Yeah But I didn't pick pugilist cause I wanted to play as Tank (maybe blink tank, but only under conditions).
I was a Monk player in FF11 and I wanted a Monk in this game too, so what should they do IMO is to separate the thief abilities from the Monk abilities on this class.
Pugilist should be strong DD with emphasis on fast DOT damage (spike damage is for other classes), should have many HP but less armor.
I am sure that when the auto attack comes in, we will notice a real difference on the speed that some classes deal damage and I hope that pugilist is gonna be among the fast ones.
After that, give him some kick animations and a 2hour ability that beats the crap out of the target like 100fists and Ill have the class that I enjoy playing again :P