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{{short description|Website providing records of professional boxers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox website
| name = BoxRec
| logo = BoxRec.jpg
| logo_size = 200
| url = {{URL|https://boxrec.com/}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Boxing]], [[sports]]
| registration = Required
| owner = John Sheppard
| author = John Sheppard
| current_status = Active
}}

'''BoxRec''' or '''boxrec.com''' is a [[website]] dedicated to holding updated records of [[professional boxing|professional]] and [[amateur boxing|amateur]] boxers, both [[List of male boxers|male]] and [[List of female boxers|female]]. It also maintains a [[MediaWiki]]-based [[encyclopedia]] of boxing.

The objective of the site is to document every professional boxer and boxing match from the instigation of the [[Marquess of Queensberry rules|Queensberry Rules]] up to the present times. BoxRec publishes ratings for all active boxers and all-time ratings.<ref name="BoxRec Ratings">{{cite web |author=Boxrec |title=BoxRec Ratings |url=http://www.boxrec.com/ratings.php |access-date=13 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508221926/http://boxrec.com/ratings.php |archive-date=8 May 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since 2012 the site has hosted [[Barry Hugman]]'s History of World Championship Boxing.