We got you covered thanks to the library of betting guides accessible on this page. These betting guides provide you with all the necessary information and tips on how. Boxing betting is loved by many die-hard sports fans. Although boxing betting is less popular than football or hockey betting, it is still the favorite pastime of thousands of people.

Despite the competition from betting on mixed martial arts over the past couple of decades, boxing remains one of the most popular sports in the world to place a wager on. While the days of Gene Tunney, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and Floyd Mayweather may be long gone, there’s a new and exciting crop of boxers to wager on today.

Names such as Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Vasyl Lomachenko, Naoya Inoue and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez regularly attract wagers at the betting windows.

Boxing betting online is popular as you have several options to accompany the obvious one, which is simply picking the winner.

Tyson Fury takes on Deontay Wilder.

Most top sportsbooks offer boxing wagering and you simply need to create an account and make a deposit to take advantage of the options or head down to your local brick and mortar betting location.

Moneyline

The most common boxing bet is simply laying your money down on who you believe will win the bout. The is a straight-up wager known as the moneyline bet.

For example, you may see the odds listed as below in the American style of betting;

Mike Tyson – 4000

Buster Douglas + 6000

Draw +2000

With American-style odds, the favourite always has the minus sign (-) in front of their number while the underdog is represented with a plus sign (+). In fact, this is true of all sports you bet on in American-style odds.

This would mean Mike Tyson is the heavy favourite as you’d need to wager $4,000 on him just to win $100. On the other hand, a $100 bet on Douglas would see you rake in $6,000 in winnings and of course your original wagers are returned to you in both instances as long as you win. If you’re undecided who’s going to emerge victorious in a boxing match you can always bet on a draw. In this case, a $100 wager would net you a $2,000 profit.

Boxers with better records and who have proven themselves over the years are typically the betting favourites. This was the case in the 1990 fight between Tyson and Douglas in Tokyo, Japan as Tyson was the reigning undisputed heavyweight champion with an unbeaten record of 37-0 with 33 Ko’s. Douglas entered the fight with a mark of 29-4-1 with 19 Ko’s.

There’s more of a risk betting on Douglas in this scenario as he’s not really expected to win or even draw with Tyson. Of course if you don’t know by now, the challenger upset the apple cart by battering Tyson around the ring all night long before stopping him in the 10th round.

But when betting on a boxing match, you should also take other intangibles into consideration such as each individual’s height and reach; their current knockout ratio; their current streak if any; their record against orthodox and south paw opponents; common opponents; if they’ve fought each other previously in the amateurs or pro ranks.

Prop Betting

As well as betting on the outcome of the battle you can also make prop or proposition bets such as the method of victory and which round the fight will end in. These are basically bets on what you think will or won’t happen during the course of battle.

As well as betting on who will win or instead of making that wager, you can predict how the fight will end.

For instance for Mike Tyson to knock Buster Douglas out the odds may be -3000 as most experts and bookmakers predicted this to be a likely scenario. The odds of Douglas knocking Tyson out may have been +3000.

Again, you’d make $3,000 by backing Douglas to knock Tyson out and would have to risk $3,000 to make just $100 by backing Tyson to do the same to Douglas.

You may also find many sportsbooks online will offer options of a fight being won on points or a disqualification. These wagers work the same way as backing a boxer to win by knockout with the odds paying out more money on the least likely scenario, which is the underdog winning.

You an also make wagers on if there will be a knockdown during the bout and if the fight; if it will go the full distance or not; if there will be any points deducted from a boxer for a foul; how many rounds the fight will go and which specific round it will end etc.

Over/Under in Boxing

When it comes to betting on the contest going the distance, this will be represented as an over/under option. For example, the Tyson vs Douglas tilt may have been listed as Over- 2.5 rounds and Under-2.5 rounds. If you feel the bout will end before the halfway mark of the second round you’d back the under. If you believe the fight will last longer than two and a half rounds you’d need to bet on the over.

Points Betting

How Does Betting On Boxing Workout

Since boxing doesn’t always end by a stoppage, such as knockout, technical knockout, injury, disqualification or a boxer’s corner man throwing in the towel, it means it has gone the distance and will be scored by ringside judges. Some sportsbooks will let you bet on who will win and by how many points on the scorecards.

Boxing Parlays

A parlay wager enables you to combine more than one bet on the same ticket. For instance, if there are three bouts the same night you may want to make a wager on each one of them. You may bet on Manny Pacquiao beating Terence Crawford as well as Errol Spence Jr. to best Shawn Porter by points and for Tyson Fury to knock Anthony Joshua out before 4.5 rounds have been completed on an over/under bet. But to win, you’d need all three scenarios to take place.

How To Bet On Boxing

Handicapping Boxing Bets

How Betting On Boxing Works

It’s always a good idea to read boxing previews and predictions, preferably at SportsBets.net, if you feel you need a little help before making a wager on a bout. You may also want to check out some of the participants previous bouts, perhaps on You Tube. Try to keep informed on news of the bout the week of the fight in case something drastic happens such as a boxer coming in overweight or being stripped of the title etc.

Betting On Boxing Rounds

It’s recommended that you do a little research if you’re not a boxing expert or you may simply have a gut feeling about a specific fight. If you had a strong feeling Buster Douglas was going to knock Mike Tyson senseless back in 1990 and made a decent-sized bet, you might have retired the very same day