| I don't think that Muay Thai in it's current state will get main stream acceptance in the west. I love muay thai and really enjoy watching the fights but, there are some real issues with the way the sport is organized and marketed.
Let's look at the boxing model real quick. Boxing is extremely fractioned with the three main affiliations, those being the WBO, WBC and the IBL. With these three branches and it's insane weight classes it's hard to keep up with who's who, who is the champ and who is a contender. Right now no one can tell me who the heavy weight champion of the world is with out googleing it and then debating it. Muay Thai is even more fractioned then boxing. Also from a marketing stand point muay thai would be hard to sell. The music and other elements of tradition involved in the sport will turn most westerners off to it.
Plus it would need a break out star and a solid heavy weight division to again really sell the sport. You may say why a heavy weight? Name me of the top of your head 10 boxers I bet at least 8 of them are heavy weights. People love heavy weights who knows why.
Also everyone keeps talking about how boxing has fallen and compared to it's golden days it certainly has but, the highest grossing pay per view in the last two years was Mayweather vs. De La Hoya proving that if you have something to hype people will watch it. If any of you remember that fight was on during the season finale of TUF 6 and Matt Hughes was caught on tape watching the fight in between matches.
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