Luis Álvarez Renta appointment as part of his retirement, in order to effect positive change for the country by helping it negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. However, after Governor José Lois Malkún of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic’s announcement that Álvarez Renta was involved in the Baninter debacle, Álvarez Renta resigned the post in order to avoid a dispute between President Mejia and his advisors. In response to the announcement, Álvarez Renta took out full-page advertisements in the press, in which he declared he was innocent of all the charges made by the Central Bank. He also
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho become his new trainer. The fight with De La Hoya would prove to be the final major title fight of his career, though he would continue to fight on-and-off until 2010. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Héctor Camacho Oscar De La Hoya vs. Hector Camacho, billed as "Opposites Attack", was a professional boxing match contested on September 13, 1997 for the WBC and lineal welterweight championships. 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