The majority of general sports gamblers don’t ever consider betting on boxing. Most US bettors restrict their wagers to the common US sports of football, basketball, baseball, and College sports. Most weeks in the boxing world there are several fights that all sports bettors should consider wagering on. Not all of these fights have the crossover appeal of the true super-fights, but there is plenty of exhilarating action in the ring and at the sportsbooks.

Betting on boxing is definitely an underrated phenomenon. 30 years ago gambling on boxing was bigger than the NFL and NCAA basketball combined! Mobster influence and the possibility of fixed fights scared off network TV and boxing as well as gambling has suffered greatly.

However, over the last 20 years boxing has done a great job of cleaning itself up despite the occasional controversy (as with any sport). The truth is, in boxing you are relying on one man, rather than a team, which substantially reduces the amount of factors you need to consider. If the correct analysis and expertise is applied, it can be very profitable and consistently pay. But not everybody knows how to bet boxing.

There is often a wealth of information available about upcoming boxing matches to help a diligent handicapper evaluate possible outcomes. Make no mistake, gathering and digesting this information requires long hours of careful analysis, and the ability to put emotion aside in order to make well-thought-out, rational predictions. The casual gambler simply doesn’t have the time for this kind of in-depth analysis. Enter heavyweightpicks.com. We continuously research individual boxers, study fight histories, and watch live or recorded fights from around the world.

Many factors (or variables) come into play when analyzing a fight, such as size, punching power, age, quality of opposition, recent form, and any mutual opponents to name but a few. Watching lots of boxing footage and reading all available material is crucial in order to make the most informed picks.

Boxing is one of the few sports left where sharp handicappers can produce higher than normal winning percentages since the sportsbooks don’t concentrate as hard on boxing lines as with other sports. For instance, at heavyweightpicks.com, using our unique analysis models, we went 11-2 in 2007. Of the 11 correct picks, 7 were officially underdogs according to the odds makers! This gave us a total return of approximately 10 times our initial stake![1]