reason why there are no more Superstars

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Boxing on free has a lot to do with making fans of the sport and making fighters household names and become super stars.

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Boxing on free has a lot to do with making fans of the sport and making fighters household names and become super stars.

Spot on.

I think there are few fighters around with the charisma & likeability to be major stars, but nobody has ever heard of them.

I can only speak from a UK perspective, but boxing is not mentioned on the main news at all & the sports stations/channels only really concentrate on the major UK fighters in big fights, much like the recent Froch -v- Groves fights.

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If MMA is a real threat to boxing why did James Toney literally earn double what "MMA legend" Couture did when they fought?

In fact, I'm too lazy to check but who has earnt more than Toney for one fight in MMA?

Boxing has money because it has more viewers.

Couture earnt a poxy half million dollars for that fight, which isn't too bad for a rugby tackle.

Now look at some boxing superstars. In 1988 fucking 27 years ago Mike tyson earnt $20 million!! An MMA fighter will never ever earn that for a single fight. In fact Jon Jones career earnings are half of that single fight!