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"Origin Of The Boxer Breed"
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This is the origin of the boxer breed, as best as I know it from research I have done.
This German breed can be traced back to the Bullenbeisser and Brabanter of central Euirope. It is a combination of these breeds and the British Bulldog who have made the modern day boxer. The smaller Bullenbeisser and brabanter were similar in size and shape to the British bulldog of the old days. It is believed that the german dogs were fawn and brindle, and rarely ever white. About 1830 the white color began to show up in the bullenbeisser due to import of english bulldogs, who were mated with the German bulldog/bullenbeisser dogs.


Early drawings of the Bullenbeisser
Early drawing of the Brabanter
This is an early pic of Flora
In 1887, George Alt, imported a female named Flora in from france. They used her in a breeding at his home in Munich, Germany. The progency of this female was strongly inbreed and all Boxers Of Today can find these dogs in their boxers pedigree.
Early pic of Meta von der Pasage
Meta von der Pasage, a great - great granddaughter, of the dog "Flora" whom was imported from france, was crossed with tom a pure white english bulldog. From this litter a female named Blanka, also white like her father, eventually became the mother of "Meta von der Pasage", who is considered to be the MOTHER OF TODAYS BOXERS.

Early pic of Blanka
Early pic of Muhlbauers Flocki
The 1st boxer exhibited was "Muhlbauers Flocki" at a dogshow in Munich, Germany. The same city the 1st boxer breed club started in 1896.At the time the only thing that was set was the name of the breed, and it was originally named "Boxl". The standard was set in 1905 and from there on the breed got popular in germany as well as nationwide. Boxers began to get a strong foot in many areas.
Early pic of the Black boxers in the German Kennel Grandeuz.
The breeders had many different opinions on which way the breed should go. Some people wanted to follow the bulldog to the extreme and others wanted the breed to be more normal. Luckily they followed the more normal choice. The white color was prohibited, legalized and prohibited again. In 1925, it was decided that the Black color boxer no longer was allowed. Most breeders followed the new direction which quickly led to the extinction of the BLACK Boxer. From the same year also the white color was permanently prohibited.
Early pic of Rolf Hassia in 1918
In 1938 it was decided that boxers with more than 1 third of their coat being white were not allowed. But still today there are boxers with alot of white and pure whites born. One of the earliest breeders was Fr. Stockmann, who did a wonderful job in breeding and in promoting the breed. Her Kennel "Van Dom", existed from 1912 - 1974 and the ancestor to all the "van dom dogs" was Rolf von Vogelsberg, sold to Fr. Stockmann at the age of 3.

Early pic of Fr. Stockmann
After World War 2 the popularity of the boxer reached an all time high in the US. American bred boxers were exported to other countries. Also in England they breeded very good dogs, and the breed was very popular in the British isles. All over the world the Boxer gained its popularity due to its even tempermant and beautiful body structure. Today the boxer is among the most popular breeds.

Early boxer Club pic 1896


I hope you enjoyed the short history lesson.