Mayweather De La Hoya Betting is picking up
steam with the big fight approaching. On May 5, 2007 on
HBO pay-per-view, we can see one of the biggest bouts in
professional boxing history.
BetUS is an excellent online sportsbook where you can
bet the big fight with great odds. Currently De La Hoya
is listed as a +165 underdog against the -210 favorite
Mayweather. With all the build up and all the talk of
retirement for both fighters after the fight, I can’t
wait to see these guys in the ring with the gloves on.
Floyd Mayweather puts his perfect 37-0 record with 24
KO’s on the line while De La Hoya risks his 154 pound
title belt. It appears that Mayweather is the hungrier
fighter when you consider that the Golden Boy seems to
be more of a business man than a punisher in the ring
nowadays. I’m not so quick to buy that. Though
Mayweather seems harder outside the ring in the lead up
to the fight with his De La Hoya jeers, don’t let De La
Hoya’s smile fool you. This guy is still a force every
time he steps in the ring and he knows that if he wants
to continue to get huge draws from his bouts and other
business opportunities that he is going to have to
continue to perform with the gloves on.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. may be a bigger player in this
fight than his son. He is famous for being De La Hoya’s
corner man, but the Golden Boy’s refusal to pay him a
flat $2 million for this bout has spurred on an unlikely
occasion. Mayweather Sr. did not willingly accept De La
Hoya’s $500,000 guaranteed and $500,000 bonus for a win
offer so now he will be in his son’s corner. Will this
be of bigger benefit to De La Hoya or Mayweather Jr.?
This may give De La Hoya some extra incentive to train
harder to win the fight because beating Mayweather Jr.
would be like beating Mayweather Sr. as well. On the
other hand, Mayweather Jr. could benefit from a restored
relationship with his father who he was previously at
odds with. But comfort in the corner could also take
away from the edge that has made Mayweather Jr. a title
holder at four different weight classes.
In many ways this fight pit’s the Donald Trump of boxing
against its 50 cent. De La Hoya is the perfect face of
the sport with his charisma and smile while Mayweather
brings the street to the ring. This historic bout could
be the beginning of a new cover boy with a new image if
Mayweather can win as many expect. But if I were you, I
wouldn’t count out the Golden Boy. He is showing great
value as an underdog for this fight.
