MEXICO CITY.- With a fixed gaze like in the old days, the former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather challenged John Gotti III on Wednesday, whom he will face in an exhibition fight next Saturday in Mexico City.
“It’s always about competing (…). I’m a boxer until the day I die,” Mayweather, who retired from the ring in 2017, said at a press conference.
“He’s still in great shape at 47,” admitted his opponent, grandson of John Gotti, godfather of a mafia family who died in prison in 2002.
The boxers will take to the ring at the Mexico Arena, which has a capacity for 17,000 spectators.
“I know we’re going to have a sold-out crowd, I’ve done it a million times,” said Mayweather, who went undefeated in his 20-year career and 50 professional fights.
Osorio leaves early in Monterrey
Colombian Camila Osorio was eliminated in the second round of the 2024 Monterrey Tennis Open against American Emma Navarro, who took the victory in three sets with partial scores of 3-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (7/2).
Navarro, ranked 13th in the world and second seed, qualified for the quarterfinals by defeating Osorio, ranked 88th, in two hours and 47 minutes.
Earlier, third-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Mexican Renata Zarazúa in two sets with a score of 6-3 and 6-4.
Alexandrova (30/WTA) achieved victory over Zarazúa (97/WTA) in one hour and 19 minutes.
Argentine María Lourdes Carlé was also eliminated on Wednesday by New Zealander Lulu Sun by 6-3, 2-6 and 7-6 (7/2).
The Monterrey Open is a WTA 500 tournament played on the hard courts of the Sonoma Club and offers a prize pool of $922,573.
