201071349/http://www.primerahora.com/exesposademachocamachoesperaelcuerpoennuevayork-727202.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2011, his ex-wife Amy Camacho and at least one son were living in [[Orange County, Florida]] when an argument between the boxer and his ex-wife caused neighbors to become alarmed and call police.<ref name="Tolomeo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/report-boxing-champ-hector-macho-camacho-charged-child-abuse-2011-incident-son-article-1.1055246|title=Report: Former boxing champ Hector 'Macho' Camacho charged with child abuse following 2011 incident with son |last=Clayton|first=Andy|work=New York Daily News|date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> His youngest son, Tyler, is also a boxer, as was his brother, [[Felix Camacho (boxer)|Felix Camacho]]. Together for 15 years, Hector was engaged to Shelly Salemassi. In 2003, The Press and Guide of [[Dearborn, Michigan]] printed an engagement notice between Camacho and Shelly Salemassi, along with a photograph of the couple.<ref name="p&g">"Engagements", ''Press & Guide'', Dearborn, Michigan, 16 January 2003, p 4-B</ref> Although they never married, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported she was the only one of his former significant others to fly to Camacho's New York funeral.<ref name="NY Post">{{cite web|title='Macho' Camacho's devastated mother collapses as slain boxing champ son laid to rest|first=Erin|last=Calabrese|date=December 1, 2012|url=https://nypost.com/2012/12/01/macho-camachos-devastated-mother-collapses-as-slain-boxing-champ-son-laid-to-rest/|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>
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