camacho then took off almost one entire year before returning to the boxing ring. his next bout was a non-title bout against carlos juan rodriguez, 8-4. fought at santiago de los caballeros, dominican republic, this was camacho's first fight abroad as a professional fighter. he beat rodriguez by a ten-round unanimous decision on july 21, 1993. next, he had a rubber match with julio cesar acevedo, on september 25 at guaynabo, avenging one of his earlier losses by knocking acevedo out in eight rounds, in another non-title affair.