WATCH: Floyd Mayweather’s Exhibition Boxing Match With John Gotti’s Grandson Ends in Chaos When Gotti Refuses to Stop After the Bell

Ahmad Austin Jr.Jun 12th, 2023, 10:26 am
 
Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III exhibition boxing match

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What was intended to be a friendly exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III ended in chaos when Gotti continued fighting after it ended.

The fight was chippy from the onset. Gotti — the grandson of infamous mobster John Gotti — complained of punches to the back of head from Mayweather. In the fifth round, Gotti was called for holding. All of this compounded by trash talk throughout.

Referee Kenny Bayless then waved the fight off in the sixth round due to the unusually contentious nature of the exhibition fight. Gotti, however, had no interest in stopping. He managed to weave around Bayless and proceeding to once again square up against Mayweather. The two had a brief exchange that ended with Mayweather landing a right hook.

As the two continued fighting, however, dozens of people from both sides entered the fray. The fighters were quickly separated, but things remained heated as members of their respective camps also had to be separated.

There were also multiple fights outside the ring.

Neither fighter has gone into specifics about what sparked the tension, but Gotti later addressed it on Instagram. Nicolette Gotti, John III’s sister, also threatened the Mayweather family for the altercation.

“Punk bitch @floydmayweather,” Gotti III said on Instagram, “you my enemy for life.”

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