Boxing

Total round bets in boxing are also popular, however, their operating principles slightly differ from other sports. Instead of predicting whether the end result will be over/under the specified score, you need to predict whether a bout will finish before or after a certain number of rounds.

Professional boxing typically consists of 12 rounds, each lasting 3 minutes, with a break of 60 seconds between each. The duration of an amateur boxing round is the same, however, there are no more than 3 rounds in one fight. Consequently, total round betting is popular in professional boxing, and not so much in amateur.

Boxing round betting can relate to backing a winner for each of the rounds, as well as predicting the number of rounds in a given boxing match. If a boxer is infamous for ending a fight with a knockout, it is highly unlikely that a fight will last for up to 12 rounds.

The most popular boxing bet is on the outcome of a match. Bookmakers all over the world offer this boxing bet. In essence, this bet predicts a winner or a draw. Draw bets are extremely rare online.

Boxing bets on the outcome have their own types of wagers. There are many ways in which a boxer can win.

Boxing fights can end in the following ways:

• Knockout;
• Technical knockout;
  
• Disqualification of an opponent;
  
• Refusing to continue a fight;
  
• Winner by points;
  
• Win on a technical decision by judges.
  

In order to excel at online boxing betting, you have to take into account the specifics of this type of sport. You should only place boxing bets on the fights for which you have enough information.

Look for interviews with fighters and coaches, watch sparring, workouts, and gather information – all of this will positively affect your boxing betting. Read more here.

For this type of boxing betting, it is also worth researching bookmaker forecasts to understand how they assessed the end of the fight in question – this will help to navigate better and choose wisely.

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending which is declared if a boxer is unable to keep fighting within a referee’s ten-second count.

Technical knockout

Technical knockout or stoppage is declared when a referee decides that the continuation of a fight is not safe for any reason. In many regions, a technical knockout is declared if a boxer is knocked down three times in one round.

The main difference between a knockout and a technical knockout is that in the latter the boxer is not unconscious. Injuries such as fractures, cuts or other circumstances prevent continued fighting, so the fight is terminated and a technical knockout is declared.

Disqualification of an opponent

Disqualification is declared if a violation preventing continued fighting is detected, or several offences, resulting in a boxer being injured.

A disqualification decision may be taken if:

• Boxer exhibits particularly egregious conduct, in which case the opponent wins;
• Boxer receives three warnings resulting in automatic disqualification;
  
• Both boxers have been disqualified, both lose;
  
• Boxer is disqualified for misconduct; the opponent wins, the infringer will be punished.
  

Refusing to continue a fight

Refusing to continue is a boxer’s unwillingness to continue the fight. The boxer may voluntarily leave the ring due to the obvious superiority of their opponent and unwillingness to expose their health to the obvious risks of the fight, or refuse to come out of their corner after the bell rings. The referee declares the end of the fight when a towel is thrown into the ring, or one of the coaches enters the ring. It may be that the boxer has suffered injuries. In such cases, the opponent is declared a winner.

Winner by points

In boxing knockouts are not the only way to win a fight, sometimes the same class opponents can last for the entire 8, 10 or 12 rounds in the ring, in which case a higher overall score determines a winner.

Winning by points in boxing is a victory that one boxer gains thanks to a larger number of accurately executed punches. This is determined by the judges outside of the ring. Throughout the fight, they carefully follow the actions of the boxers and count every punch hit in the opponent’s vulnerable torso. Professional boxers also take into account the power of a punch, for instance, three weak punches are classed as one hard punch.

Win by a technical decision of judges

Technical decision is a term used in boxing when a fight needs to be stopped because of an accidental headbutt.

In boxing fights, the judges must pay close attention to what is going on between the boxers, especially when two boxers fight close to each other. That is because, if an injury is sustained, the judges have to decide whether the injury was caused by a punch with a hand or a headbutt. This decision may only be taken by a judge.

If the judge decides that the injury was caused by a punch, the opponent wins with a technical knockout. If the judge decides that this has occurred as a result of a collision, the judges must hand over their scores, and the boxer who gets more points wins by a technical decision.