Did the UFC ever overtake boxing like everyone was saying it would?

[andocom]

No idea, but I wish boxing promoters would learn from the UFC in regards to match making. Dana White really does make the fights people want more often than not.

Protecting zeros, promotional silos and marinating fights is really hurting boxing.

[MulaKO]

No idea, but I wish boxing promoters would learn from the UFC in regards to match making. Dana White really does make the fights people want more often than not.

Protecting zeros, promotional silos and marinating fights is really hurting boxing.

Your absolutely right about White
He does make the fights the fans want

[Blue54]

Amanda Serrano has been boxing since 2009
And she’s scheduled to fight Katie Taylor
If she was making more in mma , I honestly don’t think she’d risk it with boxing
It’s always been known that there is much more money and fame in boxing
Like I said earlier on , there’s a reason why white and the Zuffa brothers have been trying to penetrate the boxing market

Heather Hardy claimed herself she switch to MMA due to women boxers not having enough headlining events and more money.

[MulaKO]

Heather Hardy claimed herself she switch to MMA due to women boxers not having enough headlining events and more money.

Honestly , I’ve never looked into how much money she is making but I do recall that she ran out of boxing not to face someone ( sorry I don’t recall the fighter )
Do you know for a fact that the switch was fruitful financially and successfully
How much money can she be making in mma

[brian___]

For awhile it seemed like it would but it fell off. I heard a few UFC fighters mention they might take up boxing because the fighters make more.

[Articulateboxin]

I have absolutely no idea of the figures, but my general feeling is that UFC was this unknown seed that started growing and flourishing very quickly. However now it feels like it's peaked and is slowly declining again, similar to a flash in the pan, just declining far slower.

[andocom]

Heather Hardy claimed herself she switch to MMA due to women boxers not having enough headlining events and more money.

Its a bit hard to accurately judge fighter pay, in the same way people like to point to Floyd as an example of the money in boxing you could also point to Ronda Rousey for female mma, no doubt she was making 10 times what any female boxer was at the time.

Thats why an average (or mean) fighter purse is probably less relevant than a median (amount most fighters get paid) because the top few would skew it so badly.

If you remove the Floyd, Conor, Joshua, Rousey etc outliers I think you would find top level male boxers would do much better than UFC fighters (i.e. champs/contenders), middle to lower ranked I think the UFC would close the gap a fair bit.

Wouldn't be surprised if there was more money for females in mma at the top and lower ranks though.

[Blue54]

Honestly , I’ve never looked into how much money she is making but I do recall that she ran out of boxing not to face someone ( sorry I don’t recall the fighter )
Do you know for a fact that the switch was fruitful financially and successfully
How much money can she be making in mma

just going off of her words idk how true it is but women's mma does get more attention than women boxing that is is a true fact.

[MulaKO]

just going off of her words idk how true it is but women's mma does get more attention than women boxing that is is a true fact.

Imo,I don’t think it’s actually true
I find that in mma when your hot , there is chatter and once the chatter goes your pretty much back to hardcore status knowing you

[Roy Keane]

Boxing is easier on the eye. Thing is everyone can relate to boxing as most of us have fought with fists. I have never seen judo, Thai boxing moves in pub fights etc MMA is alien to most of us.