Floyd Mayweatherformer boxing world champion in five different categories, will face each other this Saturday John Gotti IIIthe grandson of a New York mafia boss, in an exhibition fight that will mark the debut of ‘Money’ in Mexico.
At the Mexico City Arena in the capital, ‘Pretty Boy’ will try to show that at 47 years old he has retained the quality that allowed him to remain unbeaten in 50 fights in his professional career.
Since his retirement in 2017, Mayweather remained active in exhibition fights In different parts of the world, he has challenged several rivals with experience in mixed martial arts and social media figures.
Among his most iconic matches in this new phase of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic bronze medalist was in February 2021 against YouTuber Logan Paul, who is now a WWE wrestler.
The duel against Gotti III will be a rematch of their exhibition clash in June 2023 in Florida, where the referee stopped the fight in the sixth round, before completing the agreed eight, as both boxers engaged throughout the fight in a verbal war that was out of control.
Even though the referee stopped the match, Gotti III went to ‘Money’, which caused both corners to empty and the gladiator teams began a fierce battle that infected some fans in the stands.
In a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s rematch, Gotti, a former mixed martial arts fighter with a professional boxing record of two wins without a loss, made it clear that he held no grudges for what happened over the past year. with his promise to give her a rematch and help her pay her bills.
The June 2023 fight was not a challenge for Floyd, who despite having the public against him, dominated the fight from start to finish and even took the time to tease his 31-year-old rival with taunts , who fell off his game.
“I’m still retired, this is my life in my retirementfighting because I am a fighter and I will be until the last day of my life, it is my second nature and thus I am the best. I don’t care what you throw at me, fighting for me is like getting up in the morning to go for a walk in the park,” Mayweather responded at the pre-fight conference when asked if he believed Gotti III respected him as a threat. .
The fight between Mayweather and Gotti III is scheduled for eight rounds of two minutes each, without judges.
The card includes another exhibition, between Mayweather’s former rival Víctor Ortiz, who will face the Argentine Rodrigo Damián Coria, and professional fights in which Alan David Picasso, one of the promises of Mexican boxing, stands out against Armenian Azat Hovhannisyan, in super bantamweight, and Luis Rodríguez against César Vaca, Mexican super middleweight duel.
Source: La Verdad
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