in Mexico City this week Floyd Mayweather jrb sat next to John Gotti 3 the grandson of the New York crime boss in a room full of boxing officials dignitaries and inquiring minds why did you decide to come out from retirement a reporter asked Mayweather 47 grinned this is retirement for me he said this Floyd Mayweather jrb exhibition turn now on stop number eight a rematch vs Gotti is scheduled for eight rounds Saturday night the billionaire boxer still is throwing punches and cashing sizable checks though Mayweather ended his professional boxing career in 2017 with a 10th round TKO of Connor McGregor his gloves never had time to collect dust Mayweather has fought in seven exhibitions including one against Logan Paul and proven to be as Savvy a businessman as a boxer case in point John Gotti jrb said it was Mayweather who reached out to them years ago after Mayweather learned the grandson of the late mobster was competing in MMA Mayweather who's as skilled at selling a fight as winning one offered Gotti 3 a chance to fight him in the boxing ring according to Gotti jrb why in what sounded like an appeal to ppf customers he said if y know anything about the Gotti family you know we're fighting Sun John Gotti jrb said earlier this week we fight the government we fight anybody that wants to fight us on rolles the Floyd Mayweather jrb exhibition tour