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Boxer mainly refers to a boxing competitor. It may also refer to:
[edit] People
- AK boxer, nickname for British boxer Amir Iqbal Khan
- Alan Boxer, (1916, 1998), Air Vice-Marshal of the Royal Air Force
- Amanda Boxer, British actress
- Barbara Boxer, an American senator
- Charles Ralph Boxer, British historian
- Christina Boxer, an English middle distance runner
- Herb Boxer, former American ice-hockey player
- Lim Yo-Hwan, professional StarCraft player who uses the pseudonym SlayerS_`BoxeR`
- Mark Boxer, (1931-1988), British magazine editor
- Matthew Boxer, New Jersey State Comptroller
- Stephen Boxer, British actor
[edit] 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.
[edit] Transport and Engineering
[edit] Natural History
- 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 (Animal Farm), a character in George Orwell's Animal Farm
- Boxer primer, a type of centerfire primer in ballistics