Quote Originally Posted by amat
Quote Originally Posted by frozensolid_702
i'll be worried when a ufc "champ" starts making 5+ million a fight.

anybody know what a ufc "champ" makes now?
When Evan Tanner made a title defense against David Terell a while back, Tanner made $30,000 with no bonus for winning. Terell made 15 and would have doubled that with a victory. So.....yeah.
Chuck Lidell makes 7 figures a year, but he's one of the very few with that big of a contract. In all honesty, I don't think it's UFC that's killing boxing. Boxing would have died even if UFC never existed. There's simply no more superstars, practically no sports media coverage, and virtually no champion with balls willing to take on all comers. The PPVs suck (I use to buy at least 6 ppvs a year, I've bought one the past 2 years), and the fact of the matter is young athletes just aren't going into boxing anymore. They're going into other sports. As much as I hate to say it, I wouldn't be surprised if 5 years from now I'm not even watching boxing anymore.