Big bets on Kenny Anderson force bookie to suspend market

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  1. lirva

    lirva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sportingbet bookmaker had priced up the Groves fight on Monday.

    Groves 1/14
    Anderson 13/2
    Anderson by KO 9/1

    Within 3 days they priced up the fight as

    Groves 1/6
    Anderson 5/1
    Anderson by KO 6/1


    Now they have suspended the market and are not taking any bets on the fight for the foreseeable future.

    Their mistake was pricing Groves at 1/14. Ridiculous odds. Anderson at 13/2 and 9/1 for the KO was a bit much. I backed both of those. Anderson is 12-0 with 8 KOs and a very good amatuer background. Groves is unproven really as a pro. this is a tough fight for him, against an unbeaten prospect. While I think he will win, it won't be easy.
     
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Why have they suspended the market rather than further ad******g the odds?
     
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  3. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why has ad******g been starred?
     
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  4. mryeags

    mryeags Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In fairness to sportingbet they do stick there neck on the line with boxing match ups and often price up fights well in advance ... I got 4/11 Lopez now there 2/7 !
     
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  5. Bad Dog

    Bad Dog Boxing Addict banned

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    1/14 for a Groves win is ridiculous. Who comes up with these odds?
     
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  6. NSFW

    NSFW ESB interacial lovin... Full Member

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    Worth a tenner when the odds get good again.
     
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  7. rooq

    rooq Rooq's Boxing Promoter Full Member

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    because you can't post the word j ustin even if its in the middle of another word :lol:
     
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  8. Marlow

    Marlow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    in fairness to sporting bet they are quality for boxing

    often get good early prices with them
     
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  9. Marlow

    Marlow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    not only sporting act in that way but it does sound pretty shitty

    usually they claim palpable error if priced up wrong way round like ladbrokes did with molitor/booth, if they just compiled wrong in my experience they have settled without problem, in the case of groves/adamu and ortiz/campbell
     
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  10. theuppercut

    theuppercut Blackpudding supper Full Member

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    Well I got my 9/1 and stuck a £20 on.
     
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  11. lirva

    lirva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lets hope the honour the bets put on. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't honour the bets.

    Also, expect Groves to open up at around 1/4, 1/5 ish. That's still short enough but should be the odds.
     
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  12. hagman1989

    hagman1989 the boxing site , try it Full Member

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    they cant claim they were a mistake if they gradually came in , but if they shot down quickly with no other odds in the middle then your bets will get voided rightly or wrongly
     
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  13. Marlow

    Marlow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    they will honour the bets im almost certain of that
     
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  14. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    He's no more proven as a pro than Groves though - how could you say otherwise? Groves has fought similar opposition.
     
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  15. lirva

    lirva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    be interesting to see if they reopen the market and if they do, what price they have groves at.
     
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