How To Bet On Boxing
How to bet on boxing. Online sportsbooks make it easier than ever to do it. Boxing in the US isn't as popular as it was in 1960s and 1970s. It's possible from the comfort of your home. It was possible when Jack Johnson was scoring knockouts in 1910s, and when Muhammad Ali was floating like a butterfly in 1970.
Online sportsbooks allow gamblers to bet on sports like boxing. Boxing events on Saturday sometimes don't show up on the betting boards until the Monday before. Some of the biggest fights can only be bet the moneylines until week of fight. The books are inconsistent with which fights feature prop bets and how many options are presented.
How to bet on boxing is to pick the correct winner. Sportsbooks assign a number to both fighters for a bout. One is the favorite, the other is an underdog. The moneyline determines how much money you win for getting it right. If Muhammad Ali is a -500 favorite against Tyson Fury, you would have to wager $500 to make a $100 profit. For a pick’em fight, sportsbooks might make both moneylines -105. If more people believe Ali will win, books could raise the odds to -550.
How to bet on boxing props. Sportsbooks offer props for more significant fights to encourage people to risk more cash. Prop bets pay off more than the straight-up moneylines.
How to bet on boxing. Five outcomes are possible. You can wager on all of them. For example, Ali might be +150 to beat Fury by knockout and +125 to win by decision.
How To Bet On Boxing. Sportsbooks offer groups of rounds on which you can wager. You could bet on Ali to stop Fury in rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12. You might get +1400 odds onAli to win by KO in the fifth, or you could take Fury to beat Ali in second round.
You can bet the over/under in boxing, like football or basketball. In the Ali vs. Fury example, the under-under could be 9.5 rounds. If Ali knocks out Fury with 75 seconds left in the 10th round, then the "over" bettors would win.
Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva is one of the biggest celebrity boxing events ever. Celebrity boxing is mostly a circus. Betting on celebrity Boxing is a challenging way to make money.
