John Gotti III has been suspended for six months due to an in-ring altercation with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
On Sunday, June 11, Mayweather continued his boxing exhibition tour by taking on the grandson of legendary mobster John Gotti. During the sixth round, controversy struck when the referee, Kenny Bayless, ended the match due to excessive clinching and trash talk.
Gotti III was furious about the decision and decided to push Bayless out of the way to attack Mayweather. Shortly after, the ring was filled with dozens of people fighting, creating a massive brawl. Several days later, the Florida athletic commission released this statement:
“The DBPR Florida Athletic Commission took immediate action the evening of Sunday, June 11, and suspended John Gotti III for six months.”
The situation between Gotti III and Mayweather continued to escalate backstage, with multiple fights going viral on social media. The MMA veteran and his family have threatened the boxing legend several times online, leading to a demand for a rematch.
Complete chaos after the Floyd Mayweather-John Gotti III fight was stopped 😳
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John Gotti III calls out Floyd Mayweather Jr. for being a ‘women hitting cry baby’
John Gotti III doesn’t plan on forgiving Floyd Mayweather Jr. anytime soon. The 30-year-old labeled Mayweather as his enemy for life and called him out multiple times on social media. He also asked Conor McGregor, a former opponent of ‘Money’ for backup, Gotti III recently posted several profanity-laced rants on his temporary Instagram story, including this message:
“Floyd little loyalist on these comments want to call me animal and berate my character go do a background on me personally and then floyd and tell me what you find floyd is a women hitting cry baby who cant do a day in jail without crying and has not one loyal friend of you take his money away i got nothing to offer mine and 400 strong got a plane to come support me let that sink in”
After suffering his first professional MMA fight in October 2020, Gotti III secured two boxing wins. The first was a unanimous decision win in October 2022, and the second was a first-round knockout on January 21 of this year.
Meanwhile, Mayweather Jr. has competed in various exhibition bouts since extending his boxing record to 50-0 by taking out Conor McGregor in August 2018.
LOTS OF ACTION BEHIND THE SCENE OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR VS JOHN GOTTI III LAST NIGHT IN FLORIDA.
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