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How can we define boxing betting?

How can we define boxing betting?

Boxing is a sport of contrasts. It can be balletic yet brutal. It is the ultimate sporting contest in which the aim is to vanquish your opponent. Unsurprisingly, it is also a trendy sport for betting enthusiasts too. The big fights in the world each year can attract massive amounts of bets from around the globe.

On some fights, even famous names may risk their reputation by placing a big money bet on the outcome. While the aim of any boxing bout is for one fighter to beat the other, so much can happen in a fight and there are many different ways it can end.

The foundation of boxing betting is the different incidents that can happen in a fight, the way that the fight will end, and who will win and when. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most common boxing markets punters like to wager on.

Common or popular boxing betting markets

Some of the most popular and common boxing betting markets available to bet on with most top level bookmakers include the following:

Main Boxing Bets

  • To Win Fight - A simple bet on either boxer to win the contest by any means. 
  • Fight Outcome - A bet on how the fight will end and which fighter will win that way. The decisions are usually grouped into similar finishes. For example, Knockout (KO), Technical Knockout (TKO) or Disqualification (DQ) are usually one group of outcomes to bet on. By decision (points) or technical decision is another and lastly the draw or technical draw is the third. You back the fighter and the method by which they will win in this market.
  • Method of Victory - A bet on simply how the fight will end. There are eight possible options for this bet: Unanimous Decision, Split Decision, TKO, KO, DQ, Majority Decision, Technical Decision or the draw. This bet does not include backing which fighter will win, simply the method by which the contest is decided.
  • Method of Victory - Exact - A very similar bet to the Method of Victory market, only this time the punter is backing the exact method of victory AND which fighter will win via that method. 
  • Fight to go the Distance - A bet on whether the fight will see all the rounds boxed or not. 

Rounds Betting

Bookmakers also offer a range of markets based on the rounds fought in the contest. This can include:

  • The total number of rounds boxed in the contest before it is completed.
  • Betting on the round the fight will be won in and by which fighter.
  • Betting on when the fight will end using rounds grouped together (such as Rounds 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 or 10 to 12). 

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Knockdown Betting

Bookies also offer bets on when a fighter lands a knockdown or is knocked down in the fight. Popular markets to bet on here include:

  • Backing a fighter to be knocked down in the fight but still win.
  • A bet on whether either fighter will be knocked down.
  • What round a knockdown will occur.
  • The total number of knockdowns in a bout (Over/Under and Exact).
  • Backing a fighter to knock down their opponent.
  • Backing both fighters to be knocked down in the fight.
  • Number of knockdowns for either fighter (Over/Under and Exact)

Which boxing bouts are most popular for betting?

The amount of coverage for boxing is dependent on your bookmaker. However, top bookmakers usually offer coverage of all the top boxing cards around the world that feature World Champions in their respective divisions battling it out.

They will also offer markets on other bouts on these cards, as well as coverage of Inter-Continental, Continental and national bouts. Especially those that have a belt to be won or which sees two highly regarded rivals clash (such as when Kell Brook faced Amir Khan after many years of being rivals from the city of Sheffield). 

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Is it possible to bet on the new trend of ‘Celebrity’ boxing bouts?

Yes. While many people within the boxing world detest the new trend of ‘celebrity’ boxing bouts, bookmakers will still offer betting on at least some of these bouts.

Whether odds are available depends on how famous and appealing the fighters are. For example, the bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson has seen plenty of betting action for months in advance of the fight.

Boxing Betting - Is it as easy as It seems?

Now that we understand much more about boxing betting, the question many people ask is whether picking a winning bet on boxing is relatively easy compared to other sports.The answer to that is that it very much depends on which markets you want to bet on, and the bouts you pick to place your bets on.

If you go just place bets on a boxer winning, and select bouts where one boxer is a big favourite over the other, then you are going to have a good chance of winning. Some bouts are seemingly easier to predict than others (but not always!). 

Plus a bout generally only has three possible outcomes: Boxer A wins, Boxer B wins or it is a draw. And the draw outcome is a very rare occurrence in boxing. So much so that many bookies may not offer odds on the draw on the standard To Win Bout market. By the law of averages alone, bets on these markets will generally yield more wins, especially if you back only the hot favourites.

However, when you dig deeper and move into the longer odds selections, boxing betting is very tricky. Predicting how a fight will end, or what round the fight will finish, are both very tricky, but popular markets.

And while heavy odds-on favourites can offer a way for punters to try and make a small amount of cash, you must beware that sometimes shocks do happen. 

Buster Douglas was 50/1 to beat a seemingly invincible Mike Tyson (who was priced at 1/50) in Tokyo many years ago. But he did. This can happen to any boxer at any time against any opponent.

But it is that which makes boxing betting all the more exciting!

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