FLloyd Mayweather defeated John Gotti IIINever suggested a threat to ‘money’, In an exhibition match in Mexico City, This generated boos from the more than 20,000 fans who filled the CDMX Arena.
in First fight in Mexico for Mayweather, who retired in 2017 with an unbeaten record of 50 fightsThe former world champion in five categories gave A dirty fight with many illegal blows, But it was not granted because the exhibition had no judges, so there was no winner or loser.
CThe bout got off to a tumultuous start, with the first round lasting more than the agreed-upon two minutes and starting with two rabbit punches by Mayweather (blows to the back of the head) a hose, The back of the neck is not allowed in professional boxing. Panamanian referee Hector Afu said nothing about Mayweather’s fouls until the second round, in which ‘Money’ angrily pushed the referee as he asked to be allowed to continue.
In the end, Afu was replaced by another referee, but the damage had already been done. This break disturbed Gotti, who fell into the former emperor’s trap. ‘Pretty Boy’ advanced in the third round, in which he kept Gotti, grandson of the famous mafia boss, on the ropes, to whom he connected a ‘rally’ of blows, many of them to the soft areas.
In the fourth and fifth round.. Mayweather kept Gotti passive and hit Gotti in the head with jabs and straights.When he tried to attack, he failed to connect with ‘Money’s body.
Gotti never took advantage of Mayweather’s 160-plus 184-pound weightFear continued and that didn’t stop Mayweather from continuing to dictate the pace of the fight in the sixth and seventh rounds.
Floyd tried to provoke Gotti by lowering his guard in the eighth and final roll, but his opponent did not let up and ‘Money’ was never threatened, although Mayweather was warned by the referee to stop with blows to his neck.
Earlier, in the co-main event, Alan David ‘Ray’ Picasso, one of the main promises of Mexican boxing, won a super bantamweight fight with a unanimous decision over Armenian Azat Hovhannisyan.
Picasso, 24, struggled to beat the 36-year-old veteran Hovhannisyan, who landed several punches to his face and at times didn’t let the Mexican open his guard.
The ‘King’ will now continue on his way to fight the undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan.
Alan David improved his record to 29 wins, 16 starts, and one draw; The Armenian left his mark with 21 wins, 17 knockouts and five losses.
