"He is the clown of the dog fraternity, canines answer to vaudeville. A laugh a minute, lives life to the fullest, a maximum velocity vision of canine slapstick. But he is also a sympathetic soul, a shoulder to cry on, and a confidante. He is all that is good in a dog. He is of course the Boxer."

(From the article "Canine Clowns" by Matthew Cowley).