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Old 23 April 2015, 02:22 AM   #91
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Yeah, cause roulette dealers are in the know lol. I wouldn't lay 280 on Mayweather, but, 180 might temp me if I was a betting man
I would have bet it at -180 all day. Interesting that 12 rounds was still -330, I think it was -370 when I was there. I will post the odds this weekend from Tahoe and see what they have, I may even wager.

As for roulette dealers, yeah I know but hey I'm a degenerate gambler...
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Until they enter the ring, I'm not counting on this happening.
Hmmm...almost like I saw this coming. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

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No one is going to the fight if they don't sign the contract. Tickets haven't even been released and there are very few available to the public when they are actually released.

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Counterfeit tickets are playing into this as well, as as soon as the real ones are released the printing press's will be humming
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Old 23 April 2015, 04:54 AM   #95
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I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't happen tbh :(
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Here are the latest odds as of Wed:

To win:
Mayweather: -200
Pacquiao: +170

Over 10.5 rounds: -320
Under 10.5 rounds: +260

Mayweather by KO, TKO or DQ: +550
Mayweather by decision: -135
Pacquiao by KO, TKO, or DQ: +550
Pacquiao by decison: +325
Draw: +1600

Mayweather wins in rounds 1,2,3: +2000
Mayweahter wins in rounds 4,5,6: +1400
Mayweahter wins in rounds 7,8,9: +1200
Mayweather wins in rounds 10,11,12: +1200

Pacquiao wins in rounds 1,2,3: +2000
Pacquiao wins in rounds 4,5,6: +1400
Pacquiao wins in rounds 7,8,9: +1200
Pacquiao wins in rounds 10,11,12: +1200


Mayweather wins in round 1: +6000
Mayweather wins in round 2: +5500
Mayweather wins in round 3: +5500
Mayweather wins in round 4: +5000
Mayweather wins in round 5: +4500
Mayweather wins in round 6: +4000
Mayweather wins in round 7: +4000
Mayweather wins in round 8: +3500
Mayweather wins in round 9: +3000
Mayweather wins in round 10: +3000
Mayweather wins in round 11: +3000
Mayweather wins in round 12: +3000

Pacquiao wins in round 1: +6000
Pacquiao wins in round 2: +5500
Pacquiao wins in round 3: +5500
Pacquiao wins in round 4: +5000
Pacquiao wins in round 5: +4500
Pacquiao wins in round 6: +4000
Pacquiao wins in round 7: +4000
Pacquiao wins in round 8: +3500
Pacquiao wins in round 9: +3000
Pacquiao wins in round 10: +3000
Pacquiao wins in round 11: +3000
Pacquiao wins in round 12: +3000
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Old 23 April 2015, 04:19 PM   #98
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Old 23 April 2015, 04:38 PM   #99
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I can't wait to watch this fight. It's at least 5 years too late but better late than never.

Mayweather couldn't retire without this fight or there would be too many questions hanging over him and following him around for the rest of his life about why he wouldn't do it, not that he would probably care given he's earning north of $100m per year and more than that for this one fight.
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Old 23 April 2015, 06:58 PM   #100
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I can't wait to watch this fight. It's at least 5 years too late but better late than never.

Mayweather couldn't retire without this fight or there would be too many questions hanging over him and following him around for the rest of his life about why he wouldn't do it, not that he would probably care given he's earning north of $100m per year and more than that for this one fight.

I'm going with Mayweather split decision points.
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Old 23 April 2015, 07:42 PM   #101
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I'm going with Mayweather split decision points.
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Thats the only sensible bet that I can see. Posted the odds yesterday, 4/6?
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Old 23 April 2015, 10:54 PM   #102
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Thats the only sensible bet that I can see. Posted the odds yesterday, 4/6?

As much as I'm a huge FM fan, I think anyone that comes to Vegas to fight him has pretty much got to knock him out to beat him!
He is worth too much money to the MGM, and Vegas in general with his huge attraction of him being the longest undefeated boxer for him to be beaten and loose that 0
I read somewhere that each fight of his is birth $1 billion to the Vegas economy. Fight tickets, hotels, flights,food, drink ect ect.
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Old 23 April 2015, 11:02 PM   #103
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I can't wait to watch this fight. It's at least 5 years too late but better late than never.

Mayweather couldn't retire without this fight or there would be too many questions hanging over him and following him around for the rest of his life about why he wouldn't do it, not that he would probably care given he's earning north of $100m per year and more than that for this one fight.
I agree that better late than never. Nice if it were to have happened in their prime.
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Old 23 April 2015, 11:17 PM   #104
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My head says that Mayweather will win but I really hope Pacquiao does it. I think we discussed this here before but I think as they get older their fighting styles suits Mayweather better. He's a more defensive, methodical fighter whereas Pacquiao is all about speed and skill. As he gets older I think he's slowing down a little, although that's when compared to himself. He's still like lightening compared to most.
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As much as I'm a huge FM fan, I think anyone that comes to Vegas to fight him has pretty much got to knock him out to beat him!
He is worth too much money to the MGM, and Vegas in general with his huge attraction of him being the longest undefeated boxer for him to be beaten and loose that 0
I read somewhere that each fight of his is birth $1 billion to the Vegas economy. Fight tickets, hotels, flights,food, drink ect ect.
Thats why I like the draw.......... If Pacman has the better fight I still can't see the Judges giving him it.

Either way it should be epic, just ordered the fight on Sky and because I'm GMT + 2 no need to stay up all night, Just set the alarm for 0630
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My head says that Mayweather will win but I really hope Pacquiao does it. I think we discussed this here before but I think as they get older their fighting styles suits Mayweather better. He's a more defensive, methodical fighter whereas Pacquiao is all about speed and skill. As he gets older I think he's slowing down a little, although that's when compared to himself. He's still like lightening compared to most.
I 100% agree with this.
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Old 23 April 2015, 11:46 PM   #107
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Thats why I like the draw.......... If Pacman has the better fight I still can't see the Judges giving him it.

Either way it should be epic, just ordered the fight on Sky and because I'm GMT + 2 no need to stay up all night, Just set the alarm for 0630
I've ordered it today as well.
I had flights and hotel booked for fight weekend but had to cancel as the dates clashed with other commitments. I'm gutted!
I think I'll leave the betting on this, prices aren't good enough on FM. Although I might stick a lump on the draw like you said.
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I've ordered it today as well.
I had flights and hotel booked for fight weekend but had to cancel as the dates clashed with other commitments. I'm gutted!
I think I'll leave the betting on this, prices aren't good enough on FM. Although I might stick a lump on the draw like you said.
At 20/1 its worth a tickle

I went to Vegas to watch Neseem Hamed get dropped by Barrera, One of the best weekends of my life...........
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Thats the only sensible bet that I can see. Posted the odds yesterday, 4/6?
wheres a good place to learn about sports betting? like a sports betting for beginners guide or something. not interested in doing it, I just want to understand how it works, with the odds/points ect.
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wheres a good place to learn about sports betting? like a sports betting for beginners guide or something. not interested in doing it, I just want to understand how it works, with the odds/points ect.
Its totally different in the states. In the UK we all bet online, I usually spread bet but do some fixed odds.

As the UK is quite relaxed on gambling there are many many different ways for us to lose our cash. Most bets now, even fixed odds we can cash out halfway through an event - Its big big business, So much so that half the Premier league football teams are sponsored by gambling websites
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wheres a good place to learn about sports betting? like a sports betting for beginners guide or something. not interested in doing it, I just want to understand how it works, with the odds/points ect.
This seems quite interesting http://www.online-betting.me.uk/arti...ting-odds.html
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I use online sports books and I'm in the US. Only the ones that accept bitcoin, though. It's the perfect use case for cryptocurrency imho. No waiting, no worry about what country you're in, just glorious instant payouts.
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Its totally different in the states. In the UK we all bet online, I usually spread bet but do some fixed odds.

As the UK is quite relaxed on gambling there are many many different ways for us to lose our cash. Most bets now, even fixed odds we can cash out halfway through an event - Its big big business, So much so that half the Premier league football teams are sponsored by gambling websites
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I use online sports books and I'm in the US. Only the ones that accept bitcoin, though. It's the perfect use case for cryptocurrency imho. No waiting, no worry about what country you're in, just glorious instant payouts.
Nice, and any bitcoins held in account are a daily gamble regarding the price of bitcoins?!
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thank you for that =D pretty much what I needed to know.

as for BTC prices, With the amount of large investment groups pooling money to open up trades for them, I doubt we'll see much more depreciation. My friend talked me out of investing $500-1000 in highschool. would have paid for my college and a few Rolexes, and a new car if I would've -,-
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That's an interesting point you guys bring up about the draw not being unlikely due to Mayweather's "undefeated status" being beneficial to everyone. I'm tempted to lay some on that, too.

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Nice, and any bitcoins held in account are a daily gamble regarding the price of bitcoins?!
Essentially, yes, if you're planning to immediately convert your BTC to cash at market value as soon as you receive them, the daily fluctuation does matter. But, since I don't plan on cashing out much of my BTC in the immediate future, the daily exchange rate isn't really a factor for me. Plus I tend to bet right before the match, and even bitcoin doesn't generally fluctuate that much in 4 hours. I'll end my bitcoin threadjack here.
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It is a very interesting styles matchup. The thing about this fight is that Mayweather could probably go in and box and move, and pull a Pernell Whitaker, make the fight a stinker, and win almost every round while not getting touched too often. For a lot of his career he did exactly this.

But Mayweather increasingly buys into his own persona and has been actually "fighting" his opponents more and more. He's still so talented that he can fight this way and win, but he doesn't have to. This will not work against Pacquiao and if Floyd consistently opts to trade punches, or try and roll his shoulders from the corner/ropes, he will find himself in trouble. Everyone is forgetting that Mayweather is the older fighter... he's 38! Ray Leonard was 35 when he was a geezer in the ring against Terry Norris.

I think you only need to watch Mayweather lose to Donaire in their first fight (gift decision) to see how he gets hit a lot more than he ever did when he was young. If Donaire had Pacquiao's calves, Mayweather would have been kayoed in that fight. Well, I don't see why that doesn't happen here.

I predict Pacquiao 116-112 over Mayweather, and Floyd gets knocked down once in the early rounds.
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Tickets had been made available for prices ranging from $1,500 to $7,500, none of which were the premium floor seats closest to the ring.

With just 500 seats made available to the general public at 3 p.m, it took less than a minute for the full allocation to be snapped up by fans desperate to see Mayweather and Pacquiao go head to head at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2.

At around 3.45 p.m., the cheapest ticket for the fight being sold on StubHub was priced at $5,796.75, for a single seat in Row Q of the upper deck. The priciest was set at $141,575.25 for a premium ringside seat.
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At 20/1 its worth a tickle

I went to Vegas to watch Neseem Hamed get dropped by Barrera, One of the best weekends of my life...........

Brilliant fight! The prince got well and truly schooled that night!
I was at Mayweather maidana 1&2. Great atmosphere as any Mayweather fight is but a disappointing fight.
I wish I could have been at Mayweather Hatton! Although it would have been devastating to see Ricky get destroyed, the atmosphere for that with all the Brits that travelled over looked immense. I went to the press tour in Manchester and that was electric enough!
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Boxing fans are hyped up! I have no interest. The last boxing match I watched "live" was the Thrilla in Manilla.....no kidding. To each his own.......
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Brilliant fight! The prince got well and truly schooled that night!

I was at Mayweather maidana 1&2. Great atmosphere as any Mayweather fight is but a disappointing fight.

I wish I could have been at Mayweather Hatton! Although it would have been devastating to see Ricky get destroyed, the atmosphere for that with all the Brits that travelled over looked immense. I went to the press tour in Manchester and that was electric enough!

There is nothing else to match those nights, it should be on everyone's bucket list.

Ricky fought the pacman at the at the wrong time, the Guinness was catching up with Ricky and I don't think anyone could of lived with Pacman that night - I was shouting at the TV for him to just stay down! One of the last champions that would take any fight unlike the ducking and diving that goes on these days to avoid a fight you could lose......... This fight should of happened years ago but mayweather managed to avoid it.

I was lucky enough to meet Ricky last month, sportsmans dinner and spent the 2 hours leading up to it sat with him in the hotel bar. He thought Mayweather would win but likes my draw idea !


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