How to Bet on Boxing

Boxing and betting have gone hand-in-hand for many years, perhaps a little too closely at times. In the early 1970s, betting on boxing was more popular than betting on the NFL, but allegations of fixing fights and horrendous judge’s decisions turned many people away from the betting aspect of the sport. For the most part, however, boxing has done a good job of trying to regain public confidence in the integrity of the sport.

Boxing uses the money line and is pretty straight forward in regards to wagering, as the odds will be given next to each boxer’s name.

Here’s an example:

Favorite: -170 (bet $170 to win $100)
Underdog: +150 (bet $100 to win $150)
Draw: +800 (bet $100 to win $800)

On boxing bets, your fighter must win the fight or you lose your wager. If the fight is declared a draw, bets on both fighters are declared losers and the bookmakers, as well as any bettors who wagered on the draw, are extremely happy.

Boxing Proposition Bets

Because a number of fights figure to be pretty one-sided, the bookmakers will generally come up with several proposition wagers on major fights. The most popular of these is the over/under for how long the fight lasts. The wager works in the same manner as an over/under bet in other sports, but instead of betting there will be over or under a certain number of points scored, you are betting over or under a certain number of rounds taking place.

If you wager over the six full rounds, you will win your bet as long as both fighters are in the ring for the start of the seventh round. If you wager on the under six full rounds, you will win your wager provided the fight is stopped anytime prior to the bell signaling the end of round No. 6. If the fight is stopped between the end of the sixth round and the beginning of the seventh round, all over/under bets would be declared losers and you will have another case of very happy bookmakers.

The other main proposition wager for boxing matches is betting which fighter will win by a stoppage or knockout.

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