Winters Boxing

Online boxing betting is easier than ever thanks to a number of online sportsbooks readily accepting wagers on the outcome of fights. With hundreds of reputable sportsbooks taking bets online it has never been easier to make boxing more exciting by wagering on the outcome.

Boxing Betting Markets

Most online sportsbooks, mainly US sportsbooks only allow players to wager on the win market. Although some, such as BetUs, which is a leading US sportsbook will occasionally open up a book in the “over/under” market. This means aside from the predicting a winner you can also bet on whether a fight will make it past a certain distance, usually the 11 1/2 round mark. This particular market can be very profitable, and it is definitely worth searching around for this betting market just for this feature. Although you should take in to account that this market is only available for specific fights, usually only the high profile fights.

If you aren’t from America you will have access to a whole host of other boxing sportsbooks who will offer many more betting markets for opportunistic boxing bettors, including the incredibly popular in-play markets which are available at most European sportsbooks. In addition to the in-play boxing betting market you can also wager on a selection of markets such as;

Round Betting – Betting on when the fight will finish and who will win, such as Arthur Abraham to win in the 7th round.

Grouped Round Betting – Betting on the winning fighter between a selection of rounds. For example Arthur Abraham to win between the 7th and 9th round.

Total Rounds – You can bet on the over/under of a number of rounds taking place. Such as the over/under of a fight going 9.5 rounds.

Fight Outcome – In this mark fight you can bet on the outcome such as a fighter winning by Knockout, Technical Knockout or Disqualification or a fighter winning by Decision, different odds will be offered for each outcome and both will be offered for each fighter. You also have the option of backing the unlikely but certainly possible outcome of a draw in this area.

I write about Boxing Betting on my very own boxing betting site which includes the latest odds and fight predictions. If you like boxing you will probably like UFC. You can find odds on UFC fights such as UFC 112 Odds at Best Bet UFC which is a partner site of Best Bet Boxing.

Boxing wagering reached its peak during the legendary Mohammad Ali bout played in Africa about four decades ago. Since then, the betting industry has grown to become a full fledged multi-million dollar empire.

Wagering Rules

The wagering process needs players to take or lay money on their favorite fighter. Players can also place bet on the amount of rounds the fight would last.

For instance,

Muhammad Ali -700
Mike Tyson + 550
Draw + 1200

Here, the negative sign indicates the favorite. Here, Ali becomes seven to one favorite and plus hints at the underdog. So, Mike becomes 5 and a half to one underdog.

In this instance, if you wish to bet on the favorite, you win $ 10 for a total $ 80 payback. If Tyson wins, a $ 10 bet may fetch $ 55 for total $ 65 payback. If the fight ends in a draw, a $ 10 wager may fetch $ 120 for $ 130 payback. If the draw is on the board as one of the wagering options, only those betting become the winners. If betting on a draw is unavailable, whether the bets to win are refunded or not is based on individual bookmaker rules.

One minute and thirty seconds is the exact halfway point of a particular round. So, five and a half rounds become one minute and thirty second of the sixth round.

General Betting Rules

For wagers to have action, all matches need to start within a week of originally scheduled time. Boxing matches are declared official as soon as the first round bell rings. In most cases, if the number of scheduled fight round changes, the bets will be declared as “No Action”. A bettor on a boxer wins by knock out only if the fighter wins by Total Knock out or Knock out.