{{Infobox boxing match | fight date = September 13, 1997 | Fight Name = Opposites Attack | location = Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | image = | fighter1 =Oscar De La Hoya | nickname1 = The Golden Boy | record1 = 25–0 (21 KO) | height1 = 5 ft 11 in | weight1 = 147 lb | style1 = Orthodox | hometown1 = East Los Angeles, California, U.S. | recognition1 = WBC welterweight champion[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]] No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter4-division world champion | fighter2 = Hector Camacho | nickname2 = Macho | record2 = 63–3–1 (32 KO) | hometown2 = Bayamon, Puerto Rico | height2 = 5 ft 7 in | weight2 = 147 lb | style2 = Southpaw | recognition2 = 3-division world champion | titles = WBC welterweight title | result = De La Hoya wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-105, 120-106, 118-108) }} Oscar De La Hoya vs. Hector Camacho, billed as Opposites Attack'', was a professional boxing match contested on September 13, 1997 for the WBC welterweight championship. Background In 1997, Oscar De La Hoya was a perfect 3–0. De La Hoya started the year by making a successful defense of the WBC light-welterweight title against Miguel Angel Gonzalez. Following this he would move up to the welterweight division to challenge Pernell Whitaker, still considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in boxing, for his WBC welterweight title. In a close fight, De La Hoya would ultimately defeat Whitaker by unanimous division to capture the welterweight title, his fourth world title in his fourth different division. De La Hoya would continue his winning ways in June by knocking out mandatory challenger David Kamau in the second round of his first welterweight title defense. The victory over Kamau officially put his September title defense against Hector Camacho on. Camacho had been one of the top boxers in the 1980s, winning world titles in the super featherweight, lightweight and light welterweight divisions, but had not had a major world title fight since losing to Félix Trinidad in 1994. Following that loss, Camacho would go undefeated in his next 21 fights (20–0–1). Though most of the fighters he fought were unknown journeymen, Camacho did score two high-profile victories over two future hall-of-famers, first defeating Roberto Durán by unanimous decision on June 22, 1996, and then scoring a technical knockout victory over Sugar Ray Leonard