Regarding of the boxing vs mma topic
we boxing fans usually don't care about who would win a street fight and such he thing is whether you prefer MMA or boxing pretty much boils down on what do you like better: one element of fighting in a perfected form or a little bit of everything but usually on lower skill level?
there are multiple variations, an easy guide:
if you prefer more variety but you also very much prefer stand up fighting then you can watch kickboxing/muay thai or karate, these pretty much halfway between the first category, the purist combat sports (boxing, wrestling, bjj, judo) and the second category, the high variety, jack of all trade/master of nothing sport which is MMA
if you prefer more variety without having any problem with ground fighting then you can watch MMA
if you prefer one art mastered then you can pick between boxing, judo, bjj, wrestling, depending which form of fighting you like the best.
of course you don't have to pick jut one you can like all of the I just say this is how t boils down
I for one like to see stand up fighting in a perfected way and that's what boxing can give. In MMA the technique looks sloppier and feels more like luck plays a bigger role than in boxing. I'm not saying this as a diss, it can happen that there are very good boxers competing in MMA - although it must be rare cause money wise elite boxing is better - but even then they can't use those skills the same way they could in a boxing match cause they have to deal with many other things.
so I can see why someone prefers MMA but I also have my clear reasoning why I prefer boxing. I'm gonna say it though that with the more polished skills boxing also has a lot deeper talent pool
MMA s going in the direction when there will be an "MMA fighter" not fighters with different backgrounds with huge gaps in skills in different departments of their fighting. I guess it's more and more will be about athletes who will be good in everything but not a master of anything and fighters who are only the master of one element will die out from there.