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the demise of boxing is being greatly exaggerated. boxings popularity goes hand in hand with the state of the heavyweight division. get an exciting dominant american heavyweight and boxing will be back in the public conscience big time. get two or three really good american heavyweights and boxing will be booming like it was at its peak of popularity.
mma while popular does not do the type of numbers ppv wise as does a mayweather or a pacman fight and lacks a household name. ask anyone who floyd,paciaou,hopkins or cotto are and people will know. ask people who anderson sylva,jose aldo,gsp,jds,frankie edgar or jon jones are and youll get some people wholl know but for the most part most people will have no idea.
people dont realize that there is a storm on the horizon as far as the ufc is concerned. fighters are not getting paid what they feel they should be paid but at this point there isnt much they can do as dana white and the furtita bros have a monopoly on the sport and while many wont go on record there are alot of fighters who are not happy. this cannot and will not last. a decade from now if the ufc still exists it wont be in its present form. i believe all it would take to destroy the ufc is for two big names to leave the organization,sign with promotors and set up a huge ppv fight that nets both fighters millions more than they would ever see in the ufc.the problem is these would have to be two fighters that the public would want to see fight and who have a large following which right now i dont see any fighters in the ufc with that type of notoriety. brock lesner was the closest thing to it but his career was derailed by illness and lack of striking. if he had gone on to dominate the hw division and fedor emilianenko had continue to dominate this could of been a mega fight that couldve drawn enough attention from the general public that both fighters could have made the fight without organizational support just like boxing and generated millions for the fighters and really hurt the ufc.
mma while popular does not do the type of numbers ppv wise as does a mayweather or a pacman fight and lacks a household name. ask anyone who floyd,paciaou,hopkins or cotto are and people will know. ask people who anderson sylva,jose aldo,gsp,jds,frankie edgar or jon jones are and youll get some people wholl know but for the most part most people will have no idea.
people dont realize that there is a storm on the horizon as far as the ufc is concerned. fighters are not getting paid what they feel they should be paid but at this point there isnt much they can do as dana white and the furtita bros have a monopoly on the sport and while many wont go on record there are alot of fighters who are not happy. this cannot and will not last. a decade from now if the ufc still exists it wont be in its present form. i believe all it would take to destroy the ufc is for two big names to leave the organization,sign with promotors and set up a huge ppv fight that nets both fighters millions more than they would ever see in the ufc.the problem is these would have to be two fighters that the public would want to see fight and who have a large following which right now i dont see any fighters in the ufc with that type of notoriety. brock lesner was the closest thing to it but his career was derailed by illness and lack of striking. if he had gone on to dominate the hw division and fedor emilianenko had continue to dominate this could of been a mega fight that couldve drawn enough attention from the general public that both fighters could have made the fight without organizational support just like boxing and generated millions for the fighters and really hurt the ufc.