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All hell broke loose on Sunday night after the referee called a stoppage to the exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III. The latter was disqualified in the sixth round for excessively holding onto his opponent. Gotti clearly wasn't done, though, so he decided to attack Mayweather even after the fight had been called off.
A brawl ensued in the ring after the two fighters exchanged haymakers after the bell. Naturally, security personnel from both camps got involved and the scenes got ugly:
Full blown chaos in the ring after the Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti lll fight gets waved off 😳pic.twitter.com/eRT2yS9k8o
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 12, 2023
COMPLETE CHAOS at the Floyd Mayweather vs John Gotti III fight 😳 pic.twitter.com/FML12NOO5e
— Overtime (@overtime) June 12, 2023
It seems like Gotti got clocked by Mayweather in the post-fight scuffle, and the 30-year-old was seen stumbling back as the pair were separated. The mean streets of Twitter went all in on Gotti for his antics, and they weren't shy about letting their true feelings known:
John Gotti after the ref called fight vs Floyd Mayweather #MayweatherGotti: pic.twitter.com/Ii8xqcjg9E
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) June 12, 2023
https://twitter.com/droppedballspod/status/1668091515368017922
Floyd caught him with that hook and stumbled him at the end
— Perc Franklin💊 (@leavepercalone) June 12, 2023
Turned into a street fight and Mayweather still countered him 😂
— MARIO (@MDPC62) June 12, 2023
Gotti when he saw all the TMT dudes rush the ring: pic.twitter.com/r5v1SbcJwb
— JR (@LakeShowJR) June 12, 2023
Some fans were also quick to point out how Floyd Mayweather seemed to have just been playing around throughout the fight by not taking his opponent seriously:
https://twitter.com/dantheboxingman/status/1668089403754041344
https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1668087826234372096
Brawl or no brawl, boxing fans in general were united in calling out this exhibition match for being nothing more than a publicity stunt. Supporters of the sport weren't happy at all as they watched what they felt was absolute garbage:
There was a Mayweather fight? pic.twitter.com/hKRdBvhM8n
— TEAM SOLITAIRE (@teamsolitaireSX) June 12, 2023
I'm shocked…..
That people actually attending this hoax of a boxing event. Crazy.
— Kyle Anthony's UFC Betting (@KyleAnthonyUFC) June 12, 2023
Who knew that Floyd was fighting tonight?
— Dospacos (@KevinE11iot) June 12, 2023
Lmao wtf is this pic.twitter.com/RZUmymW5YM
— Chuk Morka 🇳🇬 🇺🇸 (@ChukMorka) June 12, 2023
Not surprised that just happened at a Mayweather event. Trash
— Danny Cepeda (@dcepeda2) June 12, 2023
At the end of the day, though, this event still generated a lot of buzz in the boxing world. It may not have ended the way the promoters wanted it to (or did it?), but what cannot be denied is that Floyd Mayweather just got a whole lot richer yet again after this bout.
