Why are so many MMA fighters getting boxing licenses?

[Larry the boss]

[FeFist]

I think there are some MMA fighters that have good enough stand up where I think if they had a good trainer, they could make some noise in the sport of Boxing.
Holly Holm made the transition from professional Boxing to MMA and made it to the top. It's only a matter of time before an MMA fighter transitions to Boxing and makes some noise.

It's not going to happen. MMA allows for competence in the required fields. Boxing at the top level requires mastery. Brandon Rios would look like Sweet Pea against someone with rushed training.

[daggum]

in boxing they give away money and you can choose your own opponents. its been a great scam for years.

[Eff Pandas]

They'd make more money in boxing.

Does anyone legit think Nate Diaz is making 7 digits in boxing? Cuz Diaz made 7 digits vs Conor. Idk what sorta money King Mo is making so he likely has a good shot.

I'm not sure any of these guys even have a legit chance of getting a fight with anyone who arguably could get them 7 digit paydays okayed by a commission being that all have 0 boxing matches & the guys who'd argubly get them huge paydays are world champions/great HOF caliber fighters. Likely you'd have more luck going the exhibition route.

And there are already MMA guys in boxing right now. Best example is probably Tyrone Sprong whos a HW prospect at this point & is a former kickboxing champion & MMA guy & he's still making peanuts in boxing 6 or 7 fights (all KO's) into his pro boxing career. And plenty of MMA guys have had boxing fights cuz boxing is a part of MMA which a lot of boxing guys seem to not understand or forget. The biggest problem is connections are more important or at least as important as winning in boxing & no one has really supported a MMA guys boxing career as of yet that I'm aware of.

[Mequetrefe]

They'd make more money in boxing. Dana white is a greedy pig.

+1. Some MMA fighters get very low purses and they have to pay coaches, sparring partners etc.

[Boxfan83]

Has anyone else noticed the best MMA fights are when they box? Even if a popular MMA fighter transitioned into boxing and had a mediocre career, itd probably help dividends (financially & professionally) to his/her career but of course popularity is key. Conor and the Diaz bros could make $ and sharpen their skills for sure but some random MMA fighter isnt going to just walk into boxing and make a 6 figure pay day nor will he ever become elite.

Anyways, Id love to see:
Nate Diaz vs Antonio Margarito
Nick Diaz vs Roy Jones Jr
Jon Jones vs Fury (both coked out)
&
Anthony Johnson vs Chris Arreola

[daggum]

a guy like malingaggi made over 5 million dollars in his career and he was never very good. no way that could happen in the mma/ufc. this is probably a good thing since competition is better in the ufc but if you are a person who wants money its better to be a boxer

[Russian Crushin]

Because it's pretty easy?

Will they pursue a boxing career? Almost certainly no

[Boxfan83]

a guy like malingaggi made over 5 million dollars in his career and he was never very good. no way that could happen in the mma/ufc. this is probably a good thing since competition is better in the ufc but if you are a person who wants money its better to be a boxer

Well you do have Brock Lesnar...

[daggum]

Well you do have Brock Lesnar...

lesnar was the champ and beat the #1 contender. he was surpassed quickly but paulie never was the legit champ or beat anyone near the top of a division. so even though lesnar came from wrestling and was a joke he was still better than malignaggi was at boxing yet we have had to see maliganggi fight for the last 10 years over and over even though he was clearly not a top fighter. in the ufc that wouldnt happen as lesnar lost twice and faded away thankfully. maliganggi loses over and over but never fades away