47-year-old ring legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. made his Mexico City debut in an exhibition on Saturday night at the iconic Arena Ciudad de México. The affair was a rematch of a June 2023 exhibition between Mayweather and MMA fighter John Gotti III. Mayweather schooled Gotti over the eight two-minute rounds. In round two, the referee warned Floyd for hitting behind the head was promptly replaced by another ref.
WBC #1 super bantamweight and silver beltholder Alan David Picasso (29-0-1, 16 KOs) hammered out a twelve round unanimous decision over Azat “Crazy A” Hovhanisyan (21-5, 17 KOs). Good two-way action with local favorite Picasso winning 118-110, 118-110, 120-108.
Former WBC welterweight champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (33-7-3, 25 KOs) returned from a two-year layoff to go eight two-minute rounds against Rodrigo Damián Coria (13-6, 2 KOs) in an exhibition match.
18-year-old lightweight prospect Curmel Traymayne Moton (5-0, 4 KOs) needed just 55 seconds to annihilate Victor Vazquez (5-3-1) in the first round.
“eight pedestrian rounds”
Why 2 minute rounds?
Coz they’re old.
Who on earth actually paid for this PPV?
Exactly….
Yes, indeed, Carlos Padilla seems to be one of them, and he was scoring the contest.
i never said i paid for it mr. burucho. it was on mexican channel.
That is a good question, NA. There is no answer. We know the answer: There were very few viewers. PPV numbers have been declining over the years.
I think it’s great Mayweather is still making tons of money but did anyone pay for this?
“It’s great that Mayweather is making tons on money”…..
Yea sure dude! Great only for boring little Floyd that is… he’d have to pay me to watch this crap. Over rated narcissistic fool will do anything to stay relevant lol.
Yo Floyd, find a hobby or just get a life already!
Mayweather has always been smart in knowing the Mexican fan base will actually spend good money for the chance to possibly see him lose. Nobody else is that invested.
Curmel Moton….10 rounds with a top 20, now, like next weekend.
Every opponent he’s fought had a winning record. No tomato cans. No short cuts.
This kid is the real deal.
This was an exhibition, with the fight and the result both predictable. Neanderthal sore loser Gotti III I’m certain is somewhere alone on his hands and knees, praying to his higher power, that Floyd didn’t annihilate him like he did Arturo Gatti. Gotti no doubt trained his ass off. He was bigger, taller, significantly heavier, and still got schooled. Floyd made sure it wasn’t overwhelmingly embarrassing this time for the Neanderthal, so he could save face with his family. Gotti needs to stick with MMA, and stay the hell away from the Sweet Science. He doesn’t have the skills, ability, athleticism, or talent.
Naaaaaaaa gatti was old
And gatti has a fight of the year
Floyd has zero
All those Fight of The Year accolades is why Gatti was stopped 5 times
What the hell happened? The referee warned Mayweather for hitting in the back of the head and was replaced by another ref??? Haha, I’ve never heard of that! It’s like – “Look pal, if you’re going to sit there and actually do your job, we’ll just have to replace you with someone who won’t”
This was the only thing left to have happened during Floyd’s career.
Ref: “Floyd, stop holding. No rabbit punching.”
Larry Merchant: (takes a sip of his scotch) “the ref just warned floyd about his antics and LOOK, the ref, has been replaced. Of course he has. This is why the sport will never be what it once was. Imagine ref replacements in your time George. Mary had a little lamb, except, the fleece was NOT, white as snow.”
Classic response…
I still miss 4 shots Merchant.
Well said little boy Floyd still pulling little girl antics. He should have a another exhibition with Queen Leflop and see which girl runs arounds, holds and flops the most
Banana boxing. .. like that banana baseball. …kind of like real boxing; but not really boxing. Not firestick material.
BORING . start to finish .i fell asleep several times. the ref. being replaced for warning floyd was ridiculous. hopefully canelo doesn’t copy that from floyd also.
Shut it pussy, keep canelos nuts out of your chin. Leva
sorry to hurt your feelings seguro but canelo has copied a lot of things from mayweather. the truth hurts ….
Nah, u ain’t hurting anybody homie. Your truths aren’t facts, they’re both their own unique person.
Canelo ride Floyd nuts harder than his own! Fact
You’re right Carlos. Besides titles, there the chosen “face” of boxing. This rank provides many advantages such as infrequent testing, title defense exemptions, your team of judges, hand picked opponents, usually before or well past their peak, one sided contract negotiations and of course your own ref.
thank you, peter.
There’s an old saying: “ You don’t play boxing”.
This is play boxing
i didnt watch this circus side act but i did find it funny that Victor Ortiz was on the undercard seeing that he had bad blood with Floyd at one time and he was never a draw lol and floyds latest hype job Carmel Moton will be fed a steady diet of home depot workers for awhile im sure i mean he was no Olympian and i believe he lost his big amatuer fight and hes not a great boxer but best of luck to him
Ohhh yea when Floyd won with an illegal punch and hundreds of hit elbows????
Next, Floyd will take on the grandson of Bozo The Clown. The grandson is not a boxer but has some tattoos and looks mean.
Honestly, I wish Floyd would just stop. Replacing the referee reinforced what a clownshow this was.
Yeah, Floyd should stop, but can you blame him for not? I’m sure he’s making millions off these fights. He’d be foolish not to. He probably has another 5,6 years in him of doing these shows. Personally, I thought a prime Floyd was pretty boring to watch, let alone a near 50 year old version fighting mob bosses grandchildren.
‘In round two, the referee warned Floyd for hitting behind the head was promptly replaced by another ref’. What more do you need to know about this farce.
I was hoping for some action like the fight prior to the main card but after the second round, I turn the tv off and went to sleep! This was not even worth watching on free tv! Mexico fans normally don’t put up with this staged clownshows but, there were some fans in attendance! I really don’t see how money be making millions from this bullisht clown shows! Thanks to the good ol’ firestick!
Didn’t waste my time with this nonsense. Attended a club show in So Cal yesterday & was highly entertained watching prospects in competitive action, not silly exhibitions or 55-second mismatches.
Those are the best shows.
We need more of them for the sport to expand.
Enough Floyd, you are about to get put in the Jake Paul catorgy…CLOWN SHOW!!
He is already far worse than Jake Paul category. He has been in Logan Paul category since they “fought.”
Can’t believe I missed not only Mayweather vs Gotti 1 but now 2. I can only hope for the Trilogy.
Ha ha surely you jest!
I looked at your forum, it’s full of alt-right edgelords.
Good to see Victor Ortiz back doing an exhibition. He had a great deal of ability. He’s always a good sport, humble, respectful, and professional.
Also, that Curmel Moton looks to have a bright future. Looking forward to watching his future fights and tracking his development. He’s so young, which suggests that he has great natural ability like Floyd has.
The future of boxing looks bleak. First the Olympics, now this.
The referee replacement was part of the show kind WWE wrestling
I didn’t even read about this exhibition I just scrolled straight to the comments, whoever paid to watch this i got some paint drying on a wall and its 39.99 ppv until its dry.
This fight was a joke just like mayweather
Gotti a rare bird. An Italian from NYC that cannot fight…
I am glad Hector Afu (ref that was replaced, or left) did not play along with this circus.
Floyd keep doing his things, making money with minimum risks.
I didnt understand the need for fights like these in the past, but I get it now. As a fan of Boxing I like watching all fighters in prime even matched events. There are still some fighters I want to see even if I know they are outclassed. Non of my favorites have been in exhibitions as of yet, but if they were in one I would pay to watch. So Im sure the real fans of Mayweather are happy to just see him box and know he is doing it in a safe way. Id like to see Briggs in one. I know a lot of people are not fans of his, but I am. I dont want to see him in a real 3 min round fight with a top ten guy, but some other past his prime guy with 2 min rounds would be good. Zab Judah would be good to see again too.
Atrocious scorecards in the Picasso – Azat fight. Thought Picasso won, but wouldn’t argue with anyone who thought Azat won – it was close.
118-110 is bad enough but 120-108 is a joke.