Does it/should it count as a boss character if...oh, say you are playing Street Fighter III: Third Stike on Xbox Live, and you have a match against a top ten ranked player (out of 40K registered players, from what I understand)?  Do they HAVE to play GILL (the normal boss character from arcade mode)?  A lot of the people I play online are a lot harder than the original boss character. 
I guess what I am saying here, should anyone pay attention, is that online gamers sometimes seem harder than the BOSS counterparts of the very games being referenced.  Anyones feelings, here?!