Y do so many ppl compare boxing to MMA?

depends what you or someone else is into

I agree with you. If a no holds-barred fight is done, an MMA fighter could easily beat a boxer.

a critisism with a lot of mma fighters is that with their footwork they could not beat a boxer[ not that boxing champions care they are fine in their world] this argument on both side has ppl into mma because all these mma ppl try to say that they have complete combat and everything so they thus state it is better then boxing[ in my oppinion it is] however we must bear in mind boxing does not claim to be total combat it is 9its own sport and fine one in that respect\

Considering 99% of MMA fighters take a form of stand up I wouldn't be to sure. Whether it be American Kick-boxing or Muay Thai or just boxing.