Comparing Boxing Salaries Vs UFC Salaries.

[jamesbrown]

after taxes managers trainers sparring partners and PROMOTERs end up with 80-90 percent of boxer purses so the bottom line is a lot closer... plus mma fighters are walking advertisments with all there endorsements deals....

with ufc owning pride they will cap off salaries and fighters will no longer be able to test the market because there is none mma fighter will be owned by ufc no super salaries at all

[Feint]

Simple economics: Boxing has a larger fan base, partly due to the fact it has been around longer.

Nothing against MMA though. It has a chance to get their someday.

[Easy-E]

Oscar made just over 40 for fighting Floyd and Floyd made about 28 when ppv percentages are tallied in.

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

Dana white is a chump!!! he sez ufc is better then boxing and that he has a better product to sell!!! well if thats the case then why doesnt he pay his fighters what theyre worth!!! Tito shouldve kicked his butt!!!

[Peterp]

Let's face it the DLH and PBF figures are no where near typical

You need to compare the purses of fighters like Margarito, Williams, Petersen brothers, just a cross section of talent

How much does a fighter who is on Wednesday night fights get ?

How much did Miranda and Pavik get ?

There is no doubt that UFC fighters are still currently underpaid but with sponsorship dollars and other income, they are doing ok

[spinksjinx]

Let's face it the DLH and PBF figures are no where near typical

You need to compare the purses of fighters like Margarito, Williams, Petersen brothers, just a cross section of talent

How much does a fighter who is on Wednesday night fights get ?

How much did Miranda and Pavik get ?

There is no doubt that UFC fighters are still currently underpaid but with sponsorship dollars and other income, they are doing ok

Baldomir got a million fighting Zab I do believe. Thats like 4 times as much their heavyweight champion got in his last fight.

Its like this people who are debuting as a general rule of thumb get 100 bucks per round unless you come out with a great backing and team like De La Hoya/Leonard have and actually have credibility.

The pay rate varies in boxing greatly and really depends on a lot of things and some boxers even on HBO can only make 50k but the vast majority of the top fighters make double or more than UFC guys...I can understand why the fights are longer and more grueling. But as much money as UFC is bringing in its eventually going to happen where fighters are going to start fishing out offers over seas and UFC/Pride will lose their star power.

The same thing I said 2 weeks ago about greed is what destroyed boxing is the same thing Dana White said a week ago. Unfortunately that type of mentality is already happening in the UFC with Ortiz/Leben..Its only the beginning. The guy who is in the main event should not be getting paid 100k nor should the fight before the main event be making 3k.

[me2007]

i agree with the other poster... only the top 2% or so of boxers make millions, the rest make peanuts...maybe $1000 or $2000 a fight for some...

There are thousands more professional boxers than there arer pro MMA'rs..

It is much harder to get to be a world champion boxer than it would be to be a champion in the UFC.

Also elite boxing is scheduled for 12 rounds....whereas MMA is 5 rounds...

I`m not saying MMA is not tough, of course it is, but boxing is an art form where MMA is still a street fight.

[Guest]

Basically, if there are two guys of equal star power (just starting out, journeyman, up and comer, champion, etc.) with one being in MMA and the other a boxer, the boxer more than likely makes more money. As you climb higher up, the gap increases...

Now that MMA is really starting to grow and you see all these other guys getting involved promoting fights, eventually the big names will leave the UFC because the other promoters will offer them more money. With more promoters getting in the mix, eventually MMA could turn into what boxing is today...

[Left2body]

You really have to compare apples and apples. DLH-PBF is NOT the norm by any means. Like an earlier poster said, compare guys like Margarito and them and you'll see the gap while very large is not as bad and is closing.

Rich Franklin ex-MW champion only made about 200k in his loss. I think the entire card was a little less than 500k with about 400k PPV buys. Pride has usually had the bigger payouts with many top fighters getting 1-2 million a fight.

Royce Gracie got 1.2mil for his fight against Matt Hughes while Matt received about 450k.

I hope the purses keep going up and help attract top notch atheletes. On a side note, while top boxers fight 3 times a year. MMA fighters (even champions) fight more than 5 times a year.

[Left2body]

BTW Judah only made 100k or 200k in his rematch with Spinks.