£1m offered by Paddy Power for Hamilton v Vettel boxing showdown

Bookmaker proposes charity boxing match

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What a crazy Azerbaijan Grand Prix it was on the weekend and it was a race for the fans without a shadow of a doubt. Things got testy out on the track and forget about the win for Red Bull’s’ Daniel Ricciardo, the highlight of the race was a rush of blood to the head from Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel who, after running into the back of Hamilton behind the safety car, pulled alongside the British driver and sideswiped his car into Hamilton’s on purpose.

Hamilton called Vettel’s actions disgraceful and said: “If he wants to prove he is a man, we should do it out of the car, face-to-face”.

They’s fighting words and bookmaker Paddy Power only took a couple of hours after the Baku battle to offer up a £1m boxing bout between the pair, winner takes all – for charity.

Vettel was enraged sitting behind Hamilton as they waited for the rested, the German believing that Hamilton was “brake-testing” him, but coming around the corner, the German misread everything and ran into the back of the Mercedes, but blamed Hamilton (although all data proved that Hamilton had done nothing wrong) then Vettel pulled next to Hamilton, waving a fist and then just rammed Hamilton’s car.

The race continued with Hamilton getting away out in front, but Vettel actually had the last laugh as he finished fourth, one place ahead of Hamilton, who had to make an extra pit. Hamilton was enraged that Vettel only got a 10-second penalty for dangerous driving. Paddy Power have Hamilton as 1/10 favourite to beat Vettel in the ring, with the German trading at 5/1 for the potential matchup.

Hamilton is a 14/1 poke at Paddy Power to knockout Vettel.

A spokesman for Paddy Power said: “So after Vettel smashed his car up, Lewis Hamilton is threatening to smash the German’s face up – it’s like road rage on steroids.

“Vettel is in the driving seat to win the fight, but I do think it’s really important to set some ground rules beforehand – boxing with them helmets would be no fun at all.”

LEWIS HAMILTON V SEBASTIAN VETTEL – CHARITY BOXING MATCH ODDS
Vettel win – 1/10
Hamilton win – 5/1

METHOD OF VICTORY
Vettel on points – 4/6
Vettel by KO – 9/4
Hamilton on points – 9/1
Hamilton on KO – 14/1

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