Boxing-Betting action quiet ahead of Mayweather bout (Reuters)
By Mark Lamport-Stokes LAS VEGAS, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Four months after Floyd Mayweather’s megabout with Manny Pacquiao delivered Nevada one of its most heavily bet-upon sporting events, the gambling action ahead of Mayweather’s latest fight has been very low-key. The undefeated five-division world champion is a 1-30 favourite heading into his WBC and WBA welterweight title defence against fellow American Andre Berto on Saturday, giving prospective punters a much narrower range of options. “It’s been much different from the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout here in May,” a smiling Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports book at MGM Resorts, told Reuters on Friday shortly before the fighters’ official weigh-in.