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Check out the betting odds for Saturday’s marquee boxing matchup where Gennady Golovkin is heavily favored over Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Madison Square Garden will be the setting this Saturday night, October 5th, where Gennady Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko will duke it out for the vacant IBF middleweight title. Bloody Elbow is front and center with the betting odds.
The former champ, Gennady Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KO’s), opened up as a stout -350 betting favorite to Sergiy Derevyanchenko’s (13-1, 10 KO’s) initial underdog offering of +250. Since first dropping, this betting line has only widened. ‘GGG’ is now even more favored, clocking in at a robust -435, with Derevyanchenko now registering at a girthy +385 dog tag.
The bookies were torn on whether or not this top-tier boxing bout would actually reach the scorecards. Both prop bets ‘Fight goes to decision’ and ‘Fight doesn’t go to decision’ opened up at pick’em odds of -120 a piece. The betting public has leaned towards this one reaching scorecards, sending the decision prop down to -145 and the inside the distance line up to +115.
If Golovkin earning a decision tickles your fancy, you can take the price on ‘Golovkin wins by decision’ for a slight plus mark of +120 — with ‘Any other result’ trending at -150. At a much, much larger underdog line, ‘Derevyanchenko wins by decision’ can be scooped up at +620 — with ‘Any other result’ sitting at a wildly favored look of -1100.
For those projecting ‘GGG’ to come up with a finish, ‘Golovkin wins inside distance’ is an option at +165 — with ‘Not Golovkin inside distance’ favored at -205. Going back the other way, bettors can take the price on ‘Derevyanchenko wins inside distance’ at a significantly larger take of +775 — with ‘Not Derevyanchenko inside distance’ immensely favored at -1410.
The main card for this ‘GGG’ vs. Derevyanchenko event begins at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, exclusively on DAZN — with Bloody Elbow providing play-by-play, analysis, highlights, and all that jazz!