Oscar De La Hoya vs. Patrick Charpentier was a professional boxing match contested on June 13, 1998, for the WBC welterweight title.

[1] After defeating Wilfredo Rivera in his previous fight on December 6, 1997, reigning WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya's next title defense was announced to take place the following year on February 28 against his mandatory challenger, the virtually unknown French fighter Patrick Charpentier at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

[4] Only a week later, De La Hoya's injury was revealed to actually be cartilage tear rather than a sprain, forcing the fight to be postponed again until June 13.

[5] Though Donald Trump, the then-owner of the Taj Mahal, was interested in keeping the bout at his venue, promoter Bob Arum and Texas-based boxing coordinator Lester Bedford outbid him $1.3 million to $900,000 in order to stage the fight at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

After the first undercard fight between Verdell Smith and Marty Jakubowski, the event was stopped and the ringside area was evacuated as the winds threatened to collapse the lights above the ring.