Best 'pick' ever

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I bet 50 quid on Saunders just before it satrted as he was 2/1 or evens cant remember exactly then bet the winnings on Fury to win on points so lost it

I was pretty drunk also
brilo33 wrote:29 Nov 14 / 16:56 Single 1 Billy Joe Saunders v Chris Eubank Jr – Method Of Result Saunders By Decision @ 15/8
30 Nov 14 / 00:16 Single 1 Tyson Fury v Dereck Chisora – Method Of Result Fury By KO TKO TD or DQ @ 11/8
.same day, to drunk to remember more
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I posted this in a Mathews Crolla 1 thread 27/02/2012

"I like Crolla but i genuinely believe Derry has the skills to beat him he's a big lightweight I dont think Crollas power is up to much were as Derry has stopped 4 opponents since moving up to lightweight (obviously not of crollas level but still shows for something) even gavin rees said he got caught by a straight right in the fight which stopped him in his tracks, also people questioning Derrys durability hes only been down vs Marsili as a lightweight (Prizefighter was at SFW) and i think this move to Scotland will do him well look how good a change served him just over 2 years ago and i believe this set up will have the same results!

:bag: :bag:"

Won a fair few quid on Derry by stoppage that night cant remember the exact odds but I'm sure Crolla was something like 1/7 on!
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Amir Khan to stop Dmitriy Salita in round 1. Even posted it up on boxrec a couple of days before the fight. Got something like 24/1 on betfair. I even spoke to two of my brothers and asked them if they wanted a free Christmas (the fight was around Christmas). We all whacked money on it. Christmas was free that year! :lol:
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Exoddus wrote:Amir Khan to stop Dmitriy Salita in round 1. Even posted it up on boxrec a couple of days before the fight. Got something like 24/1 on betfair. I even spoke to two of my brothers and asked them if they wanted a free Christmas (the fight was around Christmas). We all whacked money on it. Christmas was free that year! :lol:
Salita looked fairly promising as well on paper
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I picked Frampton to beat Martinez the first time around. Martinez was the favourite going in to the fight and it was considered a big "step up" for Carl.

I also picked Hatton to beat Tszyu.

And Calzaghe to beat both Hopkins and Jones Jr.
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If we're talking longest odds, i remember taking glen johnson rounds 7,8,9 and 10 vs Roy Jones at 100/1 for each round.

Also Prescott 80/1 rd 1 and covered the first four I think, but someone else got 125/1 I seem to remember. Oddschecker wasn't in my life back then :cry:

In terms of most satisfying, enzo KO1 Bobby Gunn was good because I accidentally refreshed the page or something and somehow put on £200 instead of £100 :)

Calzaghe PTS Salem at 5/1 was a good one too, it was my biggest ever bet at the time and I was still at uni. I persuaded my mate and a few folks on boxrec to get on it too.

Fond memories :)
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Finn wrote:
Finn wrote:Apart from accumulators I picked Thompson to Ko price in the 5th and won a couple of hundred off a tenner
Tell a lie someone on here have me a tip for I forget who but it was a U.S. Female to win gold in London at about 33/1 and it came in
Was me that! Clarissa Shields to win middleweight gold at London 2012. Was on at 33/1 and 25/1 and backed at prices all the way down to 9/4. Probably my best ever bet. Still get a dafty on thinking about her.
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Riddick Blowe wrote:If we're talking longest odds, i remember taking glen johnson rounds 7,8,9 and 10 vs Roy Jones at 100/1 for each round.

Also Prescott 80/1 rd 1 and covered the first four I think, but someone else got 125/1 I seem to remember. Oddschecker wasn't in my life back then :cry:

In terms of most satisfying, enzo KO1 Bobby Gunn was good because I accidentally refreshed the page or something and somehow put on £200 instead of £100 :)

Calzaghe PTS Salem at 5/1 was a good one too, it was my biggest ever bet at the time and I was still at uni. I persuaded my mate and a few folks on boxrec to get on it too.

Fond memories :)

I remember Prescott fight like it was yesterday, was in the pub with Willy Hills across the street. 100% Prescott was 125/1 in rounds 1, 2 & 3. I took rounds 2 & 3 for £2.50 each. Didn't think Khan would be complacent enough to get punked in the first 3 minutes.
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mickey1975 wrote:Ward to win the Super 6 was 7-2. Audley win both Prizefighters and Winky Wright to beat Tito at 4-1 were my biggest.
Ward was 10-1 before the first matches were announced.
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dbflex wrote:
mickey1975 wrote:Ward to win the Super 6 was 7-2. Audley win both Prizefighters and Winky Wright to beat Tito at 4-1 were my biggest.
Ward was 10-1 before the first matches were announced.
It must have been 7-2 to beat Kessler then.
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Or 7-2 to win the whole thing but after the opening fixtures were confirmed
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Crease wrote:I picked Frampton to beat Martinez the first time around. Martinez was the favourite going in to the fight and it was considered a big "step up" for Carl.
No he wasn't mate, memory playing tricks on you there, Frampton was the clear betting favourite.
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I had a five fight accumulator ending with Lomachenko losing to Salido...
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J-C wrote:No he wasn't mate, memory playing tricks on you there, Frampton was the clear betting favourite.
:-?

I'll have to check up on that, but as far as I can recall, this was seen as just another step in Martinez getting a World Title shot.
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I'd say mine was Danny Williams to beat Tyson. With hindsight seems quite obvious, but at the time, nobody gave him a prayer. I won 200 quid at 10-1, for Williams to win by any means, and almost won 1000 on round betting, went for KO in round 3. Bastard.
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jamesmcdonnell wrote:I'd say mine was Danny Williams to beat Tyson. With hindsight seems quite obvious, but at the time, nobody gave him a prayer. I won 200 quid at 10-1, for Williams to win by any means, and almost won 1000 on round betting, went for KO in round 3. Bastard.
I only got 6/1 with Blue Square (Think they're bust now??) I remember putting the bet on through my mate's TV and thinking it was the wave of the future.

Found the thread :)

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... 0&start=25
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Weird that I'm not there on the thread, wonder where I was.

Whatever happened to knockout artist?
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silkov, bennie, tonyevs, nickd, Kilburn, KOJOE, tons of people not around no more
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Katsidis to knock Mitchell out. Never in doubt in my opinion and I took a few quid off a mate in the process.

Also picked Hatton to beat Tszyu.
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Re: Best 'pick' ever

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Hopkins to beat Pavlik (a fight which he was a remarkable 4/1 with the bookies for).
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I've had a few over the years,Benn to go to Italy and beat Galvano,Danny Willimas to ko Tyson,Spinks to ko Cooney,i used to see who Colin Hart picked and then bet on the other fella,i remember clearly him picking Bruno to ko Witherspoon in 7 because Tim was fat,despite Witherspoon giving Holmes the fright of his life 2 years earlier.
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Re: Best 'pick' ever

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Prescott KO1 Khan 66/1

Thompson KO2 Price 68/1

Porter KO Paulie 7/1

Shane McPhilbin KO1 Enzo 200/1 :witzend:
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Nothing like some of the bets mentioned on here but I put money on Tyson stopping Carl Williams in one round, I had never been in a bookies before but was so convinced of it that I laid my first ever bet. I just wish I put more money on lol.

This guy was in the minority http://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/02/11/douglas-may
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Holyfield would beat Tyson anyday of the week and that Vince Phillips would KO Tszyu only because I was pissed my brother compared Tszyu
to Sugar Ray Leonard that was a bit off the mark :lol:
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Crease wrote:I picked Frampton to beat Martinez the first time around. Martinez was the favourite going in to the fight and it was considered a big "step up" for Carl.

I also picked Hatton to beat Tszyu.

And Calzaghe to beat both Hopkins and Jones Jr.
Frampton was an overwhelming favourite to beat Martinez both times, and Calzaghe was a strong betting favourite against Hopkins and huge betting favouite against RJJ, so if they're the best picks you ever made then you must have some real shockers.

Edit: Frampton 1/4 to beat Martinez in their first fight, Calzaghe was 1/2 to beat Hopkins, Calzaghe was 2/9 to beat Jones Jr.
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