World Gaming Magazine

35 WGM #51 2017/10 wgm8.com 这 场对决被吹捧为拳坛有史以来的最大一战，尽 管事实证明比赛结果毫无悬念，但在这场跨界 之争展开之前所掀起的投注狂潮，足以让人热 血沸腾。 从两名投注人分别在比赛结果上豪押一百万美元， 到梅威瑟于最后时刻试图（但失败）押四十万美元在自 己身上，围绕拉斯维加斯这一历史性大战的各种情节， 赋予了“罪恶之城”新的涵义。 单就投注金额而言，没有哪一场对决能与梅威瑟－ 麦格雷戈一战相提并论。内华达州博彩管理局不会记录 单场比赛的投注额，但据估计，仅内华达州的投注额就 在八千万美元以上，轻松超越2015年梅威瑟－帕奎奥一战 所估算的六千万美元。英国博彩机构预计，英国各地的投 注总额约为两亿五千万英镑，全球则高达数十亿。 考虑到这场对决的一些非凡之处，这并不足为奇。 甚至博彩公司所开出的投注选项都足够疯狂。 赛前的投注包括，比赛是否会被取消，两位拳手会 否被检测出使用了禁药，两人是否会在开赛铃响起之前 互碰手套，甚至贾斯汀• 比伯是否会为梅威瑟拿冠军腰带 到擂台上！ 比赛期间的投注项目有，两人是否会戴护齿，是否 会有人被击倒在围绳上，以及引起众议的麦格雷戈诉诸 格斗战术从而被取消资格的可能性。 博彩公司William Hill 的Nick Bogdanovich于赛前 称，“投注总额让人疯狂…所有选项无一不反响强烈， 其中最受欢迎的是，麦格雷戈是否会被取消资格？很多 人认为麦格雷戈会因恼怒而最终失控，做出一些类似泰 森的举动。” 显然梅威瑟对此亦有所担心。麦格雷戈的合约中确实 有条款禁止他在比赛中肘击或踢打对手，不然则可能赔上 一亿美元的薪酬。 不过，真正令人乍舌的是资金的流动。这场大战首次 I t was touted as the biggest boxing match of all time and while the result proved utterly predictable, the betting frenzy that preceded Floyd Mayweather’s historic bout against UFC star Conor McGregor was anything but. From two separate punters each placing US$1 million bets on the outcome to Mayweather trying – and failing – to place US$400,000 on himself at the last minute, the circus surrounding this historic Las Vegas event gave new meaning to the term “Sin City.” For sheer volume, no fight has ever come close to Mayweather-McGregor. While Nevada Gaming Control doesn’t track betting on individual fights, it has been estimated that at least US$80 million was wagered in Nevada alone – comfortably beating the US$60 million estimated to have been bet on Mayweather’s headline bout against Manny Pacquiao in 2015. UK betting agencies estimate that around £250 million was wagered on the fight across the country, with billions spent globally. And that’s no great surprise when you consider some of the phenomenal action that surrounded this fight. Even the markets on offer were about as crazy as they come. Pre-fight markets included options such as whether or not the fight would be cancelled, whether either fighter would test positive to performance enhancing drugs, whether the two would touch gloves before the starting bell and even whether Justin Bieber would carry Mayweather’s title belt to the ring for him! In-fight bets includedwhether bothfighterswouldwear a mouth guard, whether either would be knocked onto the ropes and the commonly discussed possibility of McGregor resorting to MMA tactics and earning disqualification. 文本思齐 By Ben Blaschke