Wow. Sad to say I was on the wrong side of that one.i went about 8u deep on michael bisping in the rematch against rockhold at +700.
Love stories like this. Did you catch Teddy Atlas on JRE recently? He shared some very interesting thoughts on Tyson. And he said he knew right away Mike was fucked in that fight. He recalled all the post fight analysis saying Tyson bit his ear bc he was a savage, etc. But Teddy knew he couldn’t deal w adversity and was just looking for a way out. Said his natural gifts were actually a huge hinderance to his development bc he became so accustomed to just walking through guys.I was 19 years old, was 1996. I followed boxing pretty closely (started following and training MMA after college when I was 22).
Online gambling wasn't a thing at all so I asked the bookie at the bar we went to (with our horrible fake ID's LOL, that was the one bar we knew didn't care at all and barely looked at them) if he was taking any bets on Tyson/Holyfield. He said he would but needed to check odds because he didn't normally take action on boxing. Back then smart phones didn't exist so he tells me he will check and call me. He calls me and says Tyson is an 18-1 favorite. I said okay, so you'll give me 14-1 on Holyfield then? He said 12-1. I asked for 13-1 and said fine. So I put $200 on Evander (as a broke college kid in 1996, that was a damn shitload of $ to me).
Funny thing was, my buddies and I all chipped in and ordered the fight and I told them about my bet. They were all laughing at me saying I'd thrown away two hundred bucks. But I honestly FAVORED Holyfield. And right away when he was the one bullying Tyson and making him back up I told my buddies "It's over. There's no way Tyson can win being backed up like this. Holyfield is stronger and Tyson has no clue what to do right now. Just watch." This was in like round 2. They all still said I was crazy and the Tyson KO was coming.
Needless to say after Evander dominated and stopped Mike they never questioned me on boxing again. And that bookie told me he'd never take boxing bets again (not just from me but from anyone LOL).
Love stories like this. Did you catch Teddy Atlas on JRE recently? He shared some very interesting thoughts on Tyson. And he said he knew right away Mike was fucked in that fight. He recalled all the post fight analysis saying Tyson bit his ear bc he was a savage, etc. But Teddy knew he couldn’t deal w adversity and was just looking for a way out. Said his natural gifts were actually a huge hinderance to his development bc he became so accustomed to just walking through guys.
Someday we'll tell people you could make large bets like that at opening odds and they simply won't believe us.Not really a long shot but I threw a flat $2500 on a ridiculous Nunes opener (I want to say +220 but I honestly don’t remember) for the Rousey fight. The good old days when 5D didn’t limit their openers at betting to win like a dollar
i went about 8u deep on michael bisping in the rematch against rockhold at +700.
Can't admire you enough, teach me.a few crazy parlays:
How did you have those guts???
Can't admire you enough, teach me.
That first jab you must have been dancing.Not really a long shot but I threw a flat $2500 on a ridiculous Nunes opener (I want to say +220 but I honestly don’t remember) for the Rousey fight. The good old days when 5D didn’t limit their openers at betting to win like a dollar