It?s highly laughable that many mongrels point to the ?proposed? starting betting line for De la Hoya-Pacquiao as a reason as to why the fight is competitive on paper. It?s pure madness I tell you.
Since when was a starting betting line any sort of indication that a fight would be close?
Calzaghe-Lacy anyone?
Hopkins-Trinidad? remember?
Apparently the proposed odds for a ?Golden Boy?/?Pacman? match-up will list Oscar as merely a 2-1 favorite over his out-sized opponent. If this is indeed the line, I?m on board to sell every last bit of whatever goods I might possess and will proceed to place the largest wager of my life on De la Hoya.
It?s akin to the starting odds for the De la Hoya-Hopkins bout opening up as a pick?em? sometimes a steal is just that, a steal.
If I were a line-maker for the De la Hoya-Pacquiao bout, I?d be opening up the East Los Angeles born fighter as a solid 5-1 favorite. Oscar can choose to box from the outset and based on his jab and size alone, can probably dominate his way to an easy decision victory. It?s nothing against Pacquiao, it?s just the way most rational minds other than Freddie Roach see the fight playing out.
Apparently the oddsmakers are giving out action in the upcoming presidential campaign being that a -187 line has opened up on Barrack Obama to win the presidency. I find it a bit strange and disturbing that instead of setting the line at a regular value of -200, the starting line takes on the figure of ?-187?.
Whatever.
I?m going back to sleep.
