betting investigation

mate im pretty sure fightbet had the r1 ko paying under $3 2 days ago. first 3 round were all under $5.

the straight KO was only paying 1.08!!!!

 

Load of crap...yes there will be an investigation sportsbet havnt started paying out yet

 

1st rd was never $9 mate

 

Happened plenty of times with Tyson fights. But your point is valid.

 

I dont bet at all but just heard this from the inside out :-(

Big drama here...it wont lie down quickly

 

Have the betting agencies paid out yet?

 

havent paid out yet..currently under investigation

wouldnt suprise me if fight is given as " no contest" ...which means all outlay returned.

 

i dont know why everyone is surprised. a sick fighter was banned in one state, allowed in another, and got stopped quickly......lucky it wasnt a total tragedy.

 

I would have thought a second or third round KO would pay more than a first round KO

 

I was tempted to bet for a 2nd round KO, since right towards the end it actually paid more than 1st round KO. But i let my gut feeling for a close fight take over and didnt end up betting...

 

Centrebet Update - 22nd July 8am

Just heard Neil Evans from Centrebet on SEN radio Melbourne at 8am say:

Normally they'd hold anywhere from nearly nothing up to $20k max on a 1st round result.

Yesterday afternoon they were taking bets, mainly from WA, at about 15 second intervals.

There was about $1mil bet, including one single bet of $50,000!

Interestingly, they were taking bets for both 1st and 2nd round results - but mostly 1st round.

They had to stop taking bets because it just got ridiculous.

Centrebet are convinced it stinks of ifx, and haven't decided what they are going to do about it yet.

 

Briggs' 29-second fiasco has bookies fearing a fix

JAMIE PANDARAM - smh - July 22 2010

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Green's angry reaction to Briggs's capitulation within 30 seconds rivalled that of the stunned audience's. Briggs went down to a glancing jab that appeared to hit his glove, not his head, and he stayed down for the full count. The fight was over in 29 seconds.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were lodged with bookmakers yesterday on the result being a first-round knockout, and it's likely they will withhold payment until an investigation is concluded.

Too many people knew about Briggs's problems for this fight to have been staged. It was an utter embarrassment.

Briggs was ushered out of the arena, sheltered from flying bottles, and bookmakers were quickly scrambling.

Green screamed at Briggs: ''You f---ing dog'' as the referee waved off the contest.

He added soon after: ''Paul Briggs is not getting paid a cent. That is criminal, what he did. I will rise above that canine and apologise.

''I am feeling very, very angry.''

Betezy, whose affiliated Fightbet offshoot sponsored the fight, is not paying on the first-round knockout until it gets an official response from investigators.

''It looks very suspect,'' said Betezy general manager Ryan Kay. ''He didn't hit him, he has touched him and he has just taken a fall.

''We will be taking this to higher levels with the IBO.''

The heavy betting prompted Kay to call the Green camp earlier in the day, asking if the fight was legit.

Green's rival, Nader Hamdan, was quick to castigate the champion, who retained his IBO cruiserweight title. ''What does he expect from someone that has been retired nearly four years, calling him all those names,'' Hamdan said.

''Everyone knew that Paul had some issues. All the boxing people knew, Paul wasn't what he was years ago. I don't know why he's blowing up. I will step up and fight him any day, there's Dominic Vea, there's plenty of good cruiserweights around for him to choose.''

Before the main event started, Briggs's trainer, Billy Hussein, expressed disappointment at the amount of time given his fighter to prepare for the contest.

Briggs, who weighed in 3.2 kilograms over the agreed limit of 84kg requested by Green (the cruiserweight limit is 90.7kg), looked sluggish from the outset.

Green jabbed him once to the body, then threw the contentious punch that put Briggs down on his haunches, unable to rise by the count of 10.

''I want to go into the changeroom now and give him a fight,'' Green fumed. ''That was a black eye for boxing.''

Green's next possible opponent, Shane Cameron, likewise hardly showed the explosive form that will have boxing fans salivating at the prospect of the pair meeting later this year.

Cameron easily won his 10-round heavyweight bout against Daniel Ammann via unanimous decision, but his performance was more workmanlike than thunderous, and the power that allowed him to stop 20 of his previous 26 opponents was clearly lacking.

Cameron had lost 13kg in a bid to move towards cruiserweight in a bid to challenge Green, but strength was also left behind.

''I didn't have the spark tonight but that is just the body getting used to it,'' Cameron said. ''I am looking for a fight with Danny Green, that is what we want, this is a step closer to it.''

 

Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 10:07 AM
Source: BigPond Sport
Bookmakers have described Danny Green's first-round knockout of Paul Briggs as "highly dubious" as speculation mounts the fight was fixed as part of a betting splurge.
Green was furious after winning the fight in Perth last night after just 29 seconds, with Briggs farcically dropping to the mat after a glancing punch from Green.
The 34-year-old Briggs was booed out of the stadium by the crowd, as Green brandished his opponent's performance as "criminal" and announced "he ain't getting paid a cent".
Betting agencies have revealed they took hundreds of bets on the Green winning by knock-out in the first round.
"The outcome of the fight was highly, highly dubious," Centrebet spokesman Neil Evans told Fairfax.
"We've never ever in the history of boxing seen so much money go on a specific decision outcome, as in a first or second-round knockout.
"There was a massive go on first or second round knock-out starting from very early yesterday morning, right through the day, certainly up until early afternoon.
"There were hundreds and hundreds of bets of all different shapes and sizes, and a lot of them from Western Australia. There was one bet of $50,000 which is extraordinary on an option of a first-round knock-out, even on a hot favourite.
"They were both into even money, paying $2 each at around lunch-time almost, such was the amount of money just poured in the gate."
Green is due to address the media at 1pm today.


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