Siblings fight on the same card – San Benito News

RICHARDO & EDUARDO CAMACHO

From RAY QUIROGA
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HARLINGEN, TX – San Benito brothers Ricardo “Kid Dynamo” and Eduardo “The Assassin” Camacho will face off on the same card in Laredo next week, Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Dubbed Fight Fest 2024, the night of boxing will mark Eduardo's professional debut and Ricardo's fourth professional fight. Ricardo enters the ring with a record of 1-0-1, after recording a decision win in his last fight last month at Jacob Brown Auditorium in Brownsville.

Although Ricardo has already made three professional appearances at the age of 30, he admits that his younger brother is the more natural boxer of the two, adding that his sibling's professional debut has been a long time coming.

“He's under pressure because they expect him to do great things in boxing,” Ricardo says of his brother. “He asks me what it's like to step into the ring as a professional. He asks if I get nervous and I say, 'No, not nervous, just excited.' I tell him, 'Just do your thing. You're already a great fighter. You just need to work on your endurance, stay in the gym (and work on your conditioning).'”

The duo was introduced to the sport through the San Benito CISD Afterschool Program by their current coach Abel Fonseca, another San Benito native who is still employed by the Afterschool Program.

Both siblings said that although they had a love for football and occasionally played the sport, their true calling was in the ring. They added that they became interested in the sport through their father, a boxing fan.
Fonseca guided Eduardo to compete at the Golden Gloves level. Over the years, however, life got in the way and both brothers gave up their careers. It was only relatively recently that they returned to the ring.

“He (Ricardo) came to me and said he wanted to turn pro, and I said, 'Fine,'” Fonseca recalled during a recent training session at Legends Boxing Gym on Harrison in Harlingen, adding that he could hardly remember a more disciplined and determined competitor than the older boxer.

Ricardo Camacho faced a more experienced fighter in his first professional fight, resulting in a no-contest verdict. However, this was a result that Camacho and his team could live with, considering his opponent's experience and the fact that the verdict was due to a headbutt from Camacho's opponent that resulted in a cut on Camacho's head.

His second professional fight came on Saturday, April 27 at Brownsville Sports Park when he placed third on the card during Marines Promotions' “Fight Night 2,” which featured international fighters from as far away as San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Monterrey, Mexico.

Once again, Camacho faced a more experienced fighter, but he emerged victorious by split decision and took home half of the trophy.

Then, last month at Jacob Brown Auditorium, Camacho left the ring with a clear points victory in his favor. Now he hopes to continue the winning streak next week in Laredo.

Eduardo, on the other hand, is looking to make a name for himself with an impressive performance in his professional debut, adding that the brothers critique and motivate each other. “I've seen all three of his fights. He's getting better and better. I try to tell him what I know and what I see, but ultimately it's his job to get the job done,” Eduardo said of his older brother.

Eduardo, 25, who is not married, says he wants to focus on the sport and hopes to make an impression on the local boxing scene, if not beyond.

“Just get ready to fight. I'm ready to go. I'm going for the KO, TKO, but we'll see what happens,” he said.

As NEWS previously reported, Camacho is not the first fighter Fonseca has trained to a high level of performance. A standout moment came in 2005 when a young boxer named Santana Sanchez from Ed Downs Elementary made it to the semifinals of the Ringside World Tournament, facing impressive opponents from countries such as Puerto Rico, Mexico and Hawaii. Although the fight ended in a close point loss to a Canadian boxer, it was a testament to Fonseca's influence on the local youth he trained through the program.

Anyone interested in the after-school boxing program or Legends Boxing Gym can contact Fonseca at [email protected] or call (956) 456-6859.