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His opponent is a well-documented sports bettor, but Andre Berto insisted on a conference call Tuesday that he doesn’t even know the odds on his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather opened as an absurd 100-1 favorite when the fight was announced last month, but now is most commonly listed as a 35-1 favorite over Berto as their Sept. 12 welterweight title fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas nears. The unbeaten Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) is such a heavy favorite because the five-division champion remains the best boxer in the sport while Berto (30-3, 23 KOs), though a former welterweight title-holder, is 3-3 in his past six fights.
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Mayweather opened as an absurd 100-1 favorite when the fight was announced last month, but now is most commonly listed as a 35-1 favorite over Berto as their Sept. 12 welterweight title fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas nears. The unbeaten Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) is such a heavy favorite because the five-division champion remains the best boxer in the sport while Berto (30-3, 23 KOs), though a former welterweight title-holder, is 3-3 in his past six fights.
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