Mayweather vs McGregor: Sky Bet serves up some weird and wonderful odds
Thursday 24 August 2017 10:29, UK
Where better than Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor to fight than the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas?
The cross-code clash this weekend, live on Sky Sports Box Office, is expected to gross over £500 million across the world.
Mayweather has broken pay-per-view records throughout his career, while McGregor is UFC's biggest money-maker as well. The new WBC belt on the line is made up of 3,360 diamonds, 600 sapphires, 300 emeralds and 1.5kg of solid 24-carat gold, while the fight purse bid alone was a reported $59million.
The odds seemed to be stacked in Money's favour but with over 90 per cent of Fight Outright odds siding with the Irish superstar, here are few obvious and even more intriguing bets you can place with Sky Bet.
Method of victory
Mayweather by KO/TKO/DQ - 8/11
Mayweather by decision - 5/2
McGregor by KO/TKO/DQ - 11/4
McGregor by decision - 25/1
Selections of specials
McGregor to land less than five punches in the fight - 13/2
Mayweather to be knocked down and win - 8/1
McGregor to be knocked down and win - 12/1
McGregor to be disqualified - 14/1
Both fighters to be knocked down & Mayweather win on points - 33/1
McGregor to win in first 90 seconds of Rnd 1 - 66/1
McGregor to be KO'ed in Rnds 5&6, Mayweather to win in Rnds 7-9 - 80/1
McGregor to be DQ'ed in round 10 - 100/1
Fight to go the distance
(Odds correct on 23/08/2017)