Mayweather defeated Gotti III in a controversial and dirty fight that ended with boos

Floyd Mayweather defeated John Gotti III this Saturdaywho never gave ‘Pera’ a threat, in an exhibition match in Mexico City, that It generated boos from the more than 20,000 fans who filled the CDMX Arena.

In the first fight in Mexico for Mayweather, retired since 2017 with an undefeated record in 50 fights, The former world champion in five divisions offered a dirty fight, with some illegal blows, but was not allowed because in an exhibition there were no judgestherefore there are no winners or losers.

The fight began in chaos, with the first round lasting more than the agreed-upon two minutes and with Mayweather already involved He started with two rabbit punches to Gotti, not allowed in professional boxing because it was to the back of the head.

Panamanian referee Héctor Afú said nothing about Mayweather’s mistakes until the second round, when he stopped the fight for a few seconds to leave the ring. to the anger of ‘Money’, who asked to let him continue and pushed the referee.

In the end, Afú was replaced by another referee, but the damage was already done. The stop upset Gotti, who fell into the former monarch’s trap.

‘Pretty Boy’ got ahead in the third round, where he put Gotti on the ropesgrandson of the famous mafia boss, where he was hit with a ‘rally’ of punches, some of which hit the soft spots.

In the fourth and fifth rounds, Mayweather took advantage of the fact that Gotti remained passive and hit Gotti with jabs and straights to the head, which when he tried to attack, failed to connect with Money’s body.

Gotti never took advantage of his weight, about 184 pounds, compared to Mayweather’s 160, He remained scared and Mayweather could not stop him from continuing to dictate the course of the fight.in the sixth and seventh rounds.

Floyd tried to provoke Gotti in the eighth and final roll by letting his guard downbut his rival did not let go and was never a threat to ‘Money’, however Mayweather was again warned by the referee to stop his punches to the back of the head.

Earlier, in the co-feature fight, Alan David ‘Rey’ Picasso, one of the main promises of Mexican boxing, won by unanimous decision against Armenian Azat Hovhannisyan, in a super bantamweight fight.

Picasso, 24, struggled to beat Hovhannisyan, a 36-year-old veteran, who landed plenty of punches to his face and at times didn’t let the Mexican open his guard.

The ‘King’ will now continue on his path to earn a fight against Japan’s Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight champion.

Alan David improved his record to 29 wins, 16 draws, and one draw; The Armenian left his mark with 21 wins, 17 by knockout, and five losses.