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Considering the time span would be the same, learning how to use your hands during that time compared to learning how to use you hands, legs, knees and elbows will give two very different results in term of efficiency.
I think the term you're looking for is "proficiency".
That said, i'll take someone with a month of MT training over someone of equal physical abilities with a month of boxing any day.
Now, you take someone with no striking experience and teach them a few basic punches, basic footwork & posture/ defense, clinch basics, how to check kicks, as opposed to someone who you try to teach all aspects of MT to, the former will probably win. But that's not "Boxing," that's kickboxing.
You take someone who is a straight boxer, from a linear stance, and they will get their shit ruled by someone who kicks. There's kicking range, punching range, and then clinch range, and a Thai Boxer is a master at striking in all 3 ranges. A boxer is just good at the 1 range. In the clinch, a thai has knees and elbows at his disposal; can punch (if not as sharply as the boxer); and can kick. More important than anything is to try a variety of different things, and to decide which you like best.
Improve your strengths, shore up your weaknesses.
PS- This is coming from someone who has MORE training in boxing than in MT. At Xtreme Couture (which I have 3 months of training at), I split my time between boxing & MT, as well as MMA & Jits/ Wrestling. Up here in Spokane, the only striking available is boxing. So I would say that my hands are for sure my strength. That said, if you don't know the basics of MT, and how kicks/ knees/ elbows effect the dynamic of the striking game, then you will get destroyed by someone who does. I'd say that in the street and MMA, the hands gain importance, but being well versed in the use of all 8 points is paramount.
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