why no mma to boxing conversions?

[astroglide]

http://www.ivansblog.com/2005/08/mix...pay-scale.html

most seem to get paid relatively beans for the risk ratio involved. james irvin gets 3k per fight, WOW.

[Colonel Kataffy]

This was your question?
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why no mma to boxing conversions?

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Ken's answer was responsive to this question. Deal with it.

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the post is more of an opening discussion as to how difficult it would be for an mma fighter to convert

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Oh I see. You want to know how difficult it would be. So when you ask why this doesn't happen, and Ken responds that it would be difficult, (which is a responsive answer to your question) and I agree with him, why not just ask either of us the follow up question, "How difficult?"

[hoyaboy1]

I know how much the lower end guys are paid. Those guys have no shot of doing anything in boxing. The elite MMA fighters who actually make good money (a few in UFC and a lot in Pride and Hero's in Japan) would be far worse off if they switched to boxing.

[Ulysses]

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http://www.ivansblog.com/2005/08/mix...pay-scale.html

most seem to get paid relatively beans for the risk ratio involved. james irvin gets 3k per fight, WOW.

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Wow. That makes your question all the more appropriate.

These guys are nowhere near the ballpark of what top boxers and pro-wrestlers make.

[Ulysses]

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I know how much the lower end guys are paid. Those guys have no shot of doing anything in boxing. The elite MMA fighters who actually make good money (a few in UFC and a lot in Pride and Hero's in Japan) would be far worse off if they switched to boxing.

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Couture and Liddel made about 200k in UFC 54. How much more than that are the top Pride/K-1/whatever guys making?

Top boxers have multi-million purses. Top pro-wrestlers have multi-million annual contracts. The wrestlers might make the most, since they have so many more endorsement and cross-over opportunities.

[IHateKeithSmart]

Hmm. For some reason this question reminds me of the Bart Gunn vs. Butterbean match. Now that was funny.

[hoyaboy1]

Again - only the very best boxers make more than the top UFC guys per fight. Top guys in Japan make more - hard to say how much (they don't release the info) but I've heard up to a million a fight.

No top 10 MMA fighter would be near top 25 at any weight class as a boxer, and thus would make less. Wrestling is an option, and many guys in Japan wrestle and fight. Shamrock did it in the past in the WWF.

[ChicagoTroy]

I haven't read the rest of this thread, but MMAists are generally a) terrible strikers compared to boxers and b) can't pass a steroid test.