MANILA, Philippines – There are countless ways to put your money on the forthcoming superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Oddsmakers in Las Vegas and elsewhere in the US have their own lines and propositions to show and entice the public.
The easiest way there is to pick the winner ? either on points or by stoppage. As of yesterday, Mayweather, 47-0 inside the ring, was a 2-1 favorite.
But there?s some kind of movement here because from the time that the fight was announced last Feb. 21, Pacquiao has closed in on the fancied Mayweather.
From a +220 underdog, the hard-hitting Filipino southpaw is now at +170, meaning every $100 punched in for Pacquiao wins $170.
Mayweather, who once stood at -260, is now at -210, meaning if you?re for Mayweather, you have to throw in $210 to win a hundred bucks. Sportshub ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1
Pacquiao?s adviser, Mike Koncz, said it only means one thing.
?There?s more money now being spent on the underdog. Manny was a great underdog before but now everybody?s betting on Manny to win,? he told The STAR.
?So, the casinos have no choice but to narrow the odd. Otherwise they?ll be broke,? he said on the phone.
Pacquiao, who loves being the underdog, skipped sparring for the third day this week but made up for it with a longer mitts session with Freddie Roach.
Pacquiao fired away at the mitts for 13 rounds and spent more time, equivalent to another 10 rounds, doing other routines almost non-stop.
It?s the first time so close to a fight that Pacquiao skipped sparring three consecutive times (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday).
Mediamen covering Pacquiao?s training in Los Angeles are almost clueless why Pacquiao didn?t spar at all this week.
There are other ways to bet on the fight. They have round-by-round propositions or the fight ending in an odd or even numbered rounds.
You can bet on the fight lasting the distance or otherwise. You can call a draw, still a possibility at 22/1.
There are lines on either fighter winning by knockout, technical knockout and even by disqualification.
And there?s one on either fighter winning inside 60 seconds.
Oddsmakers have little thoughts of Mayweather pulling off a fast one, yes, inside 60 seconds, that they have him at 500/1.
Pacquiao may have the power and ability to do this, and oddsmakers have him at 150/1 that Mayweather could be gone in a minute.
Koncz didn?t say anything more about the odds.
?Because I?m not a gambler. I?m the wrong guy to ask,? he said.
He only knows one thing.
?Manny will win on May second,? he said.
