MANNY PACQUIAO VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER FULL ODDS PREVIEW AND ROUND BETTING TIPS
While boxing fans all over the world wait patiently for the superfight of the century (give me a break, it's only been 10 years), a lot of us have been starved of any actual discernable odds on this fight since it was called off back in January.
Popular bookmaker Centrebet has released what is easily the most complete, and intriguing, set of odds about Mayweather vs Pacquiao that you will find anywhere on the internet.
First and foremost, the Centrebet bookies are towing the line of virtually all other major bookmakers and giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. the edge against the Pac-Man. You'll find Floyd Mayweather priced at 1.72 to win the match by any means. Manny Pacquiao is priced at 2.05 and I think that's a pretty solid bet, but there is further value available if you're looking to get a bit more specific about the type of victory you expect.
The favoured method of victory in the match is Floyd Mayweather by decision at an interesting 2.75 payout. He is 4.0 to KO or TKO Manny Pacquiao.
Should Manny Pacquiao pull off the big victory here, then you'll find him favoured to do so by decision- which might surprise a lot of Pacquiao fans. Centrebet prices Manny Pacquiao to beat Mayweather via decision at a 3.5 price. Should Pacquiao KO or TKO Mayweather then you've got a 3.75 payday.
The draw between these two trades at 21.0.
The over/under on rounds is set in the 11.5 round and you'll see the over favoured at 1.6. The under is trading at 2.25 and that's not a bad bet if you don't think Mayweather takes this one. I think there are smarter places to put your money.
Centrebet is really the only site with any round betting available and you'll find that virtually all of the round betting favours Manny Pacquiao. That isn't particularly surprising as Mayweather likely won't be able to KO or TKO the Pac-Man unless he makes a mistake.
Manny Pacquiao's preferred rounds to beat Mayweather are the 4-10 rounds where he trades at 26.0. He is 34.0 in rounds 3, 4, 11 and 12. A shock first-round victory pays out at 41.0.
For Floyd Mayweather, you'll find him priced at 29.0 to win in rounds 6-10 while he is 34.0 in rounds 4,5 and 11. He is 41.0 in the 2, 3 and 12th rounds. Mayweather is 51.0 to beat Manny Pacquiao in the first round.
Grouped round betting is also available and you can back rounds 4-6 or 7-9 for Pacquiao at an 11.0 price. Rounds 1-3 are listed at 13.0 while rounds 10-12 pays out at 13.0. For Mayweather, he's at 11.0 for rounds 7-9 and 13.0 for 10-12. He is priced at 15.0 for rounds 4-6 and 17.0 for rounds 1-3.
There's plenty of interesting bets out there for this one. I think the more adventurous Pacquiao fans will be backing him to win by KO or TKO while I think the majority of Mayweather fanatics will be backing him for the tried-tested-and-true decision victory.
Where's your money going?