The general public were on the end of a big KO as Anthony Joshua, hot favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, did not even finish in the top-three.<\/p>\n
Some Bookmakers had even closed their markets on Joshua winning, at 1\/10 the probability of him winning was more than 90% – this is the biggest upset in the history of this event, especially as the winner Mo Farah was not even in the thinking for many.<\/p>\n
Some Bookmakers reported listing Farah at a whopping 33\/1 just moments before he picked up the award with Joshua odds on.<\/p>\n
“Joshua was a done deal, there has never been in a bigger upset in\u00a0Sports Personality of the Year – we have heard over 70% of bets generally across the board were on Joshua,” said OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n
“Ryan Giggs was a 20\/1 outsider when he took the award in 2009 but even then, there were whispers – with this nobody saw this coming, after Jonnie Peacock and Jonathan Rea were named in third and second respectively – everyone thought only one name was coming and it certainly wasn’t Mo Farah.<\/p>\n
“We only have to look back to earlier this week to see just how big a shock this was – to finish in the top-three, Joshua was 1\/100, so that is a 99% possibility! Remarkable and one of the biggest upsets in any betting market this year.”<\/p>\n
Despite missing out on the award, Joshua is already an early favourite for the award next year – rated at 4\/1.<\/p>\n
SPOTY 2018 odds:<\/strong> The general public were on the end of a big KO as Anthony Joshua, hot favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, did not even finish in the top-three. Some Bookmakers had even closed their markets on Joshua winning, at 1\/10 the probability of him winning was more than 90% – this is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74,1640,2703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-press-release","category-tv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\n\u00a0<\/strong>4\/1 Anthony Joshua
\n6\/1 Lewis Hamilton
\n10\/1 Andy Murray
\n14\/1 Adam Peaty
\n14\/1 Johanna Konta
\n16\/1 Harry Kane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"