[2] Camacho had his home country debut on his second fight, when he faced 1 win, 8 losses Jaime Castellano on October 22, 1988, in Bayamón, as part of another undercard headlined by his older brother Hector.
[6] Despite finishing his career with a losing record, Pinckney scored big wins over world champions Prudencio Cardona,[7] Junior Jones[8] and Guty Espadas Jr..[9] On November 27, 1991, Camacho boxed with José "Yungo" Badillo, who was undefeated in seven previous contests, in San Juan.
After one win following the Badillo loss, Camacho met the 12-3 Mexican, Alberto Cepeda, for the WBF Super-Bantamweight championship, on May 27, 1992, in San Juan.
Camacho lost a relatively close but unanimous ten rounds decision to his 13 wins, 5 losses opponent in a contest which the WBF did not regard as a championship fight.
Their rematch was held on December 9, 1992, in San Juan and this time, Fernandez won more comprehensively, winning by a twelve-rounds unanimous decision by scores of 117-112 on two of the judges' scorecards and 116-112 on the third one.
[14] Two wins followed the second loss to Fernandez, and then, Camacho was ranked in the Super Bantamweight division by the IBF, one of boxing's four major recognized world championship organizations.