Has there ever been a win/lose prize money in pro boxing in the modern era?

I thinking boxing is loosing more ground to the UFC due to the poor performances of recent %26quot;title bouts%26quot;. Do you think a winner and loser purse would encourage better entertaining fights? The guaranteed money isn%26#039;t helping at all.|||That has been suggested, but I honestly don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s the biggest problem with boxing.


The real problem is there are three major associations fighting each other for the title of %26quot;legitimate%26quot; boxing association. This was born out of greed, of course, and there are now three champions (Four if you count the WBO, more if you start counting a whole bunch of other alphabet soup organizations). Champions are generally reluctant to face one another. Because they can lose big. Staying champion becomes their sure way to keep earning those big purses. So championship bouts have this tendency to be between any one of those champions, and a talented boxer that is just below championship material, so that although he%26#039;s a good athlete, we know he doesn%26#039;t really stand much of a chance.


I think that is the true problem - too many mismatches and not enough will to put an end to the situation. Up till about 10 years ago, I used to follow boxing, but I%26#039;ve mostly lost interest, and this is one of the main reasons.