McGregor vs Mayweather Betting Line Movement – Sources Say Leonard Ellerbe Very Concerned

McGregor vs Mayweather Betting Line Movement – 100% Bonus upto $250 Free at Bovada: The biggest fight in a long, long time and maybe ever is fast approaching as Conor McGregor gets in the ring to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday, August 26th from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight is expected to break pay-per-view records for buys world-wide with the price being $99.95 on Showtime pay-per-view. Las Vegas is expected to be jam packed this weekend with searches for Las Vegas hotels and flights up over 700% percent at one of the top travel websites online, Priceline.

Money has been pouring in on this fight at record rates already in Las Vegas and online at all the top sportsbooks including the best, Bovada Sportsbook. We have been tracking the line movement on this fight the past couple months as the buzz and media promotion for the fight has progressed including the McGregor vs Mayweather “World Tour” that hit up the cities of Los Angels, Toronto, New York and London. Mayweather was listed as a strong -550 moneyline favorite to win the fight on July 6th during the tour and McGregor was listed at +350 underdog odds. However, as of today just a week out from the fight, Mayweather Jr. is down to -400 favorite odds and McGregor is +300 underdog odds.

The late line movement towards McGregor is a combination of factors. First and foremost, McGregor has a lot of fans worldwide and this is his first fight in the sport of boxing. Many of his fans are putting their money where the mouth is and backing the cocky 29 year-old MMA fighter from Dublin, Ireland. Second, there is a real growing concern in the Mayweather camp that Floyd has not looked as sharp as he usually looks in the sparring sessions leading up to this fight and he will be entering this match at 40 years-old against a bigger and younger fighter with punching power that Floyd has not gone up against in awhile. Manny Pacquiao was just as big a puncher in his prime but he was hurt and shell of his former self by the time he and Mayweather finally fought in 2015.

Make no mistake, Mayweather is still a strong -400 favorite to win this fight. In the world of sports betting, those are commanding odds. However, the fact that the money and line have been moving towards McGregor the past two months is a good sign for McGregor camp and fight fans looking for a competitive fight that’s worth buying and watching this Saturday. We’ve already tackled the question of “Can McGregor win the fight” and it’s worth the read.

Our money is still going down on Mayweather to take care of business this Saturday and run his career record to 50-0 but we would be lying if we said we weren’t starting to get a little concerned. We have been hearing from a couple of our most trusted and reliable boxing sources that Mayweather will not look like the Mayweather we’re used to seeing this Saturday and this fight is making Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe very concerned after how Floyd has looked the past couple weeks in camp. Our source tells us Ellerbe tempered his confidence behind the scenes to a well known Las Vegas sharp who is a friend of Ellerbe and Floyd. This sharp goes big on Floyd fights and has still not gone in on Floyd even after the reduced odds. And, trust us, this sharp isn’t waiting because he thinks the line will come down some more. The concern is real in Mayweather camp.

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