1 Famous Sports Betting Scams.
2. The Citizens Guide to Beating the Bookmaker
3. Beginners Guide to Betting & Gambling
Bet Boxing and UFC.
Betting on boxing is definitely an underrated play. But not everybody knows how to bet boxing.
Thirty years ago gambling on boxing was bigger than the NFL and NCAA basketball combined. Organized crime influence and possible thrown fights scared off network TV and boxing as well as gambling has suffered greatly.
However, over the last 20 years boxing has done well in cleaning itself of cleaning itself up despite some promoters racking up the occasional disputable decision. The truth is, in boxing you are relying on basically one man, rather than a team of guys, such as in football. If the correct analysis and expertise is applied, it can be very profitable and consistently pay.
Many factors come into play when analyzing a fight, but basic principles are: size, punching power, age, quality of opposition, winning/losing streak and similar opponents. Watching lots of boxing footage and reading all available material has been my best education tool.
Betting on boxing is pretty simple, presuming you know the fighters and can handicap the fight well.
Typically, boxing betting is broken down into three categories – boxing moneylines, boxing European lines and over/under by rounds.
For example, there were opening boxing odds on the Floyd Mayweather jr. vs. Ricky Hatton fight that favored Mayweather.
Mayweather -280
Hatton +220
In this case, the negative value (-280) reflects that Mayweather is favored. In order to bet on Mayweather to win, you risk $280 to win $100.
On the flip side, Hatton is the underdog, so risking $100 on Hatton would return $220 to you if he wins. (You also get your risk amount returned to you if you win, of course).
Boxing betting also includes European boxers and European odds. This is similar to boxing moneyline odds, but displayed a bit differently.
Instead of +150 for the underdog, you may see 1.50. If your boxer wins, you get your $100 wager back plus $50.
Betting on how many rounds a fight will last is often displayed as boxing over under betting. In the Hatton-Mayweather fight, the total may be set at 11.5. So you wager whether the fight will go the full 12 rounds (betting OVER) or whether the fight will end earlier (UNDER 11.5). In some big fights, sportsbooks will offer exact scenario odds (Mayweather will win unanimous decision or Hatton will win in knockout in 9th round).
These are known as boxing prop bets such as: Will Floyd Mayweather jr. defeat Ricky Hatton in a decision or a TKO or a knockout or a split decision. There are boxing odds set on each of those outcomes and you select one.
Good luck betting on boxing.