Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is the fight that’s just too big not to happen. Once thought of as just a pipe dream between superstars, both fighters have been openly advocating for the matchup to get made. And as the saying goes, if it’s makes dollars, it makes sense. And this is a matchup that’s going to make a ton of money.
It’s also a fight you can bet on now, with the boxing odds at BookMaker.eu opening with Mayweather as a massive favorite.
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Floyd Mayweather -972
Conor McGregor +635
Odds Analysis
It makes sense that you’d have to be a lot to win a little on Mayweather. What doesn’t make sense is how cheap his money line is compared to some of the other sportsbooks. At the Westgate Las Vegas, Mayweather is -2500. At Bovada, an online competitor of ours, “Money” is at -2250.
So right now, you can bet on Mayweather at less than half the price of what you’d pay for at other sportsbooks. Yes, he’s still ridiculously expensive, but paying about $1000 to win $100 sounds a hell of a lot better than paying over $2000 to win the same amount.
To be clear, this sort of variance doesn’t happen often from book to book. A couple hundred points difference isn’t that big a deal, but more than a thousand? Maybe the oddsmakers know something we don’t, but we can say with absolute certainty that if you were betting Mayweather, you’d be a fool to bet anywhere else but here.
Does McGregor Have a Chance?
Unless you’re diehard McGregor fan, the logical answer is no. He is bigger, younger and has more knockout power - but he’s in an entirely different sport. Just because there are some similarities - like lacing up gloves and punching each other - by no means should that tempt to you throw your money away on a longshot.
Would you bet on an All-Star cricketer to start slamming longballs right away against Stephen Strasburg? Or that Roger Federer could dominate Olympic badminton players because both sports require a racket? Jerrod Haynes, one of Australia’s best rugby players, barely got off the bench in a short stint with the San Francisco 49ers.
Keep an eye on the money lines, because if and when this fight does get made, it’s possible that throngs of McGregor fans will blindly bet on him - making Floyd’s line even cheaper. Then you might be able to get an even better deal for him on a fight that favors him in almost every aspect.
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