By Gary J Cooper: I learned that Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander had been made when The Fight Guru (@TheFightGuru) tweeted it. I tweeted back, asking what he thought the odds would be. He didn’t give me a number, but said he thought Alexander would win. I tweeted back that I thought Khan would be about a (-250) favorite.
Khan is currently a (-240) favorite. Off the top of my head, I think the odds may have fluctuated from around (-230) to (-260) or so. I don’t remember for sure, but there hasn’t been much movement.
Gary J. Cooper: I don’t know exactly what the opening odds were for Billy Joe Saunders vs. Chris Eubank Jr. What I do know, is that on September 23, at 4:15 p.m., I took Saunders(-150). Since the betting site has some rules limiting bet size, I made several bets on Saunders in the next few minutes, including an additional straight bet at (-185), and parlays on Saunders at (-170), (-185), (-215) twice, and (-260). That last bet, at (-260), was placed at 4:27 p.m. The odds may have risen slightly after that, perhaps to (-280) or so, but I don’t remember for sure, and I don’t have a record of it, because I didn’t bet.
By G. Cooper: Carl “The Jackal” Frampton fights Kiko Martinez for the second time this weekend, seven days before Mayweather-Maidana II, and a week after the UFC’s Dillashaw-Barao II, so it seems fair to call the cusp of football 2014 the season of the rematch.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By G. Cooper: (If you like my opinions so much you can’t wait for my next long-winded rant, you can catch my 140 character verbal jabs @Fight_Whisperer on twitter.)