{"id":108394,"date":"2019-07-04T22:26:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T05:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=108394"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:32:46","slug":"neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight title bout, but the two boxers and their camps have been making plenty of noise recently in preparing for the July 20 fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Manny Pacquiao, left, and Keith Thurman, seen here at a Beverly Hills, Calif., press conference for their upcoming fight, will step into the ring July 20 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand to unify the WBA welterweight championship. (Image: Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most notably, Thurman told TMZ Sports<\/em> last week that he planned to bet on himself to win the fight with an early knockout of the legendary 40-year-old Filipino fighter. And we\u2019re not talking chump change, either, as the American fighter, undefeated in 29 bouts said he\u2019d wager $10,000 on a KO in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s motivation, right?\u201d <\/span><\/strong>Thurman said.<\/span> \u201cYou\u2019ve seen fighters, you know they can be confident, this and that, but I can\u2019t go three minutes going tap-tap-tap when I got 10K on the round. I gotta swing a few times. I gotta try to hit a home run.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it\u2019s not known exactly how much Thurman will get for the bout \u2013 reports indicate Pacquiao<\/a> will get paid at least $20 million \u2013 winning such a bet would provide a nice payday on its own.<\/p>\n

FanDuel\u2019s sportsbook currently gives Thurman +2800 odds of winning by knockout during the first three rounds. So, a $10,000 bet would net $280,000.<\/p>\n

Thurman also has taken some umbrage about the focus being on Pacquaio’s WBA welterweight title, even though he\u2019s the body\u2019s welterweight super champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fighting for my belt\u2026it\u2019s as if the world has forgot,\u201d he said in an interview on PBC\u2019s Face to Face.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao Camp Equally Certain<\/h2>\n

Thurman isn\u2019t alone when it comes to bravado. Noted boxing trainer Freddy Roach, a member of Pacquiao\u2019s camp, is confident in his fighter, even though \u201cPacman\u201d is 10 years older and will be giving up about 22 inches in reach.<\/p>\n

Despite the age difference, Roach believes it\u2019s Thurman who is the slower of the two fighters, comparing him to Heinz ketchup in an interview with Rappler.com.<\/p>\n

\n

“Manny is going to beat him 57 ways on July 20,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fans know it, and the sports books know it. Manny has gone from underdog to a betting favorite.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pacquiao will not go into the MGM Grand with any signs of rust. The July 20 bout will be his third championship bout in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

Sportsbooks Flip<\/h2>\n

Roach is right about one thing: The sportsbooks now show Pacquiao as the favorite.<\/p>\n

When the fight was first announced in mid-May, oddsmakers gave Thurman the edge<\/a>, with FanDuel listing the 30-year-old at -145, meaning a $145 bet would win $100. At that time, the sportsbook listed Pacquiao at even money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

FanDuel now shows Pacquiao with -130 odds, while Thurman is listed at -110. PointsBet lists Pacquiao at -122, while Thurman is listed at even money. Meanwhile, BetAmerica offers Pacquiao at -130 and Thurman at +115.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fight, promoted by Premier Boxing Champions, will be shown on Fox Sports Pay-Per-View with three undercard fights. The broadcast, which costs $74.99 plus tax, will start at 9 pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight title bout, but the two boxers and their camps have been making plenty of noise recently in preparing for the July 20 fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":108468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNeither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-05T05:26:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-05T17:32:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2987\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/\",\"name\":\"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-05T05:26:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-05T17:32:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\"},\"description\":\"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg\",\"width\":2987,\"height\":1680,\"caption\":\"(Image: Harry How\/Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports Betting\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sports\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/sports\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\",\"name\":\"Steve Bittenbender\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Steve Bittenbender\"},\"description\":\"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org","description":"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org","og_description":"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2019-07-05T05:26:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-05T17:32:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2987,"height":1680,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steve Bittenbender","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Bittenbender","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/","name":"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer - Casino.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-05T05:26:54+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-05T17:32:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2"},"description":"We\u2019re still more than two weeks away from Manny Pacquiao squaring off against Keith Thurman in a highly anticipated World Boxing Association welterweight","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pac-Thurman.jpg","width":2987,"height":1680,"caption":"(Image: Harry How\/Getty Images)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/neither-thurman-nor-pacquiao-short-on-confidence-as-title-fight-looms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports Betting","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sports","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/sports\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Neither Thurman Nor Pacquiao Short on Confidence as WBA Welterweight Title Fight Draws Nearer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2","name":"Steve Bittenbender","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","caption":"Steve Bittenbender"},"description":"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}