Be the bookie.

Slight twist on the standard MM formula : instead of just giving your picks, give the odds you would set if you were bookmaker.

Duran-Trinidad @ 154

Mayweather-De la Hoya @ 140

Tyson-Bowe (1992)

Curry-Whitaker @ 147

Louis-Holyfield @ 200

 

Duran 1/6, Draw 33/1, Trinidad 7/1

Mayweather 5/6, Draw 9/1, De la Hoya 4/7

Tyson 4/6, Draw 20/1, Bowe 5/3

Curry 5/6, Draw 7/1, Whitaker 5/6

Louis 4/6, Draw 15/1, Holyfield 2/1

 

Cool thread bro. You can take this thread a few ways but here's how I think the lines would have been set by the bookies, rather than me setting them.


@ 154
Duran +200
Trinidad -250

@ 140
Mayweather +150
De la Hoya -250

(1992)
Tyson +300
Bowe -300

@ 147
Curry +300
Whitaker -300

@ 200
Louis -400
Holyfield +600

 

What does '+300' mean? Does that mean 1/3? (3 pounds bet, 1 extra pound won (/Dollar))

 

Yeah. It is based on $100 increments, bet 100 to win 300. -250 means bet 250 to win 100.

 

Bet 100 dollars, you win 300. You get your 100 back plus 300.

If we're talking Duran after Moore at 154, then I'd assume the odds would be closer. Duran would've been a solid underdog to Tito since he was an underdog for Moore, but it'd be less after he beat Moore.

I would have most of these pretty close:

Mayweather -140
Tyson (I assume we're talking the late 80s Tyson) -180
Curry -140
Duran -160


Duran was all over the place @ 154 so I'm not sure how exactly to book that one.

 

You'd make De la Hoya 2/5 favourite against Floyd? I'd make him a very marginal favourite, but those are pretty generous odds on Floyd. I'd take that bet!

I'd sell everything I owned and put it on Duran at 2/1.

You'd really make Tyson 3/1 against Bowe? What's your rational for that out of curiosity? You just think Bowe was allot better or is there some stylistic advantage you think he has? Personally i think he fights tall too poorly and is too hitable to beat Tyson.

 

No, you'd have to bet 100 on Floyd and you would only get 150(and your 100) back. The lines are not necessarily a reciprocal of the other.

I'd favor Tito to KO Duran at 154.

Tyson is definitely live but he was already crappy in 1992 and would probably get stopped.

 

De la Hoya at -250 = 2/5. Mayweather at +150 = 3/2.

I'd bite your hand off at 2/1 on Duran to outbox that zombie. :cheer: