I know a lad a huge boxing follower all his life and bets successfully on it. Iāve sent him a message asking if thereās any reason not to back Mayweather. Iāve never backed anything as short as 1/5 in my life but seriously considering putting a wedge on this as long as he gives green light because his opinion is solid. Despite this does seem very obvious.
Itās a made up fight - itās Hollywood. Anything could happen as long as the right scriptwriters are involved. Anyone going in heavy on 1/5 needs their head examined on what is basically a pantomime. This is not a square go. I can see some sort of disqualification/fiasco that will negate all bets.
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Mayweather is 1/11 in Vegas.
An elbow from McGregor. Who knows what will happen. The contract wonāt allow McGregor to be beaten in 30 seconds
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The concerns about a fix are legit given that itās more a circus than a fight, but I just canāt see Floyd willingly accepting a blemish on his record. Contrary to everything we know about him. For enough money anything is possible which is why youād be wary, but it just doesnāt seem plausible.
McGregor is an unhinged cocaine user. He is liable to do anything in the ring and anything controversial will boost his future chances for Hollywood movies and the like. Expect something beyond Holyfieldās ear.
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This. If theyāre charging 100 dollars for the PPV or whatever it is theyāll keep it going for a few rounds so thereās no uproar.
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Theyāll make a show of it for the punters and then agree a rematch bigger pay day you couldnāt make it up and all the mugs handing over their hard earned cash to these two knick knacks
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This is like betting on a soap opera. Insanity to plough into a 1/5 shot therefore. Mayweather wonāt have fought in almost two years and heās 40.
The main aim of this farce is to create money. Lots of it. Itās not sport, itās the entertainment business.
Their dream is to get a second fight or rematch. Another money spinner. Wouldnāt surprise me if it conveniently ends as a draw or a narrow āwinā for one of them. Cue demands for Fight II and the mug punters willing to fork out for this drivel all over again.
Another big tv draw, the promoters are happy, the networks are happy, the actors are happy, the Kinihanās and Hutches are happy.
If Mayweather batters the head off him easily if reflects badly on the UFC so the script writers wonāt allow him to take a bad hiding. Heās their golden boy and meal ticket. Not good for business to see him embarrassed.
If youāre betting on this you may as well plough into the virtual racing at Steepledowns or Paddy Park.
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No chance Floyd lets any amount of money or fix mess with his 0. He is as obsessed with that just as much as his money. He considers himself the goat, heās not going to let some mickey mouse kinahan fix or wwe shit break that.
Most likely scenario is CM gasses after 4 rounds and Floyd k.os him or CM is getting badly embarrassed and gets dqād on purpose due to a peoples elbow or some attempted mma move. Floyd should be 1/100. I will be loading up on ko/dq.
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Youād swear youāve never seen mugs fork over money for a boxing PPV Mac and for it to all end in the first round. These incidents are tenny a penny. Agreed that there will surely be some pantomine here to ensure it gets beyond round one but surely Floyd will do what he wants from then on. Heās not going to blemish his career for this muppet McGregor. If Mayweather doesnāt get a decisive win versus this clown his career will be remembered as a joke.
If McGregor has any bit of brains about him heāll go down early otherwise Mayweather could seriously hurt him.
McGregor has an ego and a reputation too so he wonāt want himself embarrassed either way
How will this stupidity work? Will they both wear 16oz gloves, or will McGregor wear the ickle gloves they have in that MMA thingy? Will McGregor be allowed to elbow / kick / gouge / bite like they do in MMA, or is it a straight boxing match? If it is, Mayweather could kill him. Good god, is this what society has come to?
Instead of ploughing into a 1/5 bet would it be better to spread your stake over different methods of victory?
Floyd to win by unaminous decision is 15/8
Floyd to win by knockout is 3/1
Floyd to win by TKO is also 3/1
Everything on tko/ko. Doesnāt go 12. This farce will actually be profitable.
On first viewing I wouldnāt touch this with multiple barge poles cellotaped together.
Does Mayweather care more about money or his legacy?
Anyone have a price on either to win by disqualification?
Or a price on interference from The Undertaker
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The rematch will be a table, ladders and chairs match
But this isnāt a ranking boxing match or anything is it? Is it not a circus event? Would a loss here be counted in floyds overall record? If not he could definitely throw it for the money.