Betting thread

[Bard of Boxrec]

Just to let you fellas know that Collazo is 5/1 to win against Khan, outright prices only at this stage.

Irrespective of the result that is far too big, Khan up at Welter, see no reason why his resistance should be any better to be honest, Collazo is nothing special but a decent
dig in his counter punching style, worth a flutter for me.

From the tightwad scaredy cats Vic Chandler too! They even had the balls to open the market as well. Wonders will never cease. Pity that the outright odds will have shortened by the time the stoppage odds come out :(

[expe]

Just to let you fellas know that Collazo is 5/1 to win against Khan, outright prices only at this stage.

Irrespective of the result that is far too big, Khan up at Welter, see no reason why his resistance should be any better to be honest, Collazo is nothing special but a decent
dig in his counter punching style, worth a flutter for me.

Get the wheelbarrows out lads...

[Bard of Boxrec]

Did you get any of that expe?

The price seems to have stablised on 7/2... I would still consider that a very good price. You have to wonder what they're smoking to make Khan a 1/5 favourite here.

[tear up]

What's the odds for hall v ward anyone any info

[GlobalBox]

What's the odds for hall v ward anyone any info

Interestingly there seems to have been quite a bit of money for Ward early today the odds are now

1/3 Hall

9/4 Ward

22/1 Draw

Ward opened at 10/3 with Paddy Power but was backed into 9/4 Bet 365 seen money at 5/2 Ward as well it seems although they may have reacted to the Ward money at the Irish firm.

Thought Hall would be about a 1/5 or 1/6 shot to be honest but clearly Ward is fancied.

[expe]

Did you get any of that expe?

The price seems to have stablised on 7/2... I would still consider that a very good price. You have to wonder what they're smoking to make Khan a 1/5 favourite here.

People will probably see that Collazo has 18 KOs from 35 and was beaten by Hatton years ago and go and put money on Khan. I doubt the average punter knows anything about Collazo, so they will go with Khan, just the bookies covering their arse, if money comes in on Collazo the odds will shorten. I didn't get any money on though, don't like online betting so I'll wait until I can be arsed to go the bookies, plenty of people in Preston will put money on Khan so the odds should still be decent.

[tear up]

What's the odds for hall v ward anyone any info

Interestingly there seems to have been quite a bit of money for Ward early today the odds are now

1/3 Hall

9/4 Ward

22/1 Draw

Ward opened at 10/3 with Paddy Power but was backed into 9/4 Bet 365 seen money at 5/2 Ward as well it seems although they may have reacted to the Ward money at the Irish firm.

Thought Hall would be about a 1/5 or 1/6 shot to be honest but clearly Ward is fancied.

My money s going on ward to out box him I watch him most days and know he can out box anyone the Haskins fight he just wasn't right at all from the weighin till the time he fought

[reggaereggae]

I put small bets early on Andrez Fonfara at 8-1. It's clear Stevenson can punch; but he has been stopped once (as has Fonfara). Fonfara is improved since he lost and tall at 6 ft 2. If Fonfara keeps his chin down and boxes well a win is not out of the question. (Bet365)

I also put a tenner on Wlad round 1 at 16-1. Wlad is so cautious these days and hasn't stopped anyone in the first for 11 years (!) BUT Leapai is only 6ft, has been stopped twice and surely is made for Wlad.....

(I put a cheeky fiver on the double at 152-1....but seriously I think that is just because I missed out last time on HArris/Thompson PTS)

[reggaereggae]

By the way - has anyone seen any Macca-BRaehmer odds?

[ShadrachSimmo]

Did you get any of that expe?

The price seems to have stablised on 7/2... I would still consider that a very good price. You have to wonder what they're smoking to make Khan a 1/5 favourite here.

People will probably see that Collazo has 18 KOs from 35 and was beaten by Hatton years ago and go and put money on Khan. I doubt the average punter knows anything about Collazo, so they will go with Khan, just the bookies covering their arse, if money comes in on Collazo the odds will shorten. I didn't get any money on though, don't like online betting so I'll wait until I can be arsed to go the bookies, plenty of people in Preston will put money on Khan so the odds should still be decent.

Recently shut down my skybet account.

I found myself putting a bet on most televised fights and betting in play. It's certainly saved me a few quid recently.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Re Kovalev/Agnew. Anyone know anything about Cedric? How tough he is? Trying to work out if there's any value for anything in this one.

[WelshJack]

Re Kovalev/Agnew. Anyone know anything about Cedric? How tough he is? Trying to work out if there's any value for anything in this one.

Kovalev 1-3 i'm going for Clev lasted 4 and he has a solid chin and fought better opposition.

[expe]

Did you get any of that expe?

The price seems to have stablised on 7/2... I would still consider that a very good price. You have to wonder what they're smoking to make Khan a 1/5 favourite here.

People will probably see that Collazo has 18 KOs from 35 and was beaten by Hatton years ago and go and put money on Khan. I doubt the average punter knows anything about Collazo, so they will go with Khan, just the bookies covering their arse, if money comes in on Collazo the odds will shorten. I didn't get any money on though, don't like online betting so I'll wait until I can be arsed to go the bookies, plenty of people in Preston will put money on Khan so the odds should still be decent.

Recently shut down my skybet account.

I found myself putting a bet on most televised fights and betting in play. It's certainly saved me a few quid recently.

That's why I don't like online betting, easy to start chucking money about because it's just a number on a screen, handing over cash in the bookies it's easier to get a feel for how much you're putting on and to think it through properly before betting.

[palooka]

you're not old enough to bet

[expe]

you're not old enough to bet

Legal age is 16

[tear up]

What's the odds for hall v ward anyone any info

Interestingly there seems to have been quite a bit of money for Ward early today the odds are now

1/3 Hall

9/4 Ward

22/1 Draw

Ward opened at 10/3 with Paddy Power but was backed into 9/4 Bet 365 seen money at 5/2 Ward as well it seems although they may have reacted to the Ward money at the Irish firm.

Thought Hall would be about a 1/5 or 1/6 shot to be honest but clearly Ward is fancied.

Just took 5/2 ward to win and had a double on ward Dickinson to win

[BOYOVERTHEHILL]

Think I'm going the opposite fella.can't see Ward troubling Hall to be honest and big Neil Dawson might very well have a few surprises for jld

[Bard of Boxrec]

Has anyone been offered a lot of generous Skybet free bets? Got a £50 one offered to me, started at £10 I think and it's been going up. I think they're reeling me in

Edit: I have to stake £200 to claim this one. Bastards.

[expe]

Has anyone been offered a lot of generous Skybet free bets? Got a £50 one offered to me, started at £10 I think and it's been going up. I think they're reeling me in

Edit: I have to stake £200 to claim this one. Bastards.

Never say that though in the adverts though do they, no stake back and you have to match the bet yourself first, but that's all in the small print.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Has anyone been offered a lot of generous Skybet free bets? Got a £50 one offered to me, started at £10 I think and it's been going up. I think they're reeling me in

Edit: I have to stake £200 to claim this one. Bastards.

Never say that though in the adverts though do they, no stake back and you have to match the bet yourself first, but that's all in the small print.

Time was when free bets were free bets, but people took advantage by opening multiple accounts and slapping it on a 1/50 favourite and claiming the spoils.

I'm ok with no stake back and 1/2 or longer, it's when they start imposing totally ridiculous stipulations like every line in an accumulator has to be 1/2 or longer (sportingbet) that I get annoyed.

[bennie]

Darlington surprise package Stuart Hall defends his marquee IBF bantamweight title against North East rival Martin Ward at the Metro Arena in Newcastle tonight.
Hall came through a gruelling and thrilling 12-rounder with South African southpaw Vusi Malinga in Leeds last year to lift the belt at the ripe old age of 33, after it was stripped from Doncaster's Jamie McDonnell. "Stuey" had actually lost to McDonnell a few years ago at domestic level but took his big opportunity with both hands, flooring Malinga early and then outboxing him much of the way before digging deep in the closing stages as he struggled with a desperate Malinga and a desperate eye injury. The decision in his favour was unanimous, the performance, superb, the story, amazing.
Ward represents an easier time. The man from West Rainton earned his crack by lifting the Commonwealth bantamweight title in his last outing with a unanimous decision over Ghana's Gabriel Laryea. Before that the 26-year-old had lost in five rounds to Bristol's heavy handed Lee Haskins in a British title encounter, which hardly bodes well, although Hall also lost to Haskins, on a 12-round decision (and you can imagine how Haskins feels about this meeting). The comparison is obvious: Ward is not as strong as Hall, not as sturdy. At 18-2 (4), Martin is not a puncher, either.
Nevertheless, his preparations went well and he brings speed and a busy southpaw style to the challenge (but so did Malinga) and will obviously give it a real go, but his only real hope is that Hall is mightily fatigued after the big Malinga effort in December, just four days before Christmas.
Otherwise, Hall looks too good.
Former world amateur champion Frankie Gavin continues his steady rise through the money ranks when he defends his Commonwealth welterweight title against Namibia's Sacky Shikukutu on the Newcastle undercard.
Southpaw Gavin, 18-0 (12), who also holds the British welterweight title, has been in deep of late and is probably due something of a 'gimme' in the shape of Shikukutu, a man with a record of 18-2-1 (12) against a succession of men whose ability we can only try and form in our imagination. Then you look at Gavin's recent list of victims - Junior Witter, Denton Vassell, David Barnes and Bradley Pryce, not to mention his many amateur conquests - and the difference in competition between the two men is transparently stark.
Brummie Frankie is close to a crack at the European title. This one serves as a sharpener.
Also on the big bill, Birtley's Jon Lewis Dickinson goes for a Lonsdale Belt outright in defence of his British cruiserweight title against Neil Dawson.
Dickinson, who won the title with a clear decision over Shane McPhilbin in Liverpool in October 2012, has seen off David Dolan and Mike Stafford in defences but now comes the mandatory threat of Dawson, a 33-year-old joiner from Rotherham who dropped out of the pro game for six years before making his way back in 2011 and making up for lost time with a few big-hitting performances to earn his crack.
Make no mistake about it, Dawson is a solid fighter with a dangerous punch but Dickinson is a 12-round fighter with the edge in quality, and it's quality that usually tells in the end. Moreover, Dickinson fights in his native Tyneside for that magnificent old Belt. It is hard to see him letting this one slip away from him.

[Glass Joe]

Neil Dawson likes to upset the odds, worth a ko bet, 3-1 outright.

[expe]

Neil Dawson likes to upset the odds, worth a ko bet, 3-1 outright.

Might have a bit of that one, Dickinson's been stopped a couple of times and Dawson can really whack.

[palooka]

Neil Dawson likes to upset the odds, worth a ko bet, 3-1 outright.

Might have a bit of that one, Dickinson's been stopped a couple of times and Dawson can really whack.

I'm to put a tenner on Dawson, he's had plenty of notice, is about as tall as Dickinson and looked a good finisher last time out.

[Chambers2]

Collazo is 3 to 1 to beat Amir outright.....seems very generous to me