Peanuts means a small amount. However, one mans peanuts is another mans fortune. For what it's worth - what I won from the 100/1 shot I've staked double that on other bets... numerous times.
I'm still skint.
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Peanuts means a small amount. However, one mans peanuts is another mans fortune. For what it's worth - what I won from the 100/1 shot I've staked double that on other bets... numerous times.
I'm still skint.
In my opinion, when Finito and Vendetto suggest that you have to know your boxing to win at boxing betting, they are correct. What they mean is that you have to know when the bookies are valuing an outcome incorrectly. In other words, you play a bet where the odds don't accurately reflect what you believe they should. So, sometimes that means that while you think it is likely that the favorite wins the fight (Mares), the fact that the odds on the underdog are out of whack (Gonzales), means that you bet on him anyway because there is more of a chance he win than the bookies believe. Conversely, if you think the odds on the favorite are too close (original 2/1 odds on Floyd with Canelo), you bet on the favorite because you think it is more likely than that that he wins.
I also think that because boxing is a niche sport, more opportunities present themselves for a boxing expert to more accurately value a fight than the bookies. Agree?
You could make a living from betting on boxing if you cpuld get whatever bet you wanted on. Bookies restrict smart customers and as such it is a lot harder to make a living from it. What I will say is boxing is one of the better sports to bet on as price confidence isnt as high as lets say american football or premier league soccer so you do have a chance of beating the odds. I am a reasonably successful boxer and the 1st tip I would give anyone is to shop around for price. Open as many accounts as possible and take the top price on the selection you want. In the long run the difference between a 2.1 shot and 2.2 shot will tell in your margins.
www.oddschecker.com is a good place to start
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Teddy Atlas ;DQuote:
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There you go, Teddy Atlas has lived a life of boxing, still in the business, but put money on his opinion and you're living in a cardboard box within a month.Quote:
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You need to understand odds as well as have expert knowledge on the sport. At the end of the day its a; about the price you get. As I said my first tip would be open accounts with everyone and shop around for best price. Your accounts wont last too long doing thisQuote:
Originally Posted by FensterThere you go, Teddy Atlas has lived a life of boxing, still in the business, but put money on his opinion and you're living in a cardboard box within a month.Quote:
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Boxing presents so many betting opportunities, I personally have not paid a bookie any money since boxing day 2011. I bet on horses, sometimes football but mostly boxing.
Boxing is easy, if some fool promoter puts Audley Harison up against Wilder can't you work it out? Similarly the last Cleverly mismatch (the other way round this time) was absolutely too good to miss.
If you are confident your man is going to win then back 80 percent of your stash on the straight win. Punt the remaining 20 percent on round betting.
Simple strokes, there is so much bullshit and hype around boxing, and so few useless journos in the main papers that the odds are sometimes quite ridiculous.
You have to work out which are genuine 50 50 fights, there are surprisingly few, groves froch is the only one this year. .
Hahaha. Whatever you do do not listen to this clown or u will lose all your money very very quickly.Quote:
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Completely retarded!
Why would you bet on outright wins? Are you serious? That's where all the risk is.
Haye is 1/4 fav against fury so if you bet say £20 on the outright win you end up with £25 which is shocking return if you bet £20.
Risk losing £20 to win £25? Absolutely ridiculous.
The skill is in predicting how the fight will end or when the fight will end.
Predicting Haye to win in rounds 2, 3, 4, at 12/1, 10/1 and 10/1 respectively, now split your £20 between the 3 bets and stick a couple of safe ones on Fury.
£4 - 12/1 Haye round 2 - return = £52
£5 - 10/1 Haye round 3 - return = £55
£5 - 10/1 Haye round 4 - return = £55
£3 - 40/1 Fury round 9 - return = £123
£3 - 50/1 Fury round 10 - return = £153
Profit in all. And now you're risking £20 to win anything from £52 - £153.
If you're gonna bet an outright winner it needs to be the underdog, but again that comes with even more risk.
I've never had the cash to bet on a fight and I'm not sure I would if I did. I'd be tempted to throw a few quid on Vic though given all the circumstances.;D
Vendettos you are wrong too. There is a lot more margin in the round betting then in match betting so in the long run playing your type of bets will lose a lot more then playing neggetts type of bets. However, in the long run you will both lose money unless you are getting the price right.Quote:
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Completely retarded!
Why would you bet on outright wins? Are you serious? That's where all the risk is.
Haye is 1/4 fav against fury so if you bet say £20 on the outright win you end up with £25 which is shocking return if you bet £20.
Risk losing £20 to win £25? Absolutely ridiculous.
The skill is in predicting how the fight will end or when the fight will end.
Predicting Haye to win in rounds 2, 3, 4, at 12/1, 10/1 and 10/1 respectively, now split your £20 between the 3 bets and stick a couple of safe ones on Fury.
£4 - 12/1 Haye round 2 - return = £52
£5 - 10/1 Haye round 3 - return = £55
£5 - 10/1 Haye round 4 - return = £55
£3 - 40/1 Fury round 9 - return = £123
£3 - 50/1 Fury round 10 - return = £153
Profit in all. And now you're risking £20 to win anything from £52 - £153.
If you're gonna bet an outright winner it needs to be the underdog, but again that comes with even more risk.
In Las Vegas, the LVH (formerly the Hilton) is where ive seen the most fights listed. Just in case any of you are ever here in person
@Fenster - You. ;DQuote:
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