William Hill U.S. has installed Floyd Mayweather as the prohibitive favorite for his May 3 bout against Marcos Maidana, according to senior trader Adam Pullen. Maidana, the WBA welterweight champion, is being offered at odds of +750 at the chain of sports books.
The 12-round welterweight unification bout fight is expected to be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, site of Mayweather’s previous eight bouts, although Barclays Center in Brooklyn is a making a push to host the event.
The LVH SuperBook is waiting until the venue is announced before posting odds on the fight, but is “looking around Mayweather -1200 Maidana +750,” the same price being offered at William Hill, LVH assistant manager Jeff Sherman noted on Twitter.
Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) won the WBC welterweight belt against Robert Guerrero on May 4, 2013, and the WBC and WBA junior middleweight titles from Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 14, both in convincing fashion, even though the victory over Canelo came by a controversial majority decision.
"Money", via his Twitter and Instagram accounts on Super Bowl Sunday, asked fans to choose either Maidana and Amir Khan as his next opponent. Per USA Today, the “vote was overwhelmingly in Maidana's favor.”
In his last fight, on Dec. 14, “El Chino” (35-3, 31 KOs) was dominant in handing Adrien Broner his first-ever defeat, knocking Broner down twice and earning an easy unanimous decision.
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