Lefty, was the dog in the Ukrainian video a pure APBT or some kind of bandog? As you know, I am not afraid of big, tough dogs, but a couple of bandogs I have met were downright terrifying.
A few days ago, there was an incident in Rancho Mirage, California, where a man was reported killed by two "Bullmastiffs" he was trying to breed. From the one not very good photo of the dogs I saw, the dogs were most definitely not Bullmastiffs. They were either Bandogs or possibly Presas or Canes. As you doubtless recall, there was a similar confusion about the identity of the dogs that killed Diane Alexis Whipple in the notorious incident in San Francisco on January 27, 2001. The Presas were initially erroneously identified as "Bullmastiffs."
Interesting to see some Boxers doing protection work. I think most all the good ones are in Europe. Just about every American Boxer I have encountered has been hyper with very low trainability...although they are often sweet dogs.
Those Ukrainian dogs almost look like Preas. Since they have a pretty healthy fighting game over there it could be a mix of anything.
After the GSD, the Boxer is the most worked dog in Germany. To be fair, if I wanted a full on manstopper I wouldn't choose a Boxer, but for an all around companion with the abiilty to lay on a good fight it's an excellent choice. It is in great hands in Europe, but their approach to breeding wouldn't fly here. Too bad.
lefty