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Floyd Mayweather doesn’t have anything else to prove as a boxer but that hasn’t stopped him from cashing in on lucrative exhibition bouts against fighters less heralded than him. While it would be assumed that Floyd Mayweather would prefer to let his hands do the talking, he recently opted to fire a referee during a recent match against John Gotti III over a missed call.
Last Saturday (August 24) in Mexico City, Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III faced each other in a rematch of their 2023 fight that ended in a disqualification decision due to excessive holding from Gotti and trash talk. For this most recent bout, it was another non-scoring fight that took place at the Mexico City Arena.
As reported by TMZ Sports, Hector Afu, who was the referee boxing match, called out Mayweather for what was assumed to be an illegal “rabbit punch” to the back of the ear. Mayweather protested the call, moving Afu out of the way. Afu attempted to keep order in the ring but was eventually given the boot.
The fight went on and fans online said that the action inside the ring was less intense than the argument between Mayweather and Afu. However, it was largely assumed that although there wasn’t a judge’s scorecard, Floyd Mayweather dominated John Gotti III in the ring.
A video of the moment can be viewed here.
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After a brawl between both camps broke out in the middle of the sixth round during their first matchup in June 2023, Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. (50-0-0) clashes with John Gotti III (2-0-0) in a highly-anticipated re-match. The exhibition boxing bout is scheduled for eight rounds on Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III takes place at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT with the main event beginning around 11:59 p.m. ET/8:59 p.m. PT.
Want to watch the Mayweather vs. Gotti III re-match online? This is a pay-per-view event that is streaming exclusively on DAZN, so the only way to watch it is to purchase the PPV feed here.
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The Mayweather vs. Gotti III PPV price is $49.99 for DAZN subscribers. Not a subscriber? You can get access to the PPV livestream and the first month of the streaming service for free (afterward, it’s $29.99 per month) with the DAZN monthly pass. In addition, if you’d like to go for an annual subscription, you can still get the first month for free ($19.99 per month afterwards) for $219.89 per year in total with the service’s 12-month contract.
With DAZN, you get access to more than 100 live fights every year, along with fight replays, highlights, documentaries and much more. Learn more about a DAZN subscription here.
However, if you just want the PPV of the Mayweather vs. Gotti III re-match without a DAZN subscription, you can just purchase the event straight up for $49.99.
Fight Card, 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. John Gotti III — Exhibition
Victor Ortiz vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria — Exhibition
Alan David Picasso vs. Azat Hovhannisyan (Super Bantamweight)
Curmel Tramayne Moton vs. Victor Vazquez (Lightweight)
Luis Rodriguez vs. Cesar Vaca (Super Middleweight)
Aaron Silva vs. Alfonso Flores (Super Middleweight)
Silvia Torres vs. Cecilia Rodriguez (Women’s Light Flyweight)
Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III is streamable on DAZN on Saturday, Aug. 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT.
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50 Cent, is, once again, weighing in on celebrity gossip swirling around the internet rumor mill, this time, regarding a claim made by boxer Gervonta Davis about retired fighter Floyd Mayweather, who Davis said was being held hostage in Dubai in a series of tweets he previously posted.
Davis recently claimed that Mayweather was “in Dubai and can’t leave becuz he been taking n-ggas money and not doing what they paid him to do.” Davis also claimed Floyd needed “a wire” in order to get “home.”
“Let me call 50, we gotta get this n-gga home by Monday,” Davis tweeted, to which 50 responded, “Oh nah this shit is real.”
“[Davis] would not say no shit like that if it wasn’t official,” the G-Unit CEO continued. Me and Champ be beefing but he my brother. I got some money if he need it !”
For those who are wondering (because you care—you know you do), here’s how we got here, according to Hip Hop DX:
The beef between the boxers stems from “Pretty Boy Floyd” saying earlier this week that other fighters were emulating his flash without putting in the necessary work.
Davis took this as a direct insult and unloaded with his hostage claim in return.
Mayweather’s social media indicates that he was indeed in Dubai at the beginning of this month, though there is no evidence that he is being held there.
Fif, of course, isn’t shy about trolling Floyd Mayweather, as he did back in February when he roasted the boxer for his stance on Diddy’s recent sexual assault allegations.
Lawd, what did Mayweather say about Diddy? (Not that it would take much for 50 to go into troll mode behind the deeply embattled Bad Boy mogul.)
“I’m not gonna speak bad about P. Diddy,” Mayweather said on The Pivot Podcast at the time Diddy was accused of rape by singer Cassie and other women. “‘Cause he still a Black man. Mistakes happen. And I can’t say if it is or not a mistake, but things happen in life. And P. Diddy’s business is P. Diddy’s business. It’s not my job or anybody else’s job to go on the internet and stomp him and kick a man while he’s down.
“My take on it is: it’s not my business. I don’t think it’s right at all and I don’t condone it,” Mayweather continued. “Even if that happened to my daughter, I would be hurt but that’s a choice that my daughter made.” (For the record, no woman has ever made a choice to be raped or sexually assaulted, if that’s what Mayweather was implying.)
In February, 50 noted on Instagram that “they didn’t even ask him about this,” in response to Mayweather’s remarks.
“Champ is you stupid or is you dumb? Get me the fuck out ya head, you sound like a hater. DIDDY DO IT ? COMING soon,” Fif’s post continued.
Maybe it’s a social media thing, but can anyone remember a time before now when rappers and boxers were this into celebrity gossip and male cattiness? Weird, right?
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Joseline Hernandez knows a thing or two about drama as fans have seen since her years on the Love & Hip Hop franchise and her reality series, Joseline’s Cabaret. The “Puerto Rican Princess” is back in headlines again after reports that she and former Joseline’s Cabaret star Big Lex were involved in a backstage altercation after Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III’s fight, which erupted into a brawl as well.
Joseline Hernandez, 36, was captured on camera phone video walking backstage at the FLA Live Arena over the weekend. After the Mayweather-Gotti fight erupted into a brawl when the grandson of the famed Italian mobster was disqualified in the 6th round and continued to try and hit the former champion. This came after it was waved off by the referee. Mayweather’s team came to stop Gotti’s advances, which was largely ineffective, and things got heated naturally.
What sparked Hernandez to dish out the taper and fade on Big Lex has plenty of moving parts, and it took a group of people to separate the two but not before Big Lex was pulled out of her top. Big Lex was largely bested by Hernandez, and another man, reportedly Hernandez’s husband, was involved in the fracas. Even after they were split, Hernandez continued swinging at anyone in the vicinity and eventually had a drink flung at her which only egged the situation on further.
Fans on Twitter, which is where we gathered much of this information thus far, shared clips of Big Lex in previous times having some choice words for Hernandez. Big Lex also reportedly dissed the Zeus Network and anyone affiliated with the outfit.
In a new TMZ report, it revealed that Hernandez was arrested and booked on four charges.
On Twitter, folks have plenty to say about Joseline Hernandez putting the beats on Big Lex and anyone else who wanted. We’ve got those reactions below.
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