Why I wish there was a UFC type organization in boxing.

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The fighters have on occasion fought from other leagues. Chuck Liddell fought Jackson in Pride while he was a UFC fighter. It can be done, but not often because there not really in the same class. You don't see HBO fighters fighting on Friday Night Fights. It's really no different.

Also WBA or WBC don't have fighters. They sanction fights for a fee. If you pay there fees you may be able to earn one of their "titles".

As far as purses. Couture was making good money, they get a salary plus fight purses, bonuses, and they get sponsorships handed to them. You are using ODH as an example. He's the top .01% of earners in boxing and almost all of sports. If you take the AVERAGE figher, UFC average fighters are much better off than boxers financially.

How was Nate Campbell doing as a lightweight champ? Just because there's a half a dozen guys that made huge money doesn't mean the average guy does. Fact is most boxers don't make much and most have jobs in addition to boxing.

1) The UFC sanctions fights just like the WBC or WBA, the only difference is that there is no exclusive contracts with the boxing organizations.

2) although I did use ODLH as an example, you can use any boxing PPV headliner vs any UFC PPV headliner. The boxer will make approximatly 3 to 5 million while the UFC fighter will make a 10% of that even counting various bonuses that are availble. Considering that the UFC PPV's are bringing the approximately the same amount of money as the Boxing PPV you can see how badly Dana White is ripping these guys off.

3) Nate Campbell was never Lightweight Champion. He was nothing more then an alphabet titleist, and true boxing fans know the difference.

1a. Sorry, UFC is the promoter, matchmaker, sanctions, and pays the fighters. WBC or WBA receive money from fighters and don't participate in any promotion, etc.

2a. Use all the other people on the card for the headliners in the example as well and you will see that they aren't being ripped off. 10% of the headliners in boxing crack the million mark.

3a. Nate beat Juan Diaz who was in the process of unifying the titles. Casamayor was the most recognized champ, but that doesn't change the fact that Nate was a legitimate headlining champ.

1) Alright the alphabet gangs are not exactly the same as the role the UFC plays; however, your missing the point, the purpose of my original post was to point out that the UFC is just one MMA sanctioning organization, and they do not allow their fighters to fight other organization fighters, such fighters from Affliction.

2) There is a UFC PPV every month, and there is a boxing PPV ever month. Compare the headliners. You'll be shocked to see how little the big MMA names make, and like I said before, that money is going right to Dana White and the other suits.

3) In boxing you have to beat the champion to become the champion. And as a fan you should accept no less. No matter how many paper titles Nate Campbell collected he would never become The Lightweight CHampion until he beat the champion.

IF you think otherwise, then you are buying into the cancerous alphabet gangs, who are destroying the clarity in this sport.