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- Pacquiao looking for KO against Clottey
Although Manny Pacquiao tends to be the smaller man when he enters the boxing ring, those watching him fight tend to forget it once the bell rings.
Despite a rapid rise through the weight classes, beginning his professional career at a whopping 107 pounds, and now reigning as the WBO welterweight champion at 147 pounds, the Filipino whirlwind has... - When you look at lines on fights (or even money lines on football games), you are best served by examining them in terms of how they convert to probability. How probable an event is to happen should be reflected in these numbers. For example, you take a look at Pacquiao at -700 to win the fight, and it means he would have a seven out of eight chance (87.5%). - Analyzing what is going to go on in a fight is different than analyzing a pro football pointspread. While you are laying or taking points with a football team, when you are betting on the basic outcome of a fight, you are wagering on a win or lose proposition, or, in the case of distance props, whether a fight is going to go past a certain point, or whether it will go the distance. - The boxing world will be at a standstill this weekend as the best fighter in the planet (in my opionion) Manny Pacquiao will take on Joshua Clottey who has never been knocked out, in a 12 round Welterweight clash at 10 PM ET at Cowboys Stadium.
Boxing Lines:
Manny Pacquiao -700
Joshua Clottey +450
O/U 9.5
It’s easy to understand why Manny is favored against Clottey. He has just beaten... - Can Clottey perform on the big stage?
In boxing betting circles, Joshua Clottey has been labeled a disappointment for some time.
Last year, Clottey was winning on all scorecards in the biggest fight of his career for the WBO welterweight championship against Miguel Cotto. - PACQUIAO (50-3-2, 38 KO's), the -700 favorite to beat Joshua Clottey in the boxing betting odds, continues to cement his status as the mythical "pound-for-pound" champion, as well as the most massively popular athlete in the Philippines. Pacquiao got his start very early, turning pro at age 16, and won a decision over Edmund Enting Agnacio. He was only 106 pounds. - CLOTTEY (35-2, 20 KO's), the +450 underdog to Manny Pacquiao in the boxing betting odds, is a native of Accra, Ghana who now lives an trains in the Bronx. Against Pacquiao he gets an opportunity to win a welterweight title for the second time.
Boxing Betting Odds:
WBO Welterweight Title (12 rds. - Sportsbook customers who like to wager on boxing, especially those who will be betting on Saturday's WBO welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey, are interested in seeing any place in which they might be able to get an edge. Maybe throwing some numbers out there in our "Data Bank" might offer some help in that area. - This Saturday Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey will face each other in a twelve round battle at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Texas. The Pacquiao-Clottey fight is a reminder of why I love and why I hate boxing. - Pro boxing betting enthusiasts looking to break the bank this year have an excellent opportunity to do just that with Saturday night’s WBO welterweight title bout between Manny ‘Pac Man’ Pacquiao and Joshua ‘Grand Master’ Clottey which gets under way at Dallas Cowboys Stadium at 10 PM ET.
This look at the bout’s generous Pro Boxing Odds – followed by a...
