I just got done watching a European Union heavy weight boxing match where the underdog pulled off an upset of Buster Douglas proportions. After the fight, the new champ said "if you had money on me with the bookies, enjoy it." To which the interviewer responded, "I heard that you had a spot of money on you as well?"
Can you believe that? If Roy Jones won his next fight, which would be an upset since he is a shell of his former self, could you imagine the interviewer asking him if he had money on himself? The press would be outraged. There would be investigations into the book makers even if they were legitimate and the wager was on themselves.
You know what I say, you should be able to bet on yourself, especially if you are a boxer. Not only that, we should force them to put a portion of the net worth up as a wager. Wouldn't boxing be that much more intriguing if the fighters had a substantial portion of the net worth on the line? I guarantee that boxers wouldn't show up to the fight completely unprepared. You see them fight their brains out because if they lost, they really lost.
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I think Bernard Hopkins put up $100K on himself when he fought Tito Trinidad
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