Boxing Betting Fans Are Spoilt For Choice

After dismantling Miguel Cotto with a devastating show of speed and strength the indomitable Manny Pacquiao is now a four weight boxing World Champion. With the defeat of Cotto, De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton to his credit in the last twelve months there are few challenges that are left for this formidable boxer. The obvious fight for Manny now looks to be Floyd Mayweather Jr. If this fight does go ahead the reported revenues are likely to be in the $100 million range, making this one of the richest fights of all time. It will certainly be one of the most anticipated.

Boxing correspondent Mike Costello believes that Floyd Mayweathers defensive ability would present a far more difficult night for Pacquiao than his recent fights, where his opponents favoured a more attacking approach, which proved unsuccessful. Mayweather is fast but from a defensive standpoint very difficult to beat and it would be an intriguing boxing contest. Boxing betting fans will have to wait for a little while for this fight. The respective camps will let demand rise before cashing in on what would be one of the all time great fights in my opinion. I think the odds for this one would be very close, time will tell.

I am going to the post office tomorrow morning to collect my tickets for the Amir Khan versus Dmitriy Salita fight at Newcastle on December 5th. The undercard sees an eliminator between the undefeated Kevin Mitchell and Amir Khan’s sole conqueror Breidis Prescott. Whoever wins this will face Khan if he overcomes Salita and a rematch again Prescott would certainly attract plenty of attention. Both fighters have a lot to contend with before that fight occurs.

The undercard of Amir Khan’s fight is excellent which is great for me because it was unannounced when I ordered my tickets. James De Gale, Frankie Gavin and Billy-Jo Saunders all continue their careers with their next pro fight. All three of these fighters are products of the Amateur 2008 Beijing Olympic squads. At present, they fight on the same cards building their records and learning their trade and so far they all remain undefeated. Frankie Gavin was forced to miss the Olympics after failing to make weight but certainly looks as good as the media said he was and is a useful boxer. He has talked of having a title fight in around one year’s time so it will be excited to see how these three fighters do on December 5th.

Boxing betting fans looking to have a bet on Amir Khan’s fight can back him to win at odds of 1.12 with Salita available at odds of 5.50 from bwin.com. The draw is an unlikely outcome due to the explosive Khan style but those fancying it can back the draw at odds are 34.00. My predictions for this fight are that Khan will be looking to keep things defensively tight and this means an early knock out is unlikely. I think he may stop the fight in rounds five six or seven if he sees an opportunity and the odds for this to occur are currently 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00 respectively. If Khan sets his sights on out-pointing his opponent using good defensive boxing then the odds for Khan to win on points are currently 3.25. This is the tactic the bookmakers are favouring.

Khan has been criticised in the past for a gung-ho approach that saw him knocked out badly by Prescott. His chin is also suspect so employing a defensive approach and using his foot speed and hand speed keeps the fight based on his strengths and this will be the probable tactics his corner wants him to employ. Opponents look to engage Amir in a war knowing he is vulnerable to the big shot. I think once Khan stops engaging and boxes to his strengths he could be a long term world boxing champion in the mould of a Lennox Lewis.

Boxing betting is attractive for sports betting fans at the moment with the sheer quality of the matches on offer.

By Malcolm Clarke