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Boxer (boxing) Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

, a competitor in the sport of boxing *

Boxer (dog) The Boxer is a medium to large, short-haired dog breed of mastiff-type, developed in Germany. The coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colors are fawn, brindled, or white, with or without white markings. Boxers are brachycephalic (they have broad ...

, a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to:

Animal kingdom

Boxer crab ''Lybia'' is a genus of small crabs in the family (biology), family Xanthidae. Their common names include boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs. They are notable for their Mutualism (biology), mutualism with sea anemones, which they hold i ...

Boxer shrimp The Stenopodidea or boxer shrimps are a small group of decapod crustaceans. Often confused with Caridea shrimp or Dendrobranchiata prawns, they are neither, belonging to their own group. Anatomy They can be differentiated from the Dendrobranc ...

, a small group of decapod crustaceans *

Boxer snipe eel ''Nemichthys curvirostris'', the boxer snipe eel, is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae. Like other snipe eels, they have incredibly narrow and elongated bodies, and small fins. Habitat The eel lives at depths of up to 2,000 m. It has a pr ...

, ''Nemichthys curvirostris''

Film and television

Boxer TV Access Boxer TV Access is a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB providing pay television channels on the digital terrestrial television network in Sweden. Modeled on the British ITV Digital, it was founded in October 1999. Some channels on the Swedish D ...

, a Swedish digital TV provider * ''Boxer'' (1984 film), a 1984 Hindi-language film * ''Boxer'' (2015 film), a 2015 Kannada-language film * ''Boxer'' (2018 film) a 2018 Bengali-language film * ''The Boxer'' (1997 film), a 1997 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis * ''The Boxer'' (1958 film), a 1958 Mexican sports drama film * ''The Boxer'' (2012 film), a 2012 short film starring Paul Barber *''The Boxer'', aka ''

Ripped Off ''Ripped Off'' (also known as ''The Boxer'' and ''Un uomo dalla pelle dura'') is a 1972 American/Italian crime film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine. Plot A young boxer is framed for murdering his crook ...

'', a 1972 Italian film starring Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine * ''The Boxers'', a Hong Kong film of 1973

Military

Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle) The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. The governments participating in the Boxer programme have changed as th ...

, a European, multi-role, armoured vehicle *

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

, a 1900 armed conflict in China **

Boxer movement The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

, participants in the Boxer Rebellion * HMS ''Boxer'', nine ships of the Royal Navy, 1797–2004 * USS ''Boxer'', six US Navy ships *

Operation Boxer Operation Boxer was an aerial offensive undertaken by the Israeli Air Force along the Suez Canal in July 1969. The first major IAF operation since the 1967 Six-Day War, the operation signaled a new phase in the War of Attrition. Background Desp ...

, a 1969 series of Israeli air attacks on Egyptian targets near the Suez Canal

Music

Boxer (band) Boxer were a rock band formed by keyboardist Mike Patto and guitarist Ollie Halsall in 1975. They signed to Virgin and three albums followed, ''Below the Belt'' (1975), '' Absolutely'' (1977) and ''Bloodletting'' (1979), which also featured Bob ...

, a rock band formed in 1975 * ''Boxer'' (The National album), 2007 * ''Boxer'' (Johannes Oerding album), 2011 * "Boxers" (song), a 1995 song by Morrissey *"

The Boxer "The Boxer" is a song written by Paul Simon and recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, '' Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it was released as a standalone sing ...

", a 1968 song by Simon & Garfunkel * ''The Boxer'' (album), by Kele Okereke, 2010 * "The Boxer" (The Chemical Brothers song), 2005 *"Boxer", a 2004 song by Sara Groves from the album ''

The Other Side of Something ''The Other Side of Something'' is the third studio album and fourth album overall from Christian singer and songwriter Sara Groves, and it released on March 23, 2004 by INO Records. The producers on the album is Charlie Peacock and Nate Sabin. Th ...

'' *"The Boxer", a 2009 song by Editors from the album ''

In This Light and on This Evening ''In This Light and on This Evening'' is the third studio album by English rock band Editors. It was released on 12 October 2009 by Kitchenware Records. The band had said the material would have a more raw and anthemic sound compared to their pr ...

'' *"The Boxer", a 2001 song by Carbon Leaf from the album '' Echo Echo''

People

Boxer (surname) Boxer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Boxer (1916–1998), Air Vice-Marshal of the Royal Air Force * Amanda Boxer (born 1948), British actress *Barbara Boxer (born 1940), American senator *C. R. Boxer (1904–2000), Bri ...

BoxeR Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

(Lim Yo-hwan, born 1980), professional StarCraft player

Transport and engineering

Boxer engine A flat engine is a piston engine where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft. Flat engines are also known as horizontally opposed engines, however this is distinct from the less common opposed-piston engine design, ...

, a type of internal combustion engine *

Peugeot Boxer Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...

, a van *

Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer The Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer (BB) is series of sports cars produced by Ferrari in Italy between 1973 and 1984. The BB was designed by Leonardo Fioravanti at Pininfarina. The first BB model, the 365 GT4 BB, replaced the front engined Daytona and ...

, a sports car

Other

Boxer shorts Boxer shorts (also known as loose boxers or as simply boxers) are a type of undergarment typically worn by men. The term has been used in English since 1944 for all-around-elastic shorts, so named after the shorts worn by boxers, for whom unhinde ...

Boxer briefs Boxer briefs (sometimes spelled boxer-briefs or called tight boxers, also known as A-Fronts) are a hybrid type of men's undergarment which are long in the leg, similar to boxer shorts, but tight-fitting like briefs. They emerged as a style in the ...

, two styles of male undergarment based on shorts *

Boxer (grape) Bukettraube (''/bu-ket-trau-be/''), also called Bouquet Blanc, Bouquettraube, Sylvaner Musqué or Bukettrebe, is a variety of white grape of German origin. Sebastian Englerth is supposed to have created it in Randersacker in the 19th century, ...

, another name for the German wine grape Bukettraube * ''Boxer'' (magazine), a magazine printed in Turkey * Boxer (''Animal Farm''), a character in George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' * Balrog (''Street Fighter''), a ''Street Fighter'' character often called Boxer * ''Boxers'' (graphic novel), by Gene Luen Yang, 2013 * ''The Boxers'' (sculpture), a 1987 work by Keith Haring in Berlin, Germany *''

Boxer at Rest The ''Boxer at Rest'', also known as the ''Terme Boxer'', ''Seated Boxer'', ''Defeated Boxer'', or ''Boxer of the Quirinal'', is a Hellenistic Greek bronze sculpture of a sitting nude boxer at rest, still wearing his himantes ( grc, ἱμάντε� ...

'', a Hellenistic Greek sculpture created between 330 and 50 BCE *''

Boxer Codex The ''Boxer Codex'' is a late sixteenth century Spanish manuscript that was produced in the Philippines. The document contains seventy-five colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the Philippines, Java, the Moluccas, the Ladrones, and Sia ...

'', a manuscript written circa 1595 containing illustrations depicting the inhabitants of the Philippines at the time of their contact with Spaniards * Boxer disease or ''Dementia pugilistica'', chronic brain injury caused by blows to the head *Boxer primer, a type of centerfire primer in

ballistics Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behaviour and impact effects of projectiles, especially ranged weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets or the like; the science or art of designing and a ...