I love the cropped look to on pits and the american staffordshire terriers. But the standard for the staffordshire bull terrier is that the ears not be cropped. the breeds have very similar characteristics but the staffy bull is actually quite a bit smaller than APBT and am staffs with females being b/w 28-34 lbs. and males b/w 32-38 lbs. and rabernet i agree with you about the boxers ears...it gives them character imo.