In this weekend’s biggest boxing telecast, ring legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. makes his long-awaited debut in Mexico City when he takes on John Gotti III in an eight-round exhibition rematch on a $49.99 PPV Saturday night at the renowned CDMX Arena. In their first encounter, Floyd handily outboxed Gotti III, the grandson of the famous New York mob boss John Gotti. When the bout was stopped, the action started as an enraged Gotti charged after Floyd and prompted a wild melee in the ring.
In addition to the main fight, the card will include an eight round exhibition between former WBC welterweight champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz and Rodrigo Damián Coria, WBC super bantamweight silver champion Alan David Picasso (28-0-1, 16 KOs) against former world title challenger Azat Hovhanisyan (21-4, 17 KOs) in a twelve-rounder, and Curmel Tramayne Moton (4-0, 3 KOs) against Victor Vazquez (5-2-1) in a six round lightweight matchup.
Id rather watch Jake Paul fight a nobody.
I saw many times Floyd fights and being in his prime he never please me with any fight
His only good fight was when he beat Diego corrales which I think that’s the only great quality opposition victory of Mayweather
Later moved to fight Jose Luis Castillo then Floyd was never the same again
Great performance by hard hitter and technician Castillo
Anyway if I did not like him when he was young I definetly won’t like him as old
I prefer watch the PGA tour
Yes, When Mayweather and Castillo fought the first time, Castillo won that fight in my opinion. Even the crowd booed the decision.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt Scoob. That was a blatant example of “boxing” choosing the fighter that could generate more money in the long run.
Castillo and the man who effectively ended Broner’s career, Maidana were defeated by the same group.
PGA tour has all the excitement of watching paint dry.
Yes, and somehow Fraud Mayweather finds a way to make a “fight” even more boring than that!
Mayweather made boxing about money instead of honor, and he ducked, dodged, took advantage of catch weights and delaying fights for years in order to retire with a perfect record, and still his ego is so big that he just can’t stand to not feel relevant and so we gotta put up with this nonsense.
Same terrence Crawford who wants canelo just for money
He knows he will lose but also he knows he will make lot of money
He does not care his fans which is sad
I don’t know if you can look at Crawford in the same light as Mayweather. Crawford to my knowledge has never used catch weights or rehydration clauses. Crawford has tried to fight the best, but has repeatedly been ducked. I think like anyone that has fought, he can beat canelo or has a plan to beat him. He may have more reservations now given his fight with madrimov, but when you come to the end or your perceived end you definitely want to cash out the best way you can not just for money, but for legacy. I read above that Mayweather made it about money rather than honor, I agree with that statement. I think Mayweather taught others the art of the duck and the all out waiting game like waiting for them to get older or diminishing skills. Canelo has definitely learned it among others.
Huge difference. Crawford has fought the best in all his weight-classes. Actually some ran from him for years because of…wait for it….you guessed it…the Mayweather playbook of aging fighters out.
Floyd quality opposition is better than Crawford
We are not comparing Floyd vs Crawford
I’m saying they care more about money than satisfied their fans
Canelo is dicking Benavides after that he had fought the best and he cares about his fans
“Canelo is dicking Benavides”
– Not good.
Didn’t know Canelo swings that way. LOL
My, my, my. LOL!!! Freudian typo.
Better in terms of name recognition, yes. Mayweather to me fought his best at his lightest weight. As soon as he got to 147, he cherry picked. Crawford, by my estimation will fight anyone. I just believe Crawford is holding out for that huge fight after years of fighting in obscurity. He has a chip on his shoulder.
He did have several exciting fights on his way up.
Sorry Raffles. Mayweather fought a VERY long string of opposition that were well past their peak. If we are going on name recognitions alone, than yes, without a doubt, the resume is nicely decorated and in Floyd’s favor.
Floyd Mayweather Jr is one of the greatest fighters ever. The man has always had a natural gift for fighting, unlike Ryan Garcia, Tyson Fury, Devin Haney, Jermall and Jermell Charlo, Deontay Wilder, and Anthony Joshua. I have appreciated his talent in all of his fights. Good to see him still displaying his gift to the masses in these exhibitions. I don’t know why he bothers with Gotti III again, after Gotti got embarrassed by Floyd in their last exhibition. So outclassed and humiliated in front of his people, Gotti couldn’t hold it together and lost his composure after the referee stoppage. He went after Floyd, who could’ve easily knocked him out, but didn’t. Gotti is a sore loser and doesn’t deserve to be in the ring with this great fighter. Credit to Floyd for giving him another chance to redeem himself in front of his people.
Gotti probably learned the lost composure act from pro wrestling.
So irrelevant Floyd is becoming that my comment is nor even the 10th after 2 days this article was posted. Before, when he was an active fighter, by this time there were no less than 50 comments
mayweather still misses the spotlight. He cant or wont adjust to retirement . i wonder how long these exhibitions will go on. maybe into his 60s ,70s ?
LO, great statement. I agree. As long as people pay to see the antics, Floyd will exist in the boxing spotlight in his own right. Floyd cherry picks these opponents and knows how to create a money maker of a show with the performances. I won’t pay a dime. I will simply watch the replay on YouTube and remind myself my money can be spent elsewhere.
– Not even going to watch the “highlights” for free on YouTube the next day………..
The long awaited return? That’s it. I’m convinced that realities crossed over and I was unfortunately switched at some point.
– Looks like FightNews isn’t going to mention the fight tomorrow night, Wed, 8/21, between Jarred Hurd and Jeison Rosario televised on ProBox.
I don’t care for this rubbish.
Even the Ortiz fight is an exhibition. I have not bought any of these Mayweather exhibitions and I have poor standards. Heck I have bought 3 Jake Paul events. Say what you like about Jake Paul his cards are half decent. Maybe if this card had Ortiz fighting Brandon Rios in a real fight or Mayweather fighting Margarito or even Mayorga in a real fight I would be intrigued. I saw the first Gotti fight on youtube and it was an interesting spectacle but not enough to get even me to buy part 2.. I do think they may fight for real but it still will not count and for me that seems to matter.
From the DAZN pricing, this is easily the BIGGEST RIP-OFF I have seen in a long time. You must be nuts to buy this junk.
This is why boxing is being devoured by MMA. If boxing doesn’t take itself seriously, why should the casual fan? I’d rather watch two crack-whores fight over an old cigarette butt.
Does anybody know if Floyds fights really count? I thought that if the bout is an exhibition nobody wins? Why bother with an exhibition and just fight a contender?