Seeing that the biggest fight of the year which took place last Saturday: Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto ended in a TKO win for Pacquiao in the 12th round how much money would you win if you picked that exact round?
The biggest fight of the year ended in a devastating TKO stoppage in the 12th round where Manny Pacquiao the sports number one pound for pound fighter defeated WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto when the referee Bayless saw Cotto was taking just way too much punishment and decided to end the fight.
Two weeks earlier before the fight the writer of this article had the honor of interviewing Team Pacquiao at the world famous Wild Card gym in Hollywood, California.
In this now famous video interview the majority of Team Pacquiao were quite hesitant to declare an official prediction in terms of which round they truly felt Manny would defeat Cotto. On the other hand head trainer Freddie Roach was very clear on his prediction. He gave an official prediction of rounds: 1, 9, and 10 for Manny to knock out Cotto. (Click here to view that video interview: [b]New Exclusive Interview with Team Pacquiao[/b]Obviously the great trainer and great round predictor Roach was not correct this time for again Manny stopped Cotto in the 12th round via TKO stoppage.
So the real question now is how much money would one win if they were lucky enough to predict the correct round that Manny would stop Cotto?
According to one Las Vegas sports book location a 12th round TKO for Manny Pacquiao was listed at 12 to 1 odds. Meaning if you placed $100 dollars on a 12th round TKO for Manny Pacquiao then you would win $1,300 dollars.
So how many people were that lucky to nail the exact round and win a nice chunk of change? Well the writer of this article was actually one of those lucky son of a guns as you can see the article photo of the actual winning bet ticket that he used. According to the sports book where he cashed in his winning ticket only 2 people had came in that day to collect their winnings for the 12th round TKO for Manny Pacquiao. So what was the most picked round that everyone bet on according to the Las Vegas sports book representative? It was round number 5. The most people who did bet on a round for this fight bet on Manny Pacquiao to knock out Cotto in round 5.
Now if you would like to see a fun video of the writer of this article explaining how he predicted the exact round correctly then enjoy this video titled: . King J Bet On 12th Round TKO Pacquiao
