I don't claim to be an expert at the game, but I was hoping someone could clear something up for me.

I've recently begun PvPing and, upon playing a few matches, I decided that it would probably be in my best interests if I could Protect and Stoneskin myself, as well have access to a few other defensive abilities. I decided to go Pugilist.

To my surprise, wearing the same exact set of PvP gear (Item level 79 ATM), my MONK Had considerably higher stats than my Pugilist. In almost all categories the Monk was NOTICEABLY better than Pugilist.

I would like to see some DIFFERENCE between the two, as opposed to a MONK being FLAT OUT BETTER than Pugilist. Even with the added abilities, only a few of which are worth sacrificing the Job specific ones given by a Monk, Pugilist just isn't a viable option due to the sacrifice in stats.
MONK / PUGILIST (79 Item Level)
STR: 414 / 394
DEX: 363 / 353
VIT: 409 / 398
INT: 99 / 88
MND: 181 / 171
PIE: 130 / 120