Floyd Mayweather breaks silence on 'crazy s***' after John Gotti III fight - Gotti III reacts and call out Conor McGregor
Floyd Mayweather has described the carnage which engulfed his fight with John Gotti III as ‘crazy s***’.
The pair met in an un-scored bout that wouldn’t appear on either of their undefeated professional records at the FLA Live Arena, but there was an heated air to proceedings from the bell.
Mayweather was taking part in his latest money-spinning exhibition bout in Florida last night as he took on the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti.
But the event descended into chaos when the ‘fight’ was stopped in the sixth round with Gotti III disqualified for repeatedly holding on to his opponent.
Gotti III responded by trying to throw punches, despite referee Kenny Bayliss stepping in.
Gotti had been offended by a joke Mayweather made during their weigh-in, and the boxer appeared to be going for the stoppage early as he pushed the pace.
But midway through the sixth round, the MMA fighter who comes from one of America’s most famous crime families, was disqualified by referee Kenny Bayliss after holding and trash talking incessantly.
This angered the New Yorker, who continued throwing punches, eventually inciting a brawl in and out of the ring.
A riot ensued as up to 60 people stormed the ring as police officers waded in in an effort to calm proceedings.
And in a video since posted to social media, Mayweather is seen in his dressing room saying, ‘Man, that sh** was crazy’ while being applauded by his entourage.
Mayweather is understood to have weighed up to two stone less than his opponent who had at least boxed professionally before walking to the ring last night.
But that didn’t stop the former five-weight world champion from dominating the bout before it was stopped in the sixth round.
But that was far from the end of proceedings as Gotti III, clearly unhappy with referee Kenny Bayliss’ intervention, continued to throw punches before the ring was swarmed by up to 60 people.
Gotti III was dragged away by members of his team before Mayweather’s entourage also entered the squared circle.
The riot spread to the crowd – and ultimately backstage – as police officers attempted to calm the calamitous scenes.
Gotti later took to social media to hit out at Mayweather, while dragging McGregor into the row.
Gotti has told Mayweather that the pair are ‘enemies for life’. ‘Punk b****,’ he said while tagging Mayweather in footage from the melee.
‘You my enemy for life. [ Conor McGregor ], we need back up. Bum never put me down or stopped me it was a DQ for no reason,’ he wrote.