Boxing Purses vs MMA Purses

[porkypara]

one good thing about the ufc though is that the fighters may get short changed but the fans dont.


Even though I am a boxing fan through and through I got to admit your avarge ufc show has more action fight by fight than your avarge ppv boxing show.

[Mattyhitman]

one good thing about the ufc though is that the fighters may get short changed but the fans dont.


Even though I am a boxing fan through and through I got to admit your avarge ufc show has more action fight by fight than your avarge ppv boxing show.

Agreed

Followed both sports since i was about 14-15, boxing being my 1st love, but UFC / MMA for me is a better watch than most big time boxing matches nowadays. The more ya watch the greater the appreciation ya have for the technacalities of each facet of the game.

[0james0]

one good thing about the ufc though is that the fighters may get short changed but the fans dont.


Even though I am a boxing fan through and through I got to admit your avarge ufc show has more action fight by fight than your avarge ppv boxing show.

And thats where the problem lies.

UFC fights are many and frequent.

Top boxers might fight once or twice a year if we are lucky and then spend months before that travelling and promoting the fight.

Boxing promoters are second to none at generating excitment and therefore money. Take the Haye vs Valuev fight. One fight made a man and made that man very rich. All through the powers of promotion.

It always amazes me just how boxing has sustained itself, it never really seems like a business model that would make money off of anyone but the hardcore fans. Yet it makes some of the richest sports people around.