Okay fight fans- is it just me or is boxing way underrated in the MMA world? read be4 you flame me lol?

okay slow your roll!!! so hear me out- I have been doing BJJ and Muay Thai forever but recently I have been taking up boxing at a straight up old school mexican boxing gym. This has really improved my punching, and if you'll notice, in many MMA fights these days guys have doing alot more sprawl n brawl style fighting, which doesn't have as much kicking as punching. I know that grappling and muay thai still trump boxing in overall utility in MMA but I think it hasn't gotten a fair shake since the likes of Art Jimmerson lol- I wonder who got that reference