By Mark Vester
After his dominating win over Carlos Baldomir to capture the WBC welterweight title, Floyd Mayweather Jr. took shots at the legacy of Oscar De La Hoya. Mayweather told the media in Las Vegas, that he is planning to retire after his next fight, and will go forward with his plans even if De La Hoya is not the final opponent. He attacked De La Hoya for his performance against Bernard Hopkins in 2004, claiming that after Hopkins knocked him down from a bodyshot, De La Hoya refused to get back.
"Oscar De La Hoya will never go down as a legend like I will," Mayweather said. "When he fought Hopkins, he laid there. You telling me you can meet the mat, but you can't get up?"
Mayweather said that if De La Hoya wants to make a fight, it has to be on his terms - and not the terms of De La Hoya. History has proven that no fighter has been able to overpower De La Hoya when negotiating a fight, and few give Mayweather the upper hand in receiving "his terms" if the fight happens.
"It's got to be on my terms, or the (De La Hoya) fight won't happen. I'll fight somebody else, and it's adios, amigos."