How is it that UK fighters make way more money than US fighters?

[rickJen]

If it's about the sizes of countries,
then why not just focus the promotion in one state?
If it's in Vegas, then laser-focus on Vegas.
Make local sports channels talk about the fight everyday.

[Cutthroat]

You obviously didn't listen much at school, UK population is only 5 times smaller. As for why UK fighters get paid more, the only ones earning more are fighting on PPV. A normal UK main event fighter on Sky isn't earning much more than a fighter fighting on ESPN or Showtime.

5x is a massive difference lol.


Like I said though, the population is heavily condensed in a small land area which makes advertising easy. All it takes is 16 hours to drive the entire length of the country, it takes like 12 hours just to get out of Texas.

[jmrf4435]

Relative to the USA, the UK is a tiny island (UK in red):







It's a condensed island which makes it very easy to market to. Boxing is also one of their few entertainments, just look at the size of that island, it's a fraction of what we have to offer in America.

UMMM NO. With current technology marketing to people has never been easier, reaching a wide audience is the click of a button in most cases. Americans are fed up from boxing because of how dirty it is, on so many levels. I've met so many dudes "i used to be a big boxing fan, but...."

['b']

Something to do with colonialism probably, or LGBT rights

[koolkc107]

It's amazing what kind of threads spring up after a pretty ordinary performance from a guy that is supposed to be the best in the world.

I think someone hears footsteps...

[REdrUm0351]

Most of my friends used to be boxing fans but gave up on the sport due to the corrupt judging. The A side comes with too many benefits in this sport.

[ashadam]

At least in the heavyweight division.

Corruption by promoters, managers anyone involved the sport is so corrupt in the US.

How have so many US boxers ended up broke after supposedly earning record amounts..

[Jubei]

Alot of Americans that somehow follow boxing are mostly cheap broke nationalists/tribalists who only complain about fights and fighters and hate on boxing and use it to bait racism. Alot of these people here frequent this forum sadly. They dont buy fights, they hate on DAZN, ESPN+ etc and prefer to pirate streams, they dont go to fights, they dont support the sport, they are actually detrimental to the sport, basically the cancer of boxing. Boxing fans in other countries are different and support their fighters way more, like the UK fans or Mexican fans for example. Thats why UK fighters make more money than US fighters.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Uk is boxing

The elite fight here and Americans are over hyped pampered trash that get taken out when they step up to uk fighters

Like a lot of Americans on here, for example Larry, they lose their balls when the time comes to step up

UK is not boxing and never will be. UK is known for bums compared to American fighters that are known as elite. You have 0 fighters all time that are worth anything. You got your ass whooped in the Revolutionary War and have been our ***** ever since.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Because good fighters are so common in the USA that we don't get overly excited about them. Good fighters are much rarer in the UK and they go crazy over boxers who are not that good like Amir Khan.

He hit it spot on. Plus the UK has some ******ed die hard fans. Ricky Hatton fans were still singing Hatton's song during and after him getting knocked out by Floyd. The UK fanboys seem more nationalistic than Mexicans.