Boxing vs. MMA

[AmanuJRY]

A lot of recent contraversy here...

IBF World Welterweight champion Kermit Cintron accepts Dana White's challenge.

And, at UFC 71, welterweight Din Thomas called out any boxer that wants to crossover...do I smell a match?

[bodhitree]

It will be great to see some elite boxers in MMA, but that guy is a boxer and a wrestler, sounds like a mixed martial artist to me?

[SevenStar]

in a boxing match, any decent pro boxer would KO ANY fighter in the ufc, i would wager. the game changes when grappling is involved, though. I would really love to see a boxer cross train and then enter MMA - I thought the idea of tyson doing it was awesome, but when you think about it, it likely won't happen. Why not? a couple of reasons:

boxing is more popular than mma, so boxers tend to be more well known. He is now putting his rep on the line. If he wins, who cares, because he beat a relative unknown who isn't a boxer anyway. If he loses, then he lost to a relative unknown.

money. boxing pays out millions. MMA doesn't come close. Why risk the injury for so much less money? And if the injury causes them to miss a fight, then they lose even more money. It doesn't make sense.

I am betting that this fight won't happen.

[sanjuro_ronin]

in a boxing match, any decent pro boxer would KO ANY fighter in the ufc, i would wager. the game changes when grappling is involved, though. I would really love to see a boxer cross train and then enter MMA - I thought the idea of tyson doing it was awesome, but when you think about it, it likely won't happen. Why not? a couple of reasons:

boxing is more popular than mma, so boxers tend to be more well known. He is now putting his rep on the line. If he wins, who cares, because he beat a relative unknown who isn't a boxer anyway. If he loses, then he lost to a relative unknown.

money. boxing pays out millions. MMA doesn't come close. Why risk the injury for so much less money? And if the injury causes them to miss a fight, then they lose even more money. It doesn't make sense.

I am betting that this fight won't happen.

WTF is this Logic crap !?!?!

[SevenStar]

silly me, I forgot where I was.

[MasterKiller]

boxing is more popular than mma, so boxers tend to be more well known.

In the words of Joe Rogan, these are the last boxing superstars you will ever see. No one except boxing enthusiasts care about boxing anymore, and UFC surpasses it in pay-per-view subscriptions.

[SevenStar]

In the words of Joe Rogan, these are the last boxing superstars you will ever see. No one except boxing enthusiasts care about boxing anymore, and UFC surpasses it in pay-per-view subscriptions.

so explain the mayweather - de la hoya purse of 45 million... that was the biggest purse in boxing history. 2.15 million people bought that fight.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I think that, worldwide, boxing surpasses MMA in terms of popularity and purses.

Though I think that MMA purses are much nicer, what with all the glitter and sequence.

[MasterKiller]

so explain the mayweather - de la hoya purse of 45 million... that was the biggest purse in boxing history. 2.15 million people bought that fight.

The purses are bigger because A) it's the only decent fight on the card and B) UFC doesn't pay it's fighters that well. UFC 71 earned 4.4 million off the gate alone! They can afford to pay more, but don't.

The last UFC still scored more pay-per-views than the highest-scoring boxing pay-per-view in hisory.

With the addition of UFC Europe and Pride, UFC will be launching world-wide pay-per-views soon.

Plus, HBO and SHowtime are going to start showing fights.

Boxing is dead.

[SevenStar]

Chuck Liddell: $500,000
Quinton Jackson: $225,000
Karo Parisyan: $32,000
Ivan Salaverry: $17,500
Terry Martin: $12,000
Kalib Starnes: $10,000
Chris Leben: $10,000
Houston Alexander: $8,000
Josh Burkman: $7,000
Keith Jardine: $7,000
Din Thomas: $28,000
Wilson Gouveia: $16,000
Thiago Silva: $16,000
Alan Belcher: $14,000
James Irvin: $7,000
Carmelo Marrero: $5,000
Sean Salmon: $3,000
Jeremy Stephens: $3,000

see, this is pennies compared to boxing.


de la hoya got 45 MILLION for his fight with mayweather.
mayweather got a little over 20 MILLION for the fight.
Tyson and Holyfield both got about 35 MILLION for their fight.

mma pay is just a drop in the bucket. pocket change...

[sanjuro_ronin]

Well...Lidell is no Roy Jones Jr or Hopkins, nor is he even a Klitchko...

Good paydays for MMA, crappy compared to Boxing...

[SevenStar]

I am trying to find cintron's last purse, but haven't yet. Anyway, he is the #2 contender right now, so if mayweather is getting 20 mil for a fight, I'm guessing cintron got a pretty nice payday since he's right on mayweather's heels.

[LeeCasebolt]

I am trying to find cintron's last purse, but haven't yet. Anyway, he is the #2 contender right now, so if mayweather is getting 20 mil for a fight, I'm guessing cintron got a pretty nice payday since he's right on mayweather's heels.

Cintron was offered $250,000 to defend his title against Shane Mosely. Not bad, but not Mayweather money. Not even Hughes money.

Mayweather got ridiculous money because he was fighting De La Hoya, who's the largest non-heavyweight draw in boxing history. No MMA event is going to match that for the next decade, I expect. But a lot of non-draw boxers, including champs, make less than Liddell did.

[bodhitree]

boxers may have a bigger immediate take home, but with the popularity of MMA the advertising potential definately generates a lot of income for fighters. Xience commercials, head blade ads, fight gear all want fighters to advertise their products.

[sanjuro_ronin]

And tattoos, don't forget them.