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Former boxing promoter Kellie Maloney says despite the rise in popularity of UFC fighter Ronda Rousey, she does not see a market for female fighters in the UK.

It comes after champion boxer Floyd Mayweather resisted calls to face mixed martial arts star Rousey, who was named 2015 Best Fighter at ESPN's annual awards show.

Maloney said Mayweather and Rousey鈥檚 backgrounds were too 鈥渄ifferent鈥� to be comparable, and female fighters did not appeal to UK audiences.

鈥淲e鈥檝e never had a female fighter on TV in England. We鈥檝e never had one top the bill,鈥� she said.

鈥淚 did try and to promote a female boxer to prove a point," she added. "Every time she was in the ring people actually left the arena."

This clip is originally from the 5 live Hit List on Sunday 10 August 2015.