How to bet on boxing matches
Ali, Muhammad. Dempsey, Jack Mayweather, Floyd. Punch-Little Out's Mac!! One of those boxers is made up, but the rest are real fighters who boxing bettors look for when wagering on this knockout sport. Or, to be more precise, because this is boxing and punches must land (bad pun alert!).
There are numerous sports betting options, each requiring a unique strategy. We'll go over how to bet on boxing, break down the weight classes, and assist you in handicapping your bets.
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Pick A Betting Site. Sportsbooks are online betting sites where you can place bets on boxing. All of Odds Shark's boxing betting sites are safe, secure, and trustworthy, and they meet all of our requirements. There are numerous online boxing betting sites. Browse our boxing sites page and choose the sportsbook that best suits your needs.
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Sign Up. Signing up is simple. Fill out your name, email address, deposit information, and birthdate. You will receive a confirmation email or link. After completing the sign-up process, you will be able to place your first boxing wager.
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Make A Deposit. First, choose a deposit method. The majority of online gambling sites accept Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, as well as e-wallets like PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, and debit cards. Many online sportsbooks will accept cryptocurrency as a payment method. A growing number of online gambling sites now accept Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, and Ethereum.
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Place Bet. Choose your boxing match, boxer, and bet type, then enter your wager and submit your boxing ticket. Bam! You can now bet on boxing like Butterbean at Mr. Bean's Barbeque Restaurant!
Moneyline: Who Will Win?
To place a moneyline bet, you must select a winner straight up (SU). Boxing odds for this type of bet would look like this:
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Apollo Creed -160
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Rocky Balboa +130
We're using the characters played by Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers in the Rocky franchise for this example because it is, in our humble opinion, the best collection of boxing movies ever made.
Favorites are always denoted by a minus sign (-). Underdogs are always represented with a plus sign (+). This is true in every sport, from the NFL to the UFC. Creed is the favorite here, while Rocky is the underdog.
Payouts
If you bet $100 on Creed and believe he will win, you will receive a payout of $162.50, which includes your original $100 plus your winnings of $62.50. A winning bet on Rocky, on the other hand, results in a $230 payout - you get your $100 back plus your $130 winnings. Dogs are a riskier bet, so you win more money when they win. Use our Odds Calculator to determine how much you'd win based on the odds and amount wagered.
In the preceding example, the matchup between Philadelphia's favorite son and The Dancing Destroyer is considered a competitive matchup. Boxers, on the other hand, are sometimes listed as huge favorites with lines like -10000.
To win $100, you'd have to wager $10,000. The September 2018 fight between Anthony Joshua at -1100 and Alexander Povetkin at +650 is an example of a matchup with a huge favorite.
Prop Betting: Method Of Victory And More
These are wagers placed on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of specific events or milestones that may or may not be related to the fight's final outcome. Boxing, like all popular sports, has prop betting options. The method of victory is the most common boxing prop. Instead of betting on who you think will win, you would wager on how the fight will end.
Continuing with the Rocky vs. Creed example, instead of betting on Creed to win, you could bet on him to win by knockout (KO). The odds would look like this:
KO +120 for Apollo Creed
Boxing Proposition Bets
Will there be a fight? – To win, one of the two fighters must be knocked out at some point during the fight.
Will the fight go all the way? - For this bet, you must bet YES if you believe the bout will last the scheduled time, or NO if you believe it will end sooner or later. This is distinct from total rounds betting, which we will discuss shortly.
Is there going to be a point deduction? – This is another YES/NO situation. You would bet YES if you believe the ref will deduct a point from any fighter, and NO if you believe no one will lose points. This is not the same as on-points betting, which will be discussed later.
Will the fight be decided? After four rounds of fighting, decisions can be made at any time. If there is an injury, you will see results like this.
On-Points Betting
Professional boxers are graded on a 10-point scale. The dominant boxer will win the majority of the rounds 10-9. Both fighters receive ten points if the round is considered even. When a fighter is knocked down, he or she loses points. If both fighters are knocked out, their knockouts cancel each other out and the points are re-fought.
Intentional fouls result in points deducted, and unintentional fouls can result in a fighter losing a score.This bet is similar to the point spread in other sports in that you must guess which boxer has a better chance of winning and by how much.![WinSpirit Enhances VIP Experience with Unique Tournaments and Rewards](/upload/resize_cache/iblock/326/280_156_2/82l8i7et1mx256uu0tjncv9rsp58v8mt.png)
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