Adin Ross could have pocketed over $1.4million after a suspicious phone call saw him switch his bet to Terence Crawford from Canelo Alvarez last night.
The controversial Kick streamer was live on Saturday as he watched the super-fight with friends, and was bullish for most of the stream that Alvarez would win. However, during the co-main event he received a phone call from a secret individual, and suddenly demanded his bet be changed.
Crawford overcame his underdog status and jumping up two weights to defeat Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight title in the Netflix showdown, which was promoted by UFC boss Dana White. And it looks like that result earned Ross big money.
Adin Ross wins massive $1million bet after late Terence Crawford switch
Saturday night’s Netflix boxing extravaganza was the talk of the sporting world, with stars coming from far and wide to watch the fight in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez is the renowned face of boxing, and was a strong favorite to beat fellow pound-for-pound great Terence Crawford in a fight for the ages.
One man who got caught up in the hype was Kick streamer Adin Ross, who bragged of placing a $1million bet on the Mexican to retain his super-middleweight belts. However, that all changed when he received a suspicious phone call during the co-main event.
Ross temporarily left his stream to take the call in private, leaving his friends to take over for the chat. And when he returned, he demanded that his manager Jordan change his bet from Alvarez to Crawford quickly.
Odds were different across the board with different gambling companies, and they were relatively close to even by fight time. But Ross may have got in at around +140, which would have seen him more than double his money.
Adin Ross shuts down ‘rigging’ rumors after last minute bet change
Ross, a close friend of promoter Dana White among other influential figures, quickly realized how his change of heart looked. He clarified to viewers who were already beginning to start rumors of a fight fix that nothing of the sort was taking place.
Instead, he noted, he was just told about how even the fight truly was and received a warning from an insider with more knowledge of boxing and the fight than he had. “It’s not rigged,” Ross insisted. “All I’m going to say, chat, is I got one of ‘those’ calls.
“They were just like ‘listen, we think that if you were to do this [go for Alvarez] it’s going to get bad’. It’s not rigged, there’s no inside bulls—, I promise you that. But this is what I got told, and I put this on my whole family’s lives.
“I got told that the fight is closer than everyone thinks it is and that the odds if it’s a 50/50 pick ’em fight? You’ve got to go with the higher odds. That’s the real spill, I promise. It’s really a 50/50 fight, that’s the truth.”