Saturday night at the famous Big Bola Casino in Mexico City, and broadcast on DAZN PPV, promoters Fernando Beltran (Promociones Zanfer), Floyd Mayweather (Mayweather Promotions), and Richard Schaefer (Mayweather Promotions) presented an 8 × 2 ring show between previously. – world division champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and John Gotti III. This match did not give the fans a chance to rejoice and face another black eye in boxing.
In the first round, after a long period of time, the bell rang, and Gotti had to inform referee Hector Afu that the round was over. At the end of the second round, “the circus continued” with Mayweather waving to the referee in the ring to be ejected. Gotti couldn't throw a punch, and Mayweather landed jabs. In the third round, the farce continued with Gotti against the ropes, doing nothing but complaining. Mayweather got what little there was. By the fourth round, Mayweather was the only one there. In the fifth round, Mayweather put to bed what little he got, Gotti landed a single left hook. In the sixth round the new referee could not control what was happening, Mayweather found out what was coming. In the seventh round, the same thing happened again, Mayweather got less. In the eighth and final round, the fans started booing for good reason. Mayweather, who finished his career 50-0, and Gotti 2-0? The fans roared when ring announcer Jimmy Lennon called for a round of applause for the two.
In the show, Super Welter southpaw 'Vicious' Victor Ortiz, 33-7-3 (25), of Garden City, KS, in a no-decision because it's an exhibition, faced southpaw Rodrigo 'Tanko' Cordia, 21-8-1 (11), of MEX, Houston, TX, over 8×2 rounds. In the first four rounds, both southpaws gave the fans something to cheer about. In the last four rounds, it has dropped.
Elsewhere, the WBC Silver Super Bantam champion and No. 1 ranked Alan Picasso, 29-0-1 (16), #121.5, of Mexico City, MEX, defeated 'Crazy A' Azat Hovhannisyan, 21-5 (17 ), #121.7, of Armenia and LA, CA, over 12 solid rounds. For some reason, they allowed part of the Picasso group, after walking around the ring, to enter the ring and still sing, holding things up. In the first two rounds, Picasso edged out Hovhannisyan.
In the third round, Picasso went to the body, with Hovhannisyan countering. In the fourth round, Hovhannisyan was stripped of a point for hitting Picasso on the canvas by referee Hector Afu. From the fifth to the seventh round, it was back and forth where Picasso had the edge.
In the eighth round, it was all action, although several stages occurred in between. In the ninth round, Picasso did well until the final seconds when Hovhannisyan landed a flurry of punches. In the tenth round, although he was very swollen under both eyes, Hovhannisyan had a good round.
In the eleventh round, the action continued with both in another close round. In the twelfth and final round, it was action packed for the most part, with Hovhannisyan having a narrow edge. Scores of 118-110 twice and especially 120-108 seemed out of line.
Super middle southpaw Louis 'Zurdo' Rodriguez, 15-1 (14), #122, of Mexico City, MEX, lost by majority decision to Cesar Vaca, 17-1-1 (11), #124, of Guadalajara, MEX, over rounds of 10.
For the first two rounds, Rodriguez followed Vaca around the ring without doing anything. In the third round, both mixed well at the last minute. Over the next three rounds, Rodriguez tried to get Vaca to engage and when he did, he landed a right to the chin. In the seventh round, Rodriguez decided to do what Vaca had done three rounds ago, to no avail.
On the ninth, there is little movement. In the tenth and final round, Vaca picked off Rodriguez, having his best round. The referee is Alfredo Uruzquieta. Scores: 95-95, 97-94, and 98-92.
18-year-old lightweight prospect Curmel Melton, 5-0 (4), #134 ½, of Las Vegas, NV, stopped Victor Vazquez, 5-3-1 (0), #137, of Tapachula, MEX, by 0 : 55 for the first round of the scheduled 6 rounds. In the first round, Melton's hook was followed by three punches to the chin, knocking Vazquez down. He tried to beat the count as referee Laurentino Ramirez Oropeza raised it.
Silver Middle Aaron Silva, 16-1 (12), of Monterrey, MEX, stopped Alberto 'Pollo' Artiga, 6-14 (2), of MEX, in 3 rounds of the scheduled 8 rounds. In the first round, Artiga suffered a slight blow to his nose. In the third round, Silva landed three unanswered punches, forcing the referee to stop.
Light Fly late under Arlen Sanchez, 5-7-4 (1), of Tlalnepantla, MEX, lost to Cecilia Rodriguez, 14-1-1 (6), of Monterrey, MEX, over 8×2 rounds of competition. In the first two rounds, Sanchez fought it out, though he lost both rounds. In the third round, Sanchez began to slow down, with Rodriguez taking the round. In the fourth and fifth rounds, Sanchez got his second wind, passing Rodriguez. In the sixth round, Rodriguez came back well, going to the body with uppercuts. In the seventh and eighth and final round, it was Sanchez who got the better of Rodriguez. The referee is Alfredo Uruzquieta.
Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr.
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