JOHN GOTTI III has been handed a SIX-MONTH ban for his role in the brawl with Floyd Mayweather.
The row broke out between the two camps after referee Kenny Bayless waved off the fight after six rounds for too much trash-talking, with Gotti trying to attack Mayweather against the ropes.
And for his actions in the fight at the FLA Live Arena in Florida, Gotti III has been hit with a ban.
Mayweather however has not been penalised for his role in the brawl.
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which oversees the Florida State Athletic Commission, released a statement confirming the ban.
It admitted that the decision was made on Sunday to suspend Gotti III.
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It read: “The DBPR Florida Athletic Commission took immediate action the evening of Sunday, June 11, and suspended John Gotti III for six months.”
During the start of the fight, Mayweather fended off the telegraphed punches and rocked the grandson of the notorious New York gangster with a right hand before close to 30 people flew into the ring.
Not only were the opposing corners throwing fists, so too were fans and even celebrities who showed up for the event.
Rapper Big Lex was seen in a scrap with Puerto Rican TV personality Joseline Hernandez backstage in the FLA Arena.
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But that was only part of the carnage inside the place as fans were also captured wildly attacking each other.
One was hit to the ground which only sparked more bedlam among the charged-up crowd.
After the brawl, Gotti took to Instagram to take aim at the boxing icon.
Along with an aerial video of the melee, he wrote on his Instagram story: “Punk b***h @FloydMayweather. You my enemy for life.”
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