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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
think back... 20 years ago, we didn't have the web. we didn't have 500 cable channels. we didn't have everything entertainment wise at our fingertips. We didn't have extreme sports or even full contact fighting (UFC started in 93). The world has changed. Today, we don't have Mike Tyson's. For me, i see only Mexicans boxing where i live boxing and I live in a major city. If its someone that isn't Mexican, its because they want to improve their boxing for Muay Thai or MMA. But in terms of money, there is still no close second to what boxing is worth and what fighters get paid.
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When it comes to the top fighters, boxers still make way more. Big name fighters can make tens of millions on a big fight where most MMA fighters, even the biggest of them, will only make a fraction of that.
Lower down the ranks you have a better shot of making some money in MMA. As you mentioned above, getting started in boxing these days is very difficult. I think that is part of the problem with boxing. Most of the big personalities are gone (or soon will be) and there isn't nearly the young talent pool that there once was.
Add in, as you say, all the other entertainment options people have and to me it signals a bad future for boxing.