Oddschecker Sports Personality Of The Year 2017
Posted : admin On 4/2/2022- The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 17 December 2017 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. It was the 64th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a twelve.
- All past results and odds archived by sport, country and league/competition. Click on a league/competition to view results with archived betting odds.
- All six contenders have been named for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. A shortlist of six contenders has been announced for the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
- Sports Personality of the Year or SPOTY as it’s affectionately known was first awarded in 1954. The first recipient was Sir Chris Chataway who beat Sir Roger Bannister into second place. You can normally bet on the winner and who will make the top three. The contest always receives great coverage from the BBC with a two-hour show in December.
Oddschecker Sports Personality Of The Year 2017
Tyson Fury has become the early favourite to win BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award.
Odds on the boxer to take home the prize have been slashed following his win against Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The Gypsy King absolutely dominated his American opponent at MGM Grand and 95% of all bets in the last 24 hours have been placed on him.
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.
Previously, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson had been tipped to win the award, but Fury now has the shortest odds, falling from 12/1 to 2/1.
Lewis Hamilton, Dina Asher-Smith, Geraint Thomas and fellow boxer Anthony Joshua are also on the bookies shortlist.
The full odds can be seen below:
Tyson Fury: 2/1
Jordan Henderson: 12/1
Laura Kenny: 14/1
Lewis Hamilton: 14/1
Dina Asher-Smith: 16/1
Adam Peaty: 20/1
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Geraint Thomas: 25/1
Anthony Joshua: 25/1
'Tyson Fury's ruthless destruction of Deontay Wilder has solidified his claim to being the top heavyweight of his generation,' an Oddschecker spokesperson said.
'With such an accolade comes newfound favouritism to become 2020's Sports Personality of the Year.
'The Gypsy King promised for weeks he would knock the hard-hitting Bronze Bomber out in their hugely anticipated rematch.
'If the new WBC and Ring Magazine champ secures another big victory later in the year, SPOTY will surely be his to lose.'
Should Fury be named Sports Personality of the Year, you can bet his speech will be rather entertaining, given comments he made about the award last year.
After being snubbed from the nominations list in 2018 and 2019, the British boxer took to Twitter to call the award a 'fix'.
'This year, two defences of the lineal title in Vegas, WWE fight in [Saudi] Arabia, best selling autobiography, Christmas single with Robbie [Williams], ITV documentary and mental health tour,' he tweeted in November.
'What sports personality has done more this year??? And I won’t get a mention, it’s a fix!!!'
Well, you'll certainly get a mention this year, Tyson and looking at the odds, it wouldn't be smart to bet against him winning, either.