He then raised it to 31-1 on Douglas and 1-31 on Tyson. With Douglas at 27-1 and Tyson at 1-27, Vaccaro said he got a bet on Tyson. No matter how high the Mirage raised the odds, bets on Tyson kept coming in. Wrote Schmitz: вЂњWhen youвЂ™re trying to persuade people to believe Douglas has a chance, false advertising is encouraged, if not a time-honored tradition - the fight racket.вЂќД¤.

The pre-fight clippings are hilarious to read now because they are such cold takes, none colder than Orlando Sentinel columnist Brian Schmitz, who, in his column a day before the fight, wanted to charge fight promoter Don King with fraud. The press gave Douglas absolutely no chance. Prior to Tyson-Douglas, the greatest underdog to win a heavyweight title was James Braddock, known to many as вЂњCinderella Man,вЂќ beating Max Baer in 1935. Anything offered above 10-to-1 would have made Douglas the biggest Heavyweight underdog of all time. The most popular bet across Vegas was for Tyson to drop Douglas and end the fight in either Round 2 or 3.Дў.

ItвЂ™s like, who would offer a moneyline on Centenary vs Alabama if theyвЂ™re a 65-point underdog?вЂќ вЂњAt some point, itвЂ™s like whatвЂ™s the point in offering it anymore. вЂњWe were booking Tyson fights and, as he continued to crush people, the underdogs were going from 6-to-1 to 8-to-1,вЂќ recalled Jimmy Vaccaro, the head bookmaker at the Mirage at the time. All sportsbooks offered odds on when Tyson would knock out Douglas, but only one - the Mirage - offered bettors the chance to bet on Tyson or Douglas straight-up. BetMGM Bet $10, Win $200 on the Stanley Cup Finals! IL, LA, AZ, NJ, PA, MI, WV, IN, IA, TN, VA, COДЎ.

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