Boxer (disambiguation)

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Boxer refers to a boxing competitor. It may also refer to:

People

Military

  • Boxer Rebellion, 1900 armed conflict in China, between the Eight-Nation Alliance and the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists or Yìhétuán, a Chinese movement referred to as The Boxers in the West
  • HMS Boxer, nine ships of the Royal Navy, 1797–2004
  • USS Boxer, six US Navy ships
  • Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle), a European, multi-role, armoured vehicle
  • Operation Boxer, a 1969 series of Israeli air attacks on Egyptian targets near the Suez canal

Transport and engineering

Animal kingdom

Media

Music

Other

  • Boxer Codex, a manuscript written circa 1595 containing vivid illustrations depicting the inhabitants of the Philippines at the time of their contact with Spaniards
  • Boxer shorts or Boxer briefs, two styles of male undergarment based on shorts worn by pugilists
  • Boxer disease or Dementia pugilistica, chronic brain injury caused by blows to the head
  • Boxer (grape), another name for the German wine grape Bukettraube
  • Boxer (Animal Farm), a character in George Orwell's Animal Farm
  • Boxer primer, a type of centerfire primer in ballistics
  • Balrog, a Street Fighter character based on the likes of Mike Tyson

See also

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