Do any of you "experts" make money on the fight game?

A few I called right recently:
Hopkins-Calazage,
Calazage-Kessler,
Marquez-Casa
Diaz-Katsidis
Mayweather-Hatton
Guzman-Soto
Williams-Margarito

A few I got completely wrong:

Cotto-Margarito
Cotto-Mosley
Cotto-Judah
Hatton-Tyszu
Taylor-Pavlik 1



Some fights are just hard to pick, and anything can happen in boxing, who would have picked Laing over Duran? Douglas over Tyson. I never bet on boxing for this reason

 

Ha. I had a pretty good streak going for a couple of years in big fights, (back to Pacquiao-Morales 2) until Cotto-Margarito. I picked Cotto, but I was worried about it because of him showing chin problems, and Margarito on the other side had his insane workrate and granite chin. Sure enough I had reason to be nervous about it.

There were a couple of times I thought I should make a bet on my picks during that streak, but I never wound up doing it.

 

I won like $1500 on the Trinidad-Hopkins fight seven years ago. The odds makers made a huge mistake putting Trinidad a 3-1 favorite. Hopkins was the naturally bigger man, a career middleweight who was champ for 7 years and had a rock solid chin. Trinidad was only having his second bout at middleweight and had been down several times in his career against smaller men. Also take into consideration the 9-11 factor. The fight wqas postponed 2 weeks because of 9-11. All Hopkins had to do was drive 90 miles south back to Philly and continue with his training. Tito was stuck in NYC from his native PR in the scariest and most chaotic time in the city's history. Put all these factors together and you had an easy payday.

 

i have bet on every fight in v bookie except mayoga mosley at the worst i lose on 100 at the best i get 400 defitenily worth it i doubt ill get every predection wrong

 

i also got margo cotto right

 

i won £100 off somebody at work on hatton vs mayweather.

its great in england cuz the british press really build them up for you so casual fans think its a near even fight.

 

A mugs game.

 

I don't make any money (or bet for that matter) on fights, but somehow I've been known to spit out some on-the-spot wisdom that people have taken to the bank.

For example:

Kelly Pavlik Vs. Jermain Taylor - I was sitting at the bar and I got a call from a friend, "Hey! We're about to order the fight and I'm curious what you think is gonna happen." My response was , "Heh, I'd say the fight isn't gonna last 8 rounds, an' one of 'em is gonna get KO'ed....I'd pick Pavlik. Taylor's ripe to be upset." I went over to their house to watch the fight with them and my friend was on the edge of his seat the entire time (he didn't tell me he bet yet). Right when they called it in the 7th round for Pavlik I sat there smugly feeling like I did my work, spot on. My friend was hopping and dacning around the room. I thought he was just a big Pavlik fan. Then finally settles and turns to me and says, "You just scored me $520, got any other advice?". My smug feeling was diminished and I just shook my head no.

I'm no pure expert, but I am willing to admit I have an obsession with the sport. I've called some other fights, but I'd have to say that one is my best so far.

 

.............Yes that's right. My name is Matt.

 

What odds did you end up getting, i know it was something like 20-1 at one time.

 

Sometimes. I have my own theory, and it was gold for a while.

 

Let us know of it turns gold again mate