How wrong is Kevin Iole in this video?

**TR vs. GB** · 04-26-2011, 12:39 AM

Iole is just simply wrong in this video there is no way he can compile a list of 30 mma fighters that even comes close to rivaling the list you have.
Boxers get the lions share of the money that is generated and mma fighters get ripped the *** off by White and his suits.

BOXING > mma fighters pay

**-Boxzilla-** · 04-26-2011, 12:41 AM

Ya I highly doubt the 30th highest paid mma guy ranks as high moneywise as the 30th highest paid boxer. And morales is a bad example cause maidana got paid 500k I believe but thats it. Morales had a piece of the % of ppv sales. Ya the sales seem to have been poor. But if they were good he's would of made much more. I highly doubt zuffa would ever make a deal for % cause they know they don't have to. But it's true about the mma middle class that doesn't really exist in boxing.

**Mayweather41-0** · 04-26-2011, 12:48 AM

Originally posted by -Boxzilla-

Ya I highly doubt the 30th highest paid mma guy ranks as high moneywise as the 30th highest paid boxer. And morales is a bad example cause maidana got paid 500k I believe but thats it. Morales had a piece of the % of ppv sales. Ya the sales seem to have been poor. But if they were good he's would of made much more. I highly doubt zuffa would ever make a deal for % cause they know they don't have to. But it's true about the mma middle class that doesn't really exist in boxing.

Maidana was guaranteed 550k for that fight and Morales 250k plus ppv % and plus Mexican TV rights. There were over 25 million views for that fight.

I do not think this is true because I feel that there are just so many Boxers from all over the world that make good money that have regional fan bases. Who says the mma middle class fighters are making good money anyway? How do we really know how much the ufc is paying a lot of their fighters as well?

**-Boxzilla-** · 04-26-2011, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by Mayweather41-0

Maidana was guaranteed 550k for that fight and Morales 250k plus ppv % and plus Mexican TV rights. There were over 25 million views for that fight.

I do not think this is true because I feel that there are just so many Boxers from all over the world that make good money that have regional fan bases. Who says the mma middle class fighters are making good money anyway? How do we really know how much the ufc is paying a lot of their fighters as well?

Well there seems to be quite the disparity between the guys making the money and the guys that aren't in boxing. But since there's so many bworld world wide I feel you. But the purse amounts for fnf's and so low boxeo are very low. I'm sure lower then the guys opening the cards in UFC. Thats what I'm referring to as middle class. U can't live off that level in boxing. I Think u prob could swing it in mma.

**TR vs. GB** · 04-26-2011, 12:59 AM

Chris Arreola made over $2 million dollars for his fight against Klitschko and Paulie Malignaggi made $1.7 million for his fight against Hatton you wont see challengers making that kind of money at all in mma.

**Rocky Rode** · 04-26-2011, 01:02 AM

Nick Diaz was really making only 165k a fight??? Damn....No wonder he wants to jump to boxing. One thing I like about boxing over most other sports is that the actual fighters make a bulk of the money. I hate it when I see all these teams that are worth over $1 billion and yet the total payroll for the team is only like $90 million...These players are worth more than 10% of the teams value. The athletes who put the risk out there should make most of the money. And I hope Nick Diaz does jump to boxing and is successful. If Sergei Dzinzurik can make $700k a fight I think Diaz has a decent chance to triple his current pay per fight.

He'll probably get paid more to fight on an HBO undercard than he would to headline a Strikeforce title fight.

**Mayweather41-0** · 04-26-2011, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by -Boxzilla-

Well there seems to be quite the disparity between the guys making the money and the guys that aren't in boxing. But since there's so many bworld world wide I feel you. But the purse amounts for fnf's and so low boxeo are very low. I'm sure lower then the guys opening the cards in UFC. Thats what I'm referring to as middle class. U can't live off that level in boxing. I Think u prob could swing it in mma.

Yeah I know what you are saying but a lot of FNF purses to the fighters are similar to ufc undercards. There are just so many more fighters in Boxing who make so much more who fight on HBO/Showtime than there are fighters who make money in mma.

**Heru** · 04-26-2011, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by Mayweather41-0

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. David Haye
6. Vitali Klitschko
7. Sergio Martinez
8. Bernard Hopkins
9. Juan Manuel Marquez
10. Lucian Bute
11. Jean Pascal
12. Amir Khan
13. Felix Sturm
14. Carl Froch
15. Andre Ward
16. Tomasz Adamek
17. Yuriorkis Gamboa
18. Juan Manuel Lopez
19. Paul Williams
20. Saul Alvarez
21. Nonito Donaire
22. Sugar Shane Mosley
23. Victor Ortiz
24. Andre Berto (the most overpaid athlete in sports today)
25. Marcos Maidana
26. Zab Judah
27. Devon Alexander
28. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
29. Antonio Margarito
30. Timothy Bradley

There is absolutely no way you can name 30 mma fighters who rank up there with these guys. I would love for Iole to try and breakdown what he said by showing and proving it with numbers and facts.

Good post... It should be sent to Iole because what he is saying in the video is stated as a fact by him and other "writers" (glorified bloggers?). You could probably expand it to 50, if you looked into it a little more (Marco Huck, Adamek, Cotto, the Super 6 participants, Pavlik, etc.)

**-Boxzilla-** · 04-26-2011, 01:12 AM

Originally posted by QUELOQUE

Good post... It should be sent to Iole because what he is saying in the video is stated as a fact by him and other "writers" (glorified bloggers?). You could probably expand it to 50, if you looked into it a little more (Marco Huck, Adamek, Cotto, the Super 6 participants, Pavlik, etc.)

Ya definitely many of those euro's make good money.

How wrong is Kevin Iole in this video?