Former boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho in critical condition after being shot in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was in critical condition Wednesday after being shot in his native Puerto Rico, with doctors and his family expected to wrestle with whether to take him off life support after his condition worsened. Doctors had said Camacho was expected to survive after he was shot in the face while sitting in a car Tuesday night in his hometown of Bayamon. But his condition worsened overnight and his heart stopped at one point, said Dr. Ernesto Torres, director of the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan. He's battling minute to minute. This is the most important fight of his life," Torres told The Associated Press outside the hospital in the Puerto Rican capital. Torres said that two specialists will examine the boxer to determine his level of brain activity. The specialists will then consult with other doctors and Camacho's mother, who was expected to arrive from the U.S. mainland, to discuss whether he should be removed from life support, said Ismael Leandry, a longtime friend and former manager who was also at the hospital. We just have to wait to see if 'Macho' gets better. It's a hard battle," Leandry told AP. The 50-year-old Camacho was outside a bar in a parked car with a friend when he was shot in the face. The friend, whose name has not been released, was killed, police said. No arrests have been made and no motive has been disclosed. Camacho was rushed to Centro Medico, where doctors initially said he was fortunate in that the bullet passed through his head and lodged in his shoulder. Torres did warn, however, that the boxer, who was trailed by drug and alcohol problems during a career that included some high-profile bouts, could be paralyzed from the shooting. Steve Tannenbaum, who has also represented Camacho in the past, said he was told by friends at the hospital that the boxer would make it. Camacho has been considered one of the more controversial figures in boxing. He last fought in May 2010, losing to Saul Duran. Tannenbaum said they were looking at a possible bout in 2013. While arresting him on the burglary charge in January 2005, police also found the drug ecstasy. Twice his wife filed domestic abuse complaints against him, and she filed for divorce several years ago.