Conor is the reason why i love MMA, but i hate dumb fans: why do you compare
boxing at his worst with
MMA at his best? Yeah boxing is bigger, but why do you care which sport is bigger?
GT will never be my best friend, but lets play your game.
According to google trends, UFC is more popular in 10 countries: Brazil, NZ, Canada, USA, Swe, Croatia etc. etc. But the thing is, UFC is an universal term, but not boxing. In germany you say "Boxen", in spain "box", in italy you can even say "pugilato".
The Tyson-Wilder fight did 325k-350k, but you shouldnt compare it to Khabib vs Al, because im sure most people (like me) thought that this was a good card and thats why we bought that. Tyson vs Wilder was a shit card ( by casual standards) ... 1 good fight for 70$? Thats why I didnt buy that.
10-15 million watched that fight (illegal streams) & it also trended higher than UFC 223
26 millionen watched Khabib vs Dustin in Russia. Good number, but not that impressive: Card was full of russian fighters and russian people always support their fighters.
31 million watched Canelo, 28 million watched the japanese brothers (regular basi), 5-10 million watched Nayoa Inoue (from 40 million), 30 million watched murata ... good numbers but still not impressive.