He's not the all time great at taking a beating for nothing. Plus it makes sense since FTR are the ones with the legally distinct Midnight Express theme, of course they're going to beat up the R&Rs like nature intended.
Also I think Queen Amidala has a lot of potential, but the first thing she needs to learn is that you really don't want to bloody up one of the company's top stars. She was out there like Toni owed her money.