BoxRec

cmdenny wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 10:30 The betting market (led by Betfair) in running - seems to take the TV pundits scorecard as near definative! Often there's value if the pundits scorecard is way off and can pay to try to score the fights yourself. Profits in running can be lucrative.

I bet less and less now as I watch less and less, and you need to be following it heavily IMO to make betting pay.

tony1234 wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 12:51 Best
A lot of near misses and bad luck stories since

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 10:17 I don't gamble any more, but now and again you can see the bookies are way off, Eubank Junior favourite over Smith was crazy. Wasn't Ruiz 30/1 over AJ too? Think about that, the bookies are saying if they fought 30 times AJ would win them all! That's nuts, with a fighter as good as Ruiz

J-C wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 14:34

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 10:17 I don't gamble any more, but now and again you can see the bookies are way off, Eubank Junior favourite over Smith was crazy. Wasn't Ruiz 30/1 over AJ too? Think about that, the bookies are saying if they fought 30 times AJ would win them all! That's nuts, with a fighter as good as Ruiz

In the UK he was more like between 12 and 14/1.

Don’t know for sure but I think a lot of these really long odds you hear about are often the longest odds offered by a casino in Vegas (like with the 42/1 for Buster Douglas)

In my experience, with UK bookies it’s rare to see odds much over 10/1 outright for the underdog in any fight, especially a title fight (for example, Chisora was 10/1 vs Fury). You’d be lucky to get 30/1 for the draw.

Loynesy wrote: ↑22 Jun 2023, 13:23 Betting on boxing is not about gambling - it's about whether you think the bookies have the odds wrong. I don't always think their boxing book runners know more than a well versed fan.

I've had a few big wins - Cory Spinks was 4/1 to win on points at a fight in Atlantic City I was at (would need to check the opponent) - thought the real odds were evens and piled in.

Had a decent bet on AJ to stop Martín.

I had a significant sum on Floyd v MacGregor - it only paid at 25% as Floyd was 1/4 which were ridiculous odds for a virtual certainty. A friend of mine had a large six figure sum on it.

My biggest win by far was in Vegas when at a pre -fight event, a fighting legend told me he had seen one of the fighters the day before and he stank of booze. I put a lot of money on the other fella to win 1-4 with separate bets on each of those rounds.

jameswilson wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 08:54

J-C wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 14:34

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 10:17 I don't gamble any more, but now and again you can see the bookies are way off, Eubank Junior favourite over Smith was crazy. Wasn't Ruiz 30/1 over AJ too? Think about that, the bookies are saying if they fought 30 times AJ would win them all! That's nuts, with a fighter as good as Ruiz

In the UK he was more like between 12 and 14/1.

Don’t know for sure but I think a lot of these really long odds you hear about are often the longest odds offered by a casino in Vegas (like with the 42/1 for Buster Douglas)

In my experience, with UK bookies it’s rare to see odds much over 10/1 outright for the underdog in any fight, especially a title fight (for example, Chisora was 10/1 vs Fury). You’d be lucky to get 30/1 for the draw.

Yeah he definitely wasn’t 30/1 over here. That would be the longest outsider I think I’ve ever seen in any fight.

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑23 Jun 2023, 04:56

jameswilson wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 08:54

J-C wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 14:34

In the UK he was more like between 12 and 14/1.

Don’t know for sure but I think a lot of these really long odds you hear about are often the longest odds offered by a casino in Vegas (like with the 42/1 for Buster Douglas)

In my experience, with UK bookies it’s rare to see odds much over 10/1 outright for the underdog in any fight, especially a title fight (for example, Chisora was 10/1 vs Fury). You’d be lucky to get 30/1 for the draw.

Yeah he definitely wasn’t 30/1 over here. That would be the longest outsider I think I’ve ever seen in any fight.

Looks like it was in the states he was 30-1
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/boxin ... say-it-all

TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑23 Jun 2023, 07:08 Finding good bets isn't really a problem. I have a bet that I am 100% confident will win this weekend at good odds. Getting the bet on in the first place is what people run into difficulty with. The bookies all limit you for winning. I have been given the boot from ladbrokes, paddy power, sportingbet, boylesports, betvictor, betfred, william hill and skybet. My crime was winning some bets. Most of those accounts wouldn't even be up 2k. I understand they are running a business but shouldn't they have "winners not welcome" in their advertising?