Floyd Mayweather has been an enormous favorite since the fight was announced, and now on fight day for his bout with Andre Berto, he remains up to a 50-to-1 (-5000) favorite from some oddsmakers, with the average from major books somewhere around 30-to-1 (-3000).
Mayweather vs. Berto odds: Floyd stands as overwhelming favorite on fight day
Andre Berto has never been the underdog before, but he sure is tonight against Floyd Mayweather.
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Mayweather (48-0, 26 KO) claims this will be the last fight of his career, and if so, most see Berto (30-3, 23 KO) as a borderline cupcake opponent. While Berto, 32, is a former two-time welterweight titleholder, he’s also seen as being past his best days, which never would have seen him as a serious threat to Mayweather in the first place. Berto is 3-3 in his last six bouts, but has won two in a row over Steve Upsher Chambers and Josesito Lopez.
For whatever it’s worth, this will be the first time in Berto’s career that he’s actually the official underdog for a fight. He was knocking on the door for a Mayweather fight in both 2011 and 2013, but losses to Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerrero shut those hopes down at the time. Now he’s getting the fight when he’s about as big an underdog as possible.
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