You may’t knock Floyd Mayweather‘s expertise within the ring — as a boss, anyway, as a result of whereas he was boxing John Gotti III, he fired the referee … bringing in recent eyes when he did not like a name.
Whereas Saturday evening’s battle in Mexico Metropolis was simply an exhibition, it was a extremely anticipated rematch. Followers weren’t precisely loving the motion, or lack thereof, within the 2nd spherical … when Floyd uncorked a punch that Gotti complained was a rabbit punch — an unlawful blow to the again of the top.
When referee Hector Afu penalized Mayweather for the best hook, the 47-year-old fighter obtained pissed and began waving him off … gesturing for Afu to get out of the ring. After a quick alternate of heated phrases between the boxer and ref, Afu obtained the hell outta Dodge!
It is unclear what Floyd mentioned, however identical to that, a brand new ref shortly jumped into the ring … and the battle resumed. For what it is price, the announcers all appeared to agree Floyd’s punch was totally authorized.
Because it seems, Floyd going toe-to-toe with the ref was the very best motion of the evening. There have been no knockdowns, and no memorable flurries of punches. At the least, the primary Mayweather-Gotti battle ended with a wild brawl when Gotti III was disqualified for holding an excessive amount of.
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Saturday evening there was no official scoring for the exhibition, so followers did not even get an official winner declared … though, the announcers agreed Floyd dominated.
Followers booed the shortage of boxing motion all evening, however at the very least they obtained to see a ref get Jerry Maguire’d! 😆
