It's not new. MMA has been stepping up it's striking game for a while now, slowly approaching the techniques of quality boxers. Someday there will be a cross over star in both sports. Top level boxing money is insane but lower ranks get paid next to nothing. MMA money sounds like it's cleaner and a bit better for up and coming fighters. Boxing has a lot to learn about business from MMA, MMA has a lot to learn about striking from boxing. Watch some early Ali fights from the Cassius Clay Era to see a fighter that can strike from any position, at hideously awkward angles without setting his feet, with power, it's truly absurd. I see a lot of bad footwork in both sports, nothing upsets me like a guy moving toward his opponents power hand for the whole damn match.