MANNY PACQUIAO VS JOSH CLOTTEY LATEST BETTING TIPS
The Pacquiao vs Clottey fight is only a month away and the odds on the heavily-favoured Manny Pacquiao have been shortened yet again to a slim 1/5 price with top UK bookmaker William Hill. You'll find his opponent now trading at 10/3. It looks like Pacquiao could be in the neighborhood of 1/6 or even 1/7 come fight-time.
My best advice, if you're looking to bet on this one, is to get your bets in now if you're looking to back the outright result. The issue for me is the fact that Manny Pacquiao is so heavily-favoured, you're really only going to get some value if you're punting on the method of victory at least.
Manny Pacquiao to win by decision or technical decision has risen in price to even-money. It had been trading odds-on at 10/11 for a while, but I think more bettors are gaining confidence in Pacquiao's ability potentially KO Josh Clottey. The KO, TKO or DQ victory is listed at 5/4. Personally, I think a stoppage is more likely and I can see Clottey getting cut early on and Manny just working that area to a 6th round stoppage.
A draw pays out at 25/1.
Josh Clottey's odds are 9/1 for a decision victory, which is quite lengthy, but you'll find him better priced for 13/2 to KO, TKO or DQ Manny Pacquiao. Personally, I think a KO is his best chance of winning and it could potentially come out of nowhere. Clottey has a lot of punching power and can deliver stinging blows with relative ease. I think it comes down to his patience and ability to cope with Manny's ring-skills and hand-speed. He knows he can't lead because Manny would counter-punch him to death. His ability to test Pacquiao's pain threshold may be his best shot.
With a KO or TKO being a likely, and valuable, bet for many it will pay to examine the round betting. Manny Pacquiao's odds are listed at anywhere between 33/1 and 14/1. His preferred rounds being 7-10. He is 16/1 for a fourth, fifth or sixth round victory.
Clottey's odds are between 50/1 and 40/1 with his shortest odds being rounds 5-11.
I'm going to be backing Manny by KO or TKO with a sixth round victory via stoppage.