first time my favorite anime was mentioned in the wildshyt reminded me of that episode in Street Fighter V where Ken, Ryu, and Fei Long, fight them Muay Thai hitmen and they figure out them nikkas is always off balance due to kicking so they timed them nikkas and started grappling and body slamming them to win.
Boxer just timed him with hands and made everything count.
This is basically what brehs mean when they talk about boxing in a street fight.