When we first had the chance to get a glimpse at the jobs that would be present in the game last year, I felt really disappointed for beloved Thief wasn't present.
But a bit later, when the official site appeared and skills and aptitudes revealed, I noticed that Pugilist was the most close to THF thanks to Blindside (Sneak Attack) and Steal.

While Blindside is present, it's been months since the release of the game that I'm still waiting to rob the mob's pockets. But I haven't seen anything yet and it's really taking time to come.
Surelly it's not a great problem to solve right now, the game has bigger issues to fix before that. The thing is that I'd really like to know when Steal will be implemented.