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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
Not being a boxing expert I don't know whether the following is a good analogy but I'll throw it out there anyway.
In the homerun derby before the all star game, sluggers routinely hit 500 foot homeruns despite the slower pitch which is theoretically a disadvantage. And the reason of course is that they don't have to hold back as they would, for various reasons, in an actual game. You could thus deduce that singles types hitters, at such an event, would also hit plenty of homeruns of the 400 foot variety, even though they don't hit them very often in games.
In other words I think that Mayweather, besides having a good chance of winning by TKO, could more easily win through a ten count knockout than most people think.
I don't really get the baseball analogy but I wouldn't be at all shocked if Floyd knocks him out cold. I took 3 bets that He'll win in the first, second or third round each at +1700ish, and rounds 1-8 even odds. Its unlikely of course but I could see Floyd knocking him out like 20 seconds into the second round. He's going to get some really clean shots in you have to think. I don't CM has the discipline or patience not to full on attack and everyone knows about FM's counter punching skills.
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Originally Posted by rafiki
Even weird little things like CM having to fight in SHOES have to add up. The guy fights barefoot and trains barefoot. It's gotta be totally weird to put shoes on and fight a guy who feels at home wearing them.
Bro we're talking about the very best or at worst second best boxer of ALL TIME up against a guy in his first boxing match ever. I don't think shoes are too much of a factor here lol.
I have been getting down more and more on this fight; into five figures now. Still going to add some more if I can. My absolute favorite bet so far; parlayed Floyd straight up with under 9.5 rounds. Most places don't let you do this but a well known "family" of books let me pop them on two different accounts with it. Came out to roughly -130. So its the same as the KO, TKO, DQ bet, which I'm seeing at -170 to -220. I did get -125 on bovada which is unreal but not for much $$. I have a feeling this account will be limited to peanuts soon even though I'm sharing with a noob.
I can't wait for this fight. Every single Mayweather fight I get jacked up for it, it's an immense disappointment, I tell myself I will never order another one again, and then I always do. I will be doing this forever.