Hector Macho Camacho: Former Boxing Champion Charged with Alleged Child Abuse

Former boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho has turned himself in to Florida authorities in response to a felony count of child abuse, according to a report from the Associated Press.

The state attorney's office filed a warrant for Camacho's arrest in November 2011. He posted $5,000 bond on Monday and was subsequently released.

Camacho's attorney released a statement on Tuesday, saying a dispute took place at the home of Camacho's children and that a neighbor called the police because the dispute "entailed yelling outside of the home." 

State attorney spokeswoman Danielle Tavernier said the case first popped up in May 2011. She also said a report detailing exactly what happened was not immediately available.

According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, the 49-year-old Camacho has been charged with child abuse because, allegedly, he picked his son up by the neck and slammed him to the ground, and then proceeded to stomp on him.

The report claims the incident took place in late March 2011. There were varying statements about what exactly took place before the incident was forwarded to prosecutors.

Camacho has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse in recent years, and he found himself sentenced to seven years in prison in 2007 on burglary charges. A judge would eventually suspend all but one year of the sentence, choosing to give Camacho probation instead.

Camacho won WBC championships in the super featherweight and lightweight divisions in the 1980s, and he had two stints as the WBO light welterweight champion in the early 1990s.