The boxing icon rematched John Gotti III in Mexico City after their initial meeting in June of last year ended in chaos.
He dominated proceedings and was believed by fans to be the unofficial winner, but there were no official scorecards due to the bout being an exhibition.
Floyd Mayweather‘s last meeting with John Gotti III resulted in a farcical disqualification that led to widespread riots across the FLA Live Arena in Florida last summer.
After being stopped in the sixth round for excessive holding, Gotti refused to cease fighting and threw further punches at his rival.
This led to a mass influx of teammates on both sides entering the ring, with fights spilling out into all parts of the crowd.
It was enough to build interest in a rematch between the pair, which took place last night in Mexico.
It was the latest stop on the Mayweather world tour that has taken him to Japan, London, Miami and Dubai. And he exerted his power in comical fashion midway through the second round when he took issue with a referee’s call.
Mayweather looked a shell of his former self as he tipped the scales just over 160lb, and appeared to be throwing without putting his full force behind his punches. However, he was still far better than MMA fighter Gotti, who has boxed just twice as a professional.
Even though the New Yorker, whose father and grandfather are John Gotti Jr and Sr from the infamous Gambino crime family, had a 20lb+ advantage, he was unable to land any major power shots. And Mayweather ultimately coasted to the final bell, with no winner declared.
