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No trying to be the troll here, but why even train gung fu in the first place if you get more from boxing? If boxing has better fire power than your gung fu, then you are not doing yourself any favors.
I agree that boxing does seem to have stronger punches than most gung fu, with a few exceptions. While a young man I wanted to be a golden glove champ and spent a good deal of my time boxing at the local boy's club, but having trained 8 or 9 years in my system of gung fu, I could not escape my earlier training, and used the footwork and guard as well as the punching techniques. I had a hard time not kicking. I could switch guards, left,right,left and literally destroy an opponents defense. Forget that I won most of my matches, my boxing instructer dismissed me as not being able to box very well.
If boxing is your first experience with fighting you will be forever trying to inject it into every martial art you put your hand to because it will be the most comfortable. I know this because I started my first training at 10 years and by the time I tried anything else I pretty much had it down to a science. It would find it's way into everything I did.
I wrestled for years when I was young 5-15years old, that being my first experiences with contact MA's, it's what I go back to when in dire need. I later started kung fu and learned the bases for standup. Here should be the question: Why limit yourself to just one of anything? boxing is fine and dandy for learning the concepts of striking punches, many of the eastern arts are great for learning kicks, but in and of themselves they fall short on being "complete" when learning the full spectrum of fighting. I understand what you are saying about inject your earlier experiences in, but that does not mean you shouldn't try and learn a little of everything.