Boxer (disambiguation)
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Boxer refers to a boxing competitor. It may also refer to:
People
- 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), British historian
- Christina Boxer (born 1957), English middle distance runner
- Edward Boxer (1784-1855), British naval officer
- Edward Mounier Boxer (1822-1898), British inventor and army officer
- Herb Boxer (born 1947), former American ice-hockey player
- Lim Yo-Hwan (born 1980), professional StarCraft player who uses the pseudonym SlayerS_`BoxeR`
- Mark Boxer (1931–1988), British magazine editor
- Matthew Boxer, New Jersey State Comptroller
- Stephen Boxer (born 1948), British actor
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
- Boxer engine, a type of internal combustion engine
- A flat engine, informally known as a boxer engine, in which opposing pistons reach top dead centre simultaneously
- Peugeot Boxer, a van
- Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer, sports car
- Leyland Boxer, a Leyland Motors lorry
Animal kingdom
- Boxer crab
- Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
- Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
- Boxer snipe eel, Nemichthys curvirostris
- Box jellyfish
Media
- The Boxer (1997 film), a 1997 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- The Boxer (2012 film), a 2012 short film starring Paul Barber
- The Boxer aka Ripped Off, a 1972 Italian film starring Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine
- Boxer TV Access, a Swedish digital TV provider
- Boxer (magazine), a magazine printed in Turkey
- Boxer (1984 film), a 1984 Hindi-language film
- Boxer (1995 film), a 1995 Malayalam-language film
Music
- Boxer (band), a rock band formed in 1975
- "Boxers" (song), a 1995 song by Morrissey
- "The Boxer" (The Chemical Brothers song), a 2005 song by The Chemical Brothers
- Boxer (album), a 2007 album by the American band The National
- The Boxer (Kele album), a 2010 solo album from Kele Okereke of Bloc Party
- "The Boxer", a 1968 song by Simon & Garfunkel
- "The Boxer", a 2009 song by Editors from the album In This Light and on This Evening
- "The Boxer", a 2001 song by Carbon Leaf from the album Echo Echo
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