Why is there so much more money in Boxing than all other fighting sports?

[Sparked_1985]

There is much more exposure for boxing. I would love to see muy Thai on a national broadcast. Its more violent than boxing.

I watched a lot of it live when I was traveling.

Mostly, fairly average cards - but 90% of the fights ended in a massive KO.

And these are guys who by the time they are in their 20's have well over a couple of hundred fights - it's unbelievable.

I mean they start as young as 8 fighting in front of a crowd and are getting paid for it. So, essentially these kids are turning pro at 8-years-old, kind of stomach turning really. They say the kid fights are exhibitions but I saw an 8-year-old KTFO. And me and my girlfriend hitched a lift back in the victors family's pick-up taxi cab - the little victor was in the back with us with his envelope full of cash and a bag of sweets - so he got paid! It was a bit weird to be honest.

[Mayweather41-0]

There isn't more money in boxing than MMA, the fighters just get a bigger slice of the pie.

There is way more money generated through Boxing than MMA internationally.

[2Fast]

because thai boxing is far to one dimensional. If you have seen one brutal fight you have seen them all.

[Sparked_1985]

because thai boxing is far to one dimensional. If you have seen one brutal fight you have seen them all.

To be honest. Seeing someone get KTFO never gets boring.

But I saw some fighters who were only 21-years-old were ring veterans and were either not very good or were shot fighters - at that age.

Kind of sad.

[RL_GMA]

There is way more money generated through Boxing than MMA internationally.

Explain your theory....

[Mayweather41-0]

Explain your theory....

Internationally it is not even close that Boxing generates more money. Latin America is all I have to say to that.

[pistol whip]

My uncle has a Boxing gym in Australia and he says there are so many Thai and Filipino fighters traveling over to Australia to start Boxing and he says they started in Kick Boxing and Muay Thai but left that because there is just so much more money and opportunity in Boxing. I was just wondering why is there so much more money in Boxing than all these other fighting sports?

To be fair MMA has almost closed that gap in just a little over a decades time.

[RL_GMA]

Internationally it is not even close that Boxing generates more money. Latin America is all I have to say to that.

Are you assuming this, or do you have an account for every MMA / Boxing event that occurs outside the US to draw comparison?

[Mayweather41-0]

Don King has made over 110 fighters over a million dollar payday for a single fight. MMA has a long way too go before it gets close to generating money like Boxing does I am not saying it wont but to say it does right now is just ludacris.

[Mayweather41-0]

To be fair MMA has almost closed that gap in just a little over a decades time.

That is just absurd how do you figure? and dont give me any of those numbers released by UFC bc I can claim my private company made 40 million dollars last year and there is no way you can prove that I am lying and if the ufc was generating the kind of money they claim to be they would not still be private if your generating money like that is possibly the worst decision you can ever do is stay private.