
Originally Posted by
ykdadamaja
MMA would never be bigger than boxing. Just like Rugby won't ever be bigger than Soccer/Football.
Believe me, as a long time fan of both sports, I was saying the same thing 8 years ago, but boy was I wrong.
MMA absolutely dwarfs boxing in terms of culture significance, and it's only getting stronger.
And I should clarify, it's the UFC that's massive, not neccessarily MMA as a whole.
The UFC has been amazing at expanding their brand and creating stars. True, larger than life, household name STARS. They have people going to MMA gyms instead of boxing gyms.
Now Floyd still out-earns the UFC (usually by a large margin), and pre-JMM KO so did Pac, but the UFC PPV's consistently outdraw everything else boxing related.
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