Dana’s right on. A major advantage of the UFC is their control over the fighters, the employment of a matchmaker who sets fights. The bottom line is that a boxer is an independent contractor who doesn’t have to belong to any company in order to get good fights. The UFC can leverage the shit out of their fighters because there is no where else to get paid.

Take Jon Fitch’s recent comupance. He briefly complained about having his likeness used in a video game. He, American Kickboxing Academy, and all the fighters associated with that Academy were immediately destroyed and dismissed publicly by White. The effect? Fitch and AKA dropped right back in line.

I wish there was a way for both aspects to occur. The monopoly that UFC has is ripe for an anti-trust suit in my not-yet licensed opinion. However, the great cards happen in the UFC. And, the great fights happen, more than once. Even if the cards didn’t happen as completely as they do, the UFC creates the individual fights. What if we had a unified company(as opposed to an organization or association) in boxing, one that could require Margarito to fight Paul Williams again? Or mandate that if PBF wants to fight again, it will only be against Margarito? You can go up and down the line with that idea and create the best fights in boxing right now.

It won’t happen because of the individuality of the sport. If Golden Boy could really seize the reigns and sign most of the good fighters, they could match-make their own organization. That won’t happen because it would be less profitable or not profitable in the short-term, which is all anyone set to make money in boxing right now is concerned with.