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Héctor Camacho Vs. Edwin Rosario
Héctor Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario, billed as ''Friday the 13th Resurrection'', was a professional boxing match contested on June 13, 1986, for the World Boxing Council, WBC lightweight championship. Background Television, Televised in the United States by HBO Boxing and in Puerto Rico by WAPA-TV (and to several other countries), the fight garnered wide media attention, especially in Puerto Rico: It was the fourth time that two Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans battled for a world boxing title, and, at that time, it was also the world title fight that pitted the two boxers who hailed from the closest birth-places in boxing history (Camacho was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayamón, while Rosario was from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Toa Alta, a mere fifteen-minute car drive away from Bayamón). Sports reporter Rafael Bracero travelled to New York to make a documentary about the fighters and the fight, and even former Baloncesto Superior Nacional, BSN basketball star Fufi Santori, a self-declar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Camacho Vs
In Greek mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's ''Iliad'', where he leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing countless Greek warriors. He is ultimately killed in single combat by the Greek hero Achilles, who later drags his dead body around the city of Troy behind his chariot. Etymology In Greek, is a derivative of the verb wikt:ἔχειν, ἔχειν ''ékhein'', archaic form * ('to have' or 'to hold'), from Proto-Indo-European *''wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/seǵʰ-, seɡ́ʰ-'' ('to hold'). , or as found in Aeolic poetry, is also an epithet of Zeus in his capacity as 'he who holds [everything together]'. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'. The name was in use during Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean times, as evidenced by a servant with the name referred to in a Linear B tablet. In the tablet, the name is spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
