Boxing crawls back into the sports betting spotlight with a key match between Sergio Gabriel Martinez and Miguel Angel Cotto in New York.
Martinez is a -225 favorite according to Sportsbook while Cotto is a solid +175 underdog bet.
On the line is the WBC middleweight title and a Martinez decision victory is the top betting choice in how this scrap will finish.
Unlike some Floyd Mayweather fights where the over-under for rounds and decision props have little value (since all his fights go the distance), there is some boxing betting value here. The over-under for length of the fight is 8.5 rounds with the price leaning heavily to the over at -250.
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA - WBC Middleweight Title Martinez vs Cotto betting lines, courtesy of Sportsbook:
Sergio Gabriel Martinez -225 Miguel Angel Cotto +175
Over Rounds O 8½ (-250) Under Rounds U 8½ (+170)
Sergio Gabriel Martinez by KO, TKO or DQ +280 Sergio Gabriel Martinez by Decision +120 Miguel Angel Cotto by KO, TKO or DQ +280 Miguel Angel Cotto by Decision +450 Draw +2200
Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 1 +4000 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 2 +3500 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 3 +3000 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 4 +3000 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 5 +2800 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 6 +2800 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 7 +2800 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 8 +2500 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 9 +2500 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 10 +2500 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 11 +2500 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 12 +2800 Sergio Gabriel Martinez by 12 Round Decision +120 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 1 +3500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 2 +3000 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 3 +3000 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 4 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 5 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 6 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 7 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 8 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 9 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 10 +2500 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 11 +3000 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 12 +3500 Miguel Angel Cotto by 12 Round Decision +450 Draw +2200
Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 1-3 +1400 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 4-6 +1200 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 7-9 +1100 Sergio Gabriel Martinez wins in Round 10-12 +1100 Sergio Gabriel Martinez by 12 Round Decision +120 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 1-3 +1200 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 4-6 +1100 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 7-9 +1200 Miguel Angel Cotto wins in Round 10-12 +1200 Miguel Angel Cotto by 12 Round Decision +450 Draw +2200
