his next fight was televised on espn on july 15, 1994, as he faced former and future world champion and future hall-of-famer michael carbajal at the america west arena, only a few blocks away from carbajal's house at phoenix, arizona. in this fight, the referee tony gibson, slipped and almost fell out of the ring in round four. carbajal beat camacho by a twelve-round unanimous decision to take the wbo title away from the puerto rican.