Sherwinc,
It is not that simple. Please take a note that most good Judoka have a strong neck. As long as the Judoka can block the blows and close the distance then the game starts to begin. If the Judoka can bring the boxer to the ground, the boxer is owned.
Of course, there is the opposite of the coin from boxer's perspective.
It goes back again to the fitness level and skills. Maybe a bit of luck, too.
Also please take not that all MA that become popular (commercialized in your terminology) will also have more practicioners. According to the discipline of statistics, it will tend to create a distribution with a longer range. However, it is also true that anyone starts learning the system will be at the lower quadrants. Hence, the distribution is skewed to the left creating a lower mean (average). Of course, there is a bigger chance for us to see lesser mortals of such discipline. That's why a lot of "Karateka" are no more than some guy in a pajama waving on thin air (a la Thai Bri). Some Karatekas are very respectable.
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