Floyd Mayweather II v Conor McGregor Boxing Betting Odds

Hyped super-fight set for August

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather © GEPA pictures

We have to visit this much-hyped boxing bout that will go down in August. It was a scrap that a lot of people wanted to see, but many thought that would never actually happen. It is a very strange contest with the undefeated Floyd Mayweather, arguably one of the greatest ever to step into the boxing ring, taking on UFC fighter Conor McGregor in a boxing match.

So two different disciplines come together and two of the biggest trash-talkers out there in the world of sport will showdown in late August. So the fight is officially on, the fighters will be collecting huge purses and Mayweather will step out of retirement for this Las Vegas battle on the August 26th. Will McGregor be able to handle the switch in of discipline.

Floyd Mayweather II v Conor McGregor Boxing Betting Odds

Mayweather 1/6, McGregor 5/1

The bout has touted much controversy, with Boxing purists saying that this is dragging the sport to a new low, while UFC fans are shouting loudly about the chances that Ireland’s McGregor has against the boxing great. This is a fight which is going to be shoved down the throat of punters until the two combatants actually step into the ring. It also begs the question, if McGregor wins, will this open the door to more cross-discipline sports?

What you have here though is a very lopsided-looking fight and very lopsided odds as well. Floyd “Money” Mayweather is the heavy 1/7 odds on favourite at Ladbrokes because this is his sport and after all, he was undefeated throughout his illustrious career. It’s no surprise that the bookmakers are expecting him to make easy work of McGregor, who may be tough in his own right, but who will be making his boxing debut in this one and that is something not to forget. A first-timer taking on one of the greatest undefeated champion that the sport has seen.

How can this not end up as being an easy victory for Mayweather? You are looking at an early price of 6/1 on McGregor causing an upset. The battle may end up being an over-hyped circus which actually delivers very little in the ring, just because it is so hard to see anything other than Mayweather cruising his way to victory. It is pretty remarkable really that the fight has even been sanctioned because of the vast difference in ability between the two.

You look at the people Mayweather has beaten in his career, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto: That should be enough for punters to really see that the betting has to come down on the side of Mayweather by a knockout for a price of 4/5. There really looks no other way that this can end. Boxing purists will be hoping that it is going to be the end of any future cross over events.

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