Floyd Mayweather Fires Referee in Middle of John Gotti III Rematch

You cannot knock Floyd Mayweather‘s abilities in 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.

While Saturday evening’s combat in Mexico City was simply an exhibition, it was a extremely anticipated rematch. Fans weren’t precisely loving the motion, or lack thereof, in 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 appropriate hook, the 47-year-old fighter received pissed and began waving him off … gesturing for Afu to get out of the ring. After a short alternate of heated phrases between the boxer and ref, Afu received the hell outta Dodge!

It’s unclear what Floyd mentioned, however identical to that, a brand new ref rapidly jumped into the ring … and the combat resumed. For what it is value, the announcers all appeared to agree Floyd’s punch was absolutely authorized.

As it seems, Floyd going toe-to-toe with the ref was the very best motion of the evening. There had been no knockdowns, and no memorable flurries of punches. At least, the primary Mayweather-Gotti combat ended with a wild brawl when Gotti III was disqualified for holding an excessive amount of.

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.