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Top boxers dont earn 50m a fight. Guys like the Goldenboy(oscar) do(but had to spend millions on the advertisement and whatnot, becuase they promote the fight. Mayweather only made 25m for his fight with ortiz, and 24m vs Del Hoya.
Its true MMA fighters dont make as much yet, but in the future they will. Remember MMA just became big over the last 5-7years. Boxing has been around for almost 100years. In 15years boxing will be forgotton and MMA will be the biggest sport on the planet. People used to enjoy boxing because it was brutal and a true mans sport. But now its mainly fancy footed slick fighters, no real brawlers that bring excitement to the game.
Brock Lesnar earned $5,300,000(from his fight purse and pvp share) for his last title defence that he lost. So MMA is quickly catching boxing actually. MMA just needs a few more big name guys to pop up, ones like anderson silva that completely dominate the buisness, so that they can start promoting superfights. Imagine GSP and Silva going at it. I assume they would both easily make 10-12m for a fight like that.
Anyways enough rambling on, thats what i see will happen in the future, unless boxing can figure out a way to bring the excitement back into the sport.
Overall Top Ten Earning Fighters in 2011
(data updated to UFC 139)
1 Tito Ortiz* $1,045,000
2 Dan Henderson* $ 820,000
3 Fedor Emelianenko* $ 800,000
4 Vitor Belfort* $ 620,000
5 Nick Diaz $ 600,000
6 Rampage Jackson* $ 575,000
7 Jon Jones* $ 570,000
8 Mauricio Rua $ 565,000
9 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira* $ 500,000
10 Junior dos Santos $ 485,000
chump change. an AMATURE boxer can earn that nvm a PRO. and tito being top :-))
it shows how sad MMA really has become, i keep hearing mma boffs telling me its getting so big every year, im still waiting for it to actually happen.
"According to ESPN the Magazine, UFC heavyweight fighter Brock Lesnar made $5.3 million from fighting in 2010."
"In 2010, Brock Lesnar joined Mike Tyson as the only fighters to ever draw over 1 million pay-per-view buys in a single year. Tyson actually did it three times in 1996."
So obviously brock is bigger then mayweather and paci, since he and tyson alone have drawn of 1m pvp views.
On the surface, this makes boxing look like a far more lucrative sport for potential fighters to get into. By that standard, guys like Lesnar, Georges St. Pierre should be making much more than Lesnar made in 2010. MMA promoters argue that MMA has dozens of fighters that make over $500,000 a year, while there are only a handful of boxers making big money.
So on average MMA fighters make more then boxers. Yes boxers can make 20-30m but how many of them are making that? 4-5? over the last 10years. While MMA fighters making at least 500k a year number in the 40-50's. The average boxer makes less then 100k a year (this is for the guys that do pvp undercards) So boxers that are doing pvp events make less then 100k a year, while most MMA fighters who do pvp events make upwards of 500k a year.
A pay-per-view (PPV) record-breaking fight was Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, which took place on May 5, 2007. The previous record was 1.99 million sales; Mayweather and De La Hoya drew in over 2 million PPV purchases and generated $120 million in revenue.
What the fighters earn varies according to sport (boxing or Mixed Martial Arts), the participants and the prestige of the event. Generally, the fighters receive a set amount per fight plus a percentage of the PPV earnings; the more sales that are made, the more they earn from their percentage. Mayweather won the 2007 fight, but both fighters took home a nice paycheck; far above their guaranteed earnings. De La Hoya, who was guaranteed around $23 million, took home about twice that much. Mayweather, who was guaranteed at least $10 million, also earned about double that amount.
Boxing vs. Mixed Martial Arts in PPV Sales
Though the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) continues to rise, it will need to rise quite a bit more to hit boxing's PPV popularity. For example, the biggest PPV buy rate for a MMA fight is at 1 million PPV buys, with estimated earnings of around $5 million. Though $5 million is a nice chunk of change, it's nothing compared to the money a publicized, popular boxing match can draw on PPV. MMA fights tend to draw PPV buy rates more like 375,000; 500,000 or 800,000.
Industry Standard
Since his 2007 record-breaking fight, Mayweather has continued to make big money with PPV fights. He pulled in 1 million PPV buys in a 2009 match against Juan Manuel Marquez, and 1.4 million buys in a 2010 match against Shane Mosley. Even though the 2007 match pulled in 2 million buys, the industry standard for a "mega fight" still stands at 1 million buys. It doesn't look like that 2 million mark is going to be broken anytime soon, despite rumors that Mayweather and De La Hoya might have a rematch. The highly hyped "star power" fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather got an estimated 1.3 million PPV purchases.
That number puts it up in the top for 2011 records, but doesn't get it close to the all-time 2 million number of 2007, which still stands as the biggest PPV fight of all time.
Read more: http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1011/Historys-Largest-Pay-Per-View-Buy-Rates.aspx#ixzz1fZ4vMCfp
so your post about only tyson pulling 1million ppv is laughable. 1million views is seen as the norm for a "big fight" in boxing. UFC has only ever pulled 1million ppv ONCE. Ill pull you some stats on how many boxers made over $1mill later on too. TONNES of them. They get payed alot more money and pull in ALOT more viewers. boxing >>> mma. now and forever. thanks
do some homework next time you come in here for an argument chaot B-)
Of the two though, boxing is probably the more entertaining.
MMA the guys always end up rolling on the ground, trying to lock in a submission hold. IMHO, That is gay porn with clothes on.
Boxing, the guys always end up throwing 3 punches a piece (If lucky) and then clinching until they have to separated. Slightly less gay than MMA.
MMA would be better if there wasn't as much ground fighting. I know that is kind of the point, but as I stressed, it is boring and a little queer.
Boxing would be better if they didn't clinch so damn much, and actually threw punches. I know Paci and mayweather are the exceptions, but boxing by and large, has become a hugfest.
But if I HAD to sit through one or the other, I'd pick boxing. To add, boxing fans tend to be a little more tolerable to be around, where as MMA fans tend to be egomaniacs with lingering sexuality issues leading to pronounced narcissism and homosexual repression rage.
Also consider those who like to watch fighting want to see fighting. They want to see what would happen if two bad ass dudes met in the bar. Who would win. MMA fighters are as close to a real fight as it gets. Any top MMA fighter would destroy a top boxer in a fight. That is also what is stealing fans from boxing. Soon lynog there will be nothing left in boxing. Enjoy it while you can. I personally like both now and will sad to see boxing go (I really think its already pretty much gone).
Boxing needs another Iron Mike though
My gf raises a good point though. We are often @ pubs when UFC is playing, and everytime we seem to catch them, a solid 90% of the action is them cuddling on the ground. At the beginning I was a die hard MMA fan and told her off, sayin theres nothing queer about the sport. Then we look over, and the 2 guys are going balls deep on eachother. Solid 69 for a solid minute and a bit.
Tatted up, tap-out wearing meatheads are, contrary to popular belief, not cool. They don't get laid cept for the dirtiest of the trash that the rest of society would rather not touch. No idea why people look up to these guys.
never watched ufc after that :-p