Ladbrokes report big stake received on McGregor to beat Mayweather

McGregor starting to attract serious interest

Ladbrokes
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The big fight is going down on the weekend in Las Vegas and all of the questions about this will be answered. How will McGregor’s rookie boxing skills stand up to this test against one of the greatest that the sport has ever seen? Will Mayweather produce the easy walkover that many experts are predicting by putting the UFC fighter on the canvas in this very strange crossover fight?

Ladbrokes have reported that over the weekend they took a £10,000 stake on the Irishman defeating Floyd Mayweather Jr. That was accepted at a price of 11/4 on McGregor to win the bout and that will turn his £10k into £37.5k if Notorious can cause an upset in his professional boxing debut.

Clearly, the Irishman is the underdog for this battle, but because of the massively short odds on five-division boxing champion Mayweather, punters have been the throwing their cash at the underdog to pull off something spectacular in this fight which is delivering a pretty big purse for both competitors.

For every bet taken on Mayweather to win the bout, Ladbrokes reports seeing 10 bets placed on McGregor. There has been enough backing on McGregor to have seen the price on him come down from 13/2 to 11/4 since the market was opened.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “The big bets are coming thick and fast, but while the majority have been staked on Mayweather up to this point, it’s McGregor who’s starting to attract serious interest in the build-up to the fight of the century.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr. v Conor McGregor Odds

Floyd Mayweather Jr. – 2/7
Conor McGregor – 11/4
Draw – 33/1

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