Former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather outmatched John Gotti III, the grandson of the late New York crime boss, in an exhibition struggle Saturday that left the Mexico Metropolis crowd unimpressed.
Mayweather, 47, retired from boxing in 2017, unbeaten in 50 bouts, however continues to look in fights that don’t depend in direction of his profession report.
The 31-year-old Gotti, who had a 5-1 report in MMA fights earlier than switching to boxing, is the grandson of John Gotti, the top of the Gambino crime household who died in jail in 2002.
Mayweather has additionally fought actuality tv stars and YouTube fighters in a few of his exhibitions.
He dominated Gotti from begin to end regardless of confusion when a round-ending bell didn’t sound and when the referee left the ring mid-fight. The eight-round bout included two-minute rounds with two-minute relaxation durations.
Gotti, the primary to enter the ring in an area full of greater than 22,000 spectators, confirmed little effort through the struggle, scary the viewers’s disdain.
Mayweather got here out throwing rights to Gotti’s head within the first spherical, Gotti limiting himself to containing the punishment.
There was a second of confusion after two minutes as a result of the bell didn’t ring and the struggle continued till complaints had been heard from Gotti’s nook.
There was extra bewilderment within the second spherical when, after a forbidden punch by Mayweather, Panamanian referee Hector Afu left the ring, apparently aggravated by Mayweather’s actions.
Mexican referee Alfredo Uruzquieta then took over.
Mayweather simply eluded Gotti within the third spherical and unleashed on his rival, who he had in opposition to the ropes.
It was not till the fourth that Gotti threw some severe punches to Mayweather’s physique, though with little impact.
The gang started to point out their displeasure with whistles over Gotti’s lack of combativeness in direction of the tip of the spherical.
Mayweather rained blows on Gotti, who did little to defend himself, within the sixth and seventh rounds, leaving followers much more aggravated.
Mayweather cornered Gotti within the closing spherical however his opponent held on till the ultimate bell.
There was no official winner as a result of the bout was an exhibition match.
Mayweather and Gotti fought their first exhibition in South Florida in June 2023, a struggle that was stopped within the sixth spherical due to insults between each fighters that precipitated a melee within the ring.
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