Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III fight ended in chaos as a brawl broke out in the ring after the referee stopped the fight.
Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and MMA fighter John Gotti III’s highly anticipated exhibition battle ended up being a complete disaster.
Mayweather and Gotti III were scheduled to face off in an eight-round bout as the main event.
The fight, however, was abruptly interrupted by referee Kenny Bayless during the sixth round after Gotti got furious with Mayweather Jr.
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Since retiring in 2017 after defeating UFC’s Conor McGregor in a cross-sport bout, Mayweather has taken part in several exhibition fights against the likes of Logan Paul, Deji Olatunji and Aaron Chalmers.
Facing 30-year-old Gotti III – the grandson of organised crime boss John Gotti, who turned a professional boxer last year – the exhibition fight was scheduled for eight two-minute rounds, with no judges assigned.
In front of a Florida crowd heavily in favour of Gotti, the start to the fight was delayed as Mayweather’s security team had to clear people out of his corner, before the 46-year-old proceeded to dominate and toy with his opponent in the ring.
Indeed, such was the mismatch that both fighters were warned for trash talking and abusive language used mid-rounds by referee Kenny Bayless ahead of the sixth, with Gotti capable of not much else in the face of Mayweather’s speed and technical ability.
The sixth round saw more of the same in terms of trash talk and rough tactics, however, causing Bayless to wave off the fight, and prompting Gotti to charge at Mayweather in what began a brawl.
Crazy scenes saw personnel from both camps storm the ring and throw several punches amid a mass of bodies, before Gotti and Mayweather were escorted out, and further fighting both inside and outside the ring continued, with pleas over a mic from Mayweather’s team asking fans to leave the venue without further violence.
A huge brawl broke out at the Mayweather vs Gotti III exhibition
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