Boxing Betting

You can get Lazcano at 9/1 on betfair.

Now I realize he's the outsider here but those are crazy odds. You never know how a fighter will react to their first loss and if previous form is anything to go by the longer the fight goes on the more you wonder if any stamina issues will hit Ricky.

 

worth a fiver im sure

 

No way he wins this, Lazcano is only here so Hatton can have a warm up and like those boxers who go to germany to fight he knows what is expected of him.

 

That's about the whole story:good

I wouldn't take Laz at 90/1

 

On here you seem to get two types of people who bet.

One's who throw away money on things that will probably lose. Lazcano winning tomorrow.

And people who put money on things that will happen. Floyd Mayweather winning fights.

I don't understand putting a fiver on something that will not happen, I don't get that. The last two posters seem to have some sense.

 

What are the odds on N'Dou? I think he could upset the apple cart tomorrow...

 

(Using decimal odds)

You can back N'Dou @ 7 (thats 6-1).

(Betfair).

 

If you think he has no chance, fair enough

But to insinuate it's all fixed anyway, well, I think that's pretty low, groundless, just poor really

 

Jeez those are good odds for Lazcano. I thought he woulds be more 16-1.

 

atsch
what do you mean by 'something that will not happen?' Like Buster beating Tyson or one of the many other examples of big underdogs upsetting the probability? And that's not just in boxing.
Betting is assessing risk v reward, as a Hatton zealot you should know about that, but it seems not.

 

There is a big difference between "probably lose" and "will not happen". This difference is what keeps bookmakers in business, and also what makes sport worth following.
If Lazcano beating Hatton "will not happen", then you wouldn't be able to get odds on it.

 

Also if you are so sure Lazcano won't win, you can lay him on betfair

i.e. you take the bets from people who think he's worth a gamble

 

Ok, things that are unlikely to happen.

People giving money to a bookie expecting (probably) to not get it back is weird to me. I wouldn't put money on anything I wasn't sure would win.

 

No such thing as a sure thing, if you ever start to believe something is sure (in gambling terms) you are in difficulty

You must be prepared to lose if you gamble

 

I've been sure about fights in the past.

Mayweather over Hatton, Pacquaio over Morales the third time... I just wait till the odds aren't short enough on one sided fights.