Floyd Mayweather Jr. and John Gotti III Battle Through Bizarre Second Round to Go the Distance

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and John Gotti III (2-0, 1 KO) went the distance in their exhibition clash.

The two men fought over eight, two-minute rounds. As no judges were scoring the contest and no knockouts, there was no official result. However, had the fight been scored, Mayweather would have won wide on the scorecards. Despite being the much younger and heavier fighter (Mayweather was 160 lbs, Gotti was 181 lbs), Gotti was thoroughly outboxed from start to finish.

The fight headlined an August 24 Mayweather Promotions event at the Arena Ciudad de México. Boxing fans around the world could catch all the action on DAZN as a pay-per-view (except in México). Those in México were able to do so on TV Azteca.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. And John Gotti III Meet in Exhibition Bout

Fight Recap

The opening round saw both fighters keep their distance for the most part. Mayweather was the busier of the two, landing jabs and countering. Although each round was supposed to be two minutes long, it appeared the timekeeper had not yet gotten the memo. It was not until Gotti pointed it out to referee Hector Afu that the round finally came to an end.

If one had thought what transpired in round one was ridiculous, the second was even more so. With about a minute remaining, Afu issued a warning to Mayweather about punching behind the head. “Money” was not pleased by this, resulting in Afu being replaced with referee Alfredo Uruzquieta for the rest of the fight.

The entirety of the clash saw Mayweather essentially have his way without putting too much effort or getting hit much. Though Gotti was getting outboxed, he was never in danger of getting stopped, allowing the fight to go the distance. With no knockouts, it went the distance with no official result.

Televised Undercard Results

Alan Romero (29-0-1, 16 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Azat Hovhannisyan (21-5, 17 KOs). Scores for the 12-round super bantamweight clash were 120-108 and 118-110 (x2). Hovhannisyan lost a point in round five for low blows.

Victor Ortiz (33-7-3, 25 KOs) and Rodrigo Damian Coria (13-6, 2 KOs) fought in an eight-round exhibition similar to Mayweather-Gotti. The two went the distance with no official result announced.

Curmel Moton (5-0, 4 KOs) won via first-round knockout against Victor Vazquez (5-3-1, 0 KOs). The time of stoppagefor this six-round lightweight contest was 0:55. A left hook sent Vazquez to the ropes early on. Moton followed up with a right, left, right hook combination to send his opponent down. Vazquez was unable to get up in time to beat the count of the referee.

César Vaca Espinoza (17-1-1, 11 KOs) won a majority decision against Luis Rodríguez Ocaña (15-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-round super bantamweight clash. While one judge had the action 95-95, the other two saw it 98-92 and 97-94 for Espinoza.

Aaron Silva (15-1, 12 KOs) won via third-round technical knockout against Alberto Artiga Pérez (6-14, 2 KOs). The time of stoppage for this eight-round super middleweight bout was 0:40. Silva unleashed a barrage of punches while Pérez was in a corner of the ring, causing the referee to put an end to proceedings.

Cecilia Rodríguez (14-1-1, 6 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Arlenn Aguirre (5-7-4, 1 KO) in an eight-round light flyweight fight. Scores were 80-72, 79-74 and 78-74.

Note: There were other bouts on the undercard, including one with Luís Arias and another featuring John Easter. However, the results of those untelevised fights are not available on BoxRec yet. If interested in knowing those results, check back here at a later date.