Undefeated boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. returns to the “sweet science” to throw hands with D-list celebrity pugilist John Gotti III on Sat. night (Aug. 24, 2024) at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. This weekend’s eight-round exhibition pay-per-view (PPV) spectacle on DAZN will serve as a rematch of their June 2023 headliner, which ended in disqualification (and an in-ring brawl).
But there’s more to this lineup than just “Money.”
Former WBC welterweight champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz will also get his hands dirty when he collides with No. 5-ranked Argentine assassin Rodrigo Damian Coria. In addition, WBC super bantamweight silver champion David Picasso defends against former world title challenger Azat Hovhanisyan in a 12-round affair. Elsewhere on the card, undefeated rising star Curmel Traymayne Moton battles Mexico’s Victor Vazquez at lightweight.
Here’s the finalized Mayweather vs. Gotti 2 fight card and DAZN PPV lineup:
DAZN PPV MAIN CARD:
Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) vs. John Gotti III (2-0, 1 KO); Exhibition
Victor Ortiz (33-7-3, 25 KOs) vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria (13-6, 2 KOs); Exhibition
Alan David Picasso (28-0-1, 16 KOs) vs. Azat Hovhannisyan (21-4, 17 KOs); Super bantamweight
Curmel Tramayne Moton (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Victor Vazquez (5-2-1); Lightweight
Luis Rodriguez Ocana (15-0, 14 KOs) vs. Cesar Vaca (16-1-1, 11 KOs); Super middleweight
Aaron Silva (14-1, 11 KOs) vs. Alfonso Flores (13-2, 9 KOs); Super middleweight
Silvia Torres (21-3, 7 KOs) vs. Cecilia Rodriguez (13-1-1, 6 KOs); Women’s light flyweight
UNTELEVISED PRELIMS:
Luis Arias (20-4-1, 9 KOs) vs. Francisco Rios Amezquita (14-13-3, 10 KOs); Middleweight
Jursly Vargas (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Bryan Eduardo Carillo, (3-1, 2 KOs); Lightweight
Sekaye Maurice Terry (0-1) vs. Carlos Roberta Rosas (0-1); Lightweight
John Easter (6-0, 6 KOs) vs. Luis Morales Duran (5-1, 5 KOs); Light heavyweight
Trenton Joseph Brown (2-0) vs. Jose Antonio Munoz Guadarrama (2-2, 1 KO); Super welterweight
“I truly believe that if I took a lot of abuse in the sport of boxing throughout my career, then I probably wouldn’t still be doing exhibitions or putting on boxing showcases, but I didn’t take no abuse in the sport of boxing so I feel like I can continue to go out there, have fun and put on shows throughout the world,” Mayweather said at the kickoff press conference (watch the replay here).
“Last time I checked, I’ve beat more fighters that are in the Hall of Fame than any fighter in history and that’s truly a blessing,” Mayweather continued. “But [Gotti] is a tough competitor and I take my hat off to him. He wanna run it back, we can run it back twice, three times. It’s kind of good to just showcase my talent and give people a glimpse of what I was doing when I was at the height of my career.”
Boxing records make no sense.
That Silvia Torres chick’s first 15 opponents were a combined 13-45-3. They averaged less than 1 win per opponent. And one chick had 6 W’s and 9 L’s.
I don’t know how they can change the model, but it makes any fight beside the main/co-main pretty much unwatchable.
Main card (DAZN and PPV.com at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III
Victor Ortiz vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria
Alan David Picasso vs. Azat Hovhannisyan
Curmel Tramayne Moton vs. Victor Vazquez
Prelims
Luis Ocana vs. Cesar Espinoza
Aaron Silva vs. Alfonso Flores
Silvia Torres vs. Cecilia Rodriguez
Luis Arjas vs. Francisco Amezquita
Jursly Vargas vs. Bryan Carrillo
Sekaye Terry vs. Carlos Rosas
John Easter vs. Luis Duran
Trenton Brown vs. Jose Antonio Guadaramma
I personally still enjoy seeing FMJ. He’s a brilliant tactician. I still think he could beat a lot of very good pros 20 years his junior.
TTMFT
Gottis are scum, so hopefully Floyd trounces him.
They literally just changed refs in the middle of the 2nd round 
1st round the timekeeper didn’t know they were fighting 2 minute rounds and went long. Gotti had to ask about the time.
This is a shit show. Gotti cannot box.
Mayweather was yelling at him and boom gone.