Can You See Or Tell If A Fight Or Event Is Fix ?

[Saisher]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

[Wiwo]

Sometimes I van stop to wonder how the outcome of the final result of games, I have had hard match-fixing before but I can't tell if that is possible in all games. Sports games can easily be predicted and what makes them predictable will make room for some sort of fixing any way their all gamble the outcome is always based on luck.

[acroman08]

there are times that it is too obvious but no, not really, but it does always makes me wonder sometimes and suspicious when a referee or a player/athlete makes too many questionable decisions and plays or sometimes in football when an audience tries to interfere with the game by running on the field during the game. I don't know, maybe I am just overthinking but I just can't help wondering.

[joeperry]

I am not really sure whether you can tell it is a fix or not but I think it is more likely happen in underdog matches or matches that is not really popular to the people. You can't see or tell it not unless an insider give you information about it. I am not also aware about the services that gives info about fix matches.

[bitbollo]

the best way to understand if an event is fixed ... is to look at the odds! In Italy this happens a couple of time also in Serie A with "correct score" betting.
As soon as you see a completely out of market odd (lower/higher than normal) on an outcome that has yet to occur, you are clearly facing a fixed match. Personally I don't bet in such event or such odds because "it's not clear" what it's going on...

[dothebeats]

I can't really tell on major sporting events though, and I only base my 'accusations' on the patterns that everyone who dug deep enough saw. Most of the time they are right, and even gets the correct outcome of the game down to the last score but it could also be just luck. I mainly spot match fixing events on Dota 2 tier 2/3, especially on the Chinese region where this practice is still rampant. Lost too many bets in trying to get that single win on Chinese qualifiers and tier 2/3 events, and have since avoided events on that region and on that tier like the plague.

[Yogee]

Too many misses on easily makable shots like an open lay up in basketball or anything that's out of the ordinary are some of the signs that it could be rigged. Some teams intentionally try to lose or lower their score. You may witness some of those in your local leagues where some gambling "gang" can influence the outcome of the game.

[Saisher]

Too many misses on easily makable shots like an open lay up in basketball or anything that's out of the ordinary are some of the signs that it could be rigged. Some teams intentionally try to lose or lower their score. You may witness some of those in your local leagues where some gambling "gang" can influence the outcome of the game.

That's true players have a bad night but if you are also playing basketball you know what is an intentional miss to a real missed, I have witnessed that myself, and sometimes a guy who is not good at shooting outside like the three-point arc, suddenly takes most of the shot in that range, these two are so obvious, the referee may not see that but if you are a follower of that team you can easily tell it.

[gabbie2010]

Poor goalkeeping by conceding cheap goals by the goalkeeper and players intentionally rough tackling their opponents to get sent out or redcarded thus to enable their opponent had more players advantage which result to conceding goals are some signs of match fixing, atimes players might not play to their optimum level, in some cases when the referee had been compromised he will award a cheap and questionable penalty, or sent a player off over a minor infringement, now VAR will curb that partiality, most of this abnormally might be done unnoticeably.

[serjent05]

This video is one good example of a fixed fight in boxing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGw5dwdbwwk

And here is a documentary of How BOXING Fights Are FIXED (SHOCKING)

In sports, a fixed game can be observed by how the referee reacts and calls the play.

[Peanutswar]

Mostly you can notice the match is fixed if the player is intentionally not doing its role like in basketball they miss the shot, in boxing they miss the punch or too slow, in a horse race, the rider makes the horse not conditionally well prepared, and more, of course, you are a fan of the game you want to bet and there are a lot of people who wants their player wins and there's a possible under the table transactions that might affect also the other bettors, but of course if you don't have a power too you cant do anything about match fixings.

[coin-investor]

Mostly you can notice the match is fixed if the player is intentionally not doing its role like in basketball they miss the shot, in boxing they miss the punch or too slow, in a horse race, the rider makes the horse not conditionally well prepared, and more, of course, you are a fan of the game you want to bet and there are a lot of people who wants their player wins and there's a possible under the table transactions that might affect also the other bettors, but of course if you don't have a power too you cant do anything about match fixings.

I agree if you are keen on details and you know players and participants and their statistics and have seen them play many times you expect the same performance in every game, but if you see something like intentionally missing the shot and intentionally making mistakes then there's something wrong if a player is having a bad night the coaching staff will replace him but if they insist that he stay on the court, then there's a possibility that even the staff is participating in fixing the game.

[TimeTeller]

Mostly you can notice the match is fixed if the player is intentionally not doing its role like in basketball they miss the shot, in boxing they miss the punch or too slow, in a horse race, the rider makes the horse not conditionally well prepared, and more, of course, you are a fan of the game you want to bet and there are a lot of people who wants their player wins and there's a possible under the table transactions that might affect also the other bettors, but of course if you don't have a power too you cant do anything about match fixings.

I agree if you are keen on details and you know players and participants and their statistics and have seen them play many times you expect the same performance in every game, but if you see something like intentionally missing the shot and intentionally making mistakes then there's something wrong if a player is having a bad night the coaching staff will replace him but if they insist that he stay on the court, then there's a possibility that even the staff is participating in fixing the game.

I have read several stories in basketball. You can easily spot the game fixing if you are very familiar with the members of the team.
Because you will know if they are not in their normal performance and just throwing the game.
Usually, it is because of the big bets involved. When it comes to boxing, you can also see it how the boxer is doing his punches inside the ring.
If you are an enthusiast of a particular sports, spotting the unusual movements of their players would be easy.

[Ratash]

Sometimes when i watch football i wonder how a profesional player can miss a goal with an empty net or a reefery decision of canceling a goal when the goal seems legit after a VAR review not only in football but in sports in general i think match fixing is a possibility especially since gambling is a billion dollars industry.

[Jating]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

Well if you see that when your superstar is not playing his usual self, then maybe you can tell that he deliberately taking a dive and wanted to lose the game in any purpose. So I will say there are tall tale signs that it is fixed. Could be different at first, but you know when sports bookies notice some swing of bets, that's where the investigations starts specially in basketball, wherein what they call point-shaving. There was one player caught with it and his career was over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevin_Smith

[qwertyup23]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

There are some external signs that may indicate that a game has undergone "game fixing."

I remember, there was a basketball event held in the Philippines where players should have been competitive with each other. Unfortunately, during the 2nd quarter and onwards, the players just started scrambling; turnovers and pointless shots were made. It is like, no effort has been made at all. This was very surprising given that the team that threw the game played well in their previous games.

If you guys are curious, here is the YouTube link for you to judge and watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc9QCbO5Ph8&t=8s

[Baofeng]

Yes, like in horse racing for instance, I personally know a lot of jockeys back in the days and they said they can make the horse not win and fix the outcome if the owners says so. What they do though is the obvious, if the horse is known to go on the front at the starting gate, the jockey will simply place them behind and then they will do just leisure holding, meaning they are not going to push the horse unless they are closer in the finish line. Or they will loosely, just hold the saddle and then pace the horse, in short break the horse rhythm or at least not play with the horse strengths.

[robelneo]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

There are some external signs that may indicate that a game has undergone "game fixing."

I remember, there was a basketball event held in the Philippines where players should have been competitive with each other. Unfortunately, during the 2nd quarter and onwards, the players just started scrambling; turnovers and pointless shots were made. It is like, no effort has been made at all. This was very surprising given that the team that threw the game played well in their previous games.

If you guys are curious, here is the YouTube link for you to judge and watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc9QCbO5Ph8&t=8s

It's obviously fixed and they are not good at hiding it, usually, game-fixing appears in the late minute of the quarter or rounds they excite people and make it appear that they are into the game and very competitive until the time that they are going to fix the game, sometimes they discuss on how to hide it, they don't just lose interest and misses opportunities to make points if they do that its already a giveaway and they will be questioned for their action or lack of action.

[Rabi3]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

I didn't know that a lot of people here believe that at least some matches in sports are fixed, I don't fell alone and crazy, I've been trying to find a way to spot a fixed match and what is fixed about it but it's hard, very hard, there are plenty of things they can rig and not just the result, but I noticed something while watching the match of Italy vs Spain in Euro semi finals, when they reached the penalty shootouts after a draw, every player and fans should be stressed at that moment, but the camera showed Chiellini laughing and picking up jordi alba for some reason and Alba was having none of that with straight bothered face, it looked like Chiellini he was celebrating when he was supposed to be stressed in a semi final not knowing who's gonna win, I ran to my room and grabbed my phone and placed a bet on them, and of course I won.

[harizen]

It could be on basketball, boxing or horse racing, or any kind of sport, after being in a particular sport for many years can you see or tell if a fight or event is fixed, there are upsets but in the back of our mind, there's a possibility that the match or game is fixed.

Not until there's news that a certain event was rigged, confirmed, and proven to be true, that's the time we can make it an official rigged game.

But if there's a game that you think was rigged and no issues raised on that match, then just keep it to yourself claiming it's really rigged.

That really happened but I doubt it's the always case we can see especially in Big and International Leagues.