You're right HoneyBoy, they should just take all the Pugilist actions from Fist of the North Star. I mean Simian Thrash? Psh, why not HOKUTO HYAKURETSU KEN!?

In all seriousness though, Simian Thrash was far from a let down for me. The large glowing ball does make it somewhat hard to see but at least it's different from every other Pugilist skill. It's a lot of fun to watch for me at least, it's a 9-hit combo that explodes at the end. What else do you really want? It's not the basic swing or punch animations that most use so I consider it a success. That being said things like Pounce definitely need special animations. Concussive Blow I could see staying as is, possible even Victimize.

Pugilist = Boxer is actually a somewhat sound argument though. In the Pugilist's guild you can see boxing gloves hanging about and I believe there's a championship trophy there for a boxer.