Boxing and March Madness betting share a lot of similarities. The goal of the bettor is to develop a strategy that allows them to make a profit at the expense of the sportsbook. While the March Madness tournament uses its strategies once a year, you can use a boxing sports betting strategy almost every weekend, as there is always a card to choose from. Today we’ll look at a few strategies that the sharps focus on when taking a specific fighter.
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali created the rope-a-dope strategy in 1974 during his classic fight titled “The Rumble In The Jungle” against rival George Foreman. Within the strategy, the fighter is required to lean on the ropes, while blocking punches from their opponent who is on the attack. Essentially, by leaning on the ropes, the fighter gives themselves an advantage, as they are not off balance, but are enough of a distance away, that the punch thrower won’t land very much if anything at all. In theory, the rope-a-dope strategy is supposed to tire the opponent throwing the punches. However, recently the strategy hasn’t been as popular, since most fighters on offense in the scenario, can finish off a fighter who doesn’t throw any punches in return.
Another strategy often employed by the top UFC and boxing stars, is the overhand right. As the name suggests, when a fighter goes to throw an overhand right, they are attempting to arc their fist and arm in a circular motion, to connect with an opponent’s head. For all intents and purposes, smaller boxers fighting bigger opponents use the overhand right, because the circular motion, allows the fist to float upwards. This in turn, can let a smaller fighter connect with the jaw of a bigger opponent thus allowing them to score points.
