I've gotten soft over the past few years and bought some Oxtar Infinities (DP).
Formerly I rode all the time in my Gaerne RG2s (MX)....primarily because my riding hit the spectrum of riding conditions/srufaces.
WRT MX boots, I grew up in ski boots so I could care less about walking through a grocery store to pick up the evening meal and clicking my way down the aisle. In a get-off, my feet and ankles won't care what people thought of me at the grocery store.
And like somebody said, with a pair of Gore-tex socks any boots can be made all-weather. I crossed Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois in a day in January in my Gaerne MX boots.
It was 14*F.
The following day, I rode from Illinois to Lousiana.
It was 45*F and rain came down in buckets.
You could say that was a good test. I felt confident that in a get-off I would have been well protected. On top of that, my feet stayed warm.
That much said, the Oxtars have a stout shin guard and malleolus protectors, too, and are cushy-comfy for walking around.