[Leaters]

So I work with this older guy who is stubborn as a mule...you all know the kind, even when he knows he is wrong he still insists he is right. Anyway my coworker was going to sell some toy breed mutts and I stated that I dont know why anybody would pay for a mutt, then the old guy (also a coworker) jumped in and says that the APBT is a mutt and it is not recognized as a breed and never fought in the pit. I was like WTF are you serious? I say to him yes the APBT fought in the pit which is how they got part of their name, they are also recognized as a breed in fact the UKC was started for the breed and that yes the breed originated out of cross breeding other dogs but what dog didnt? And his answer to this was "mine, the english bull dog". At this point I was thinking oh geeze I am just going to walk away from this one. So I go home and start researching a little on the history of the english bull dog and I notice it looks very much like this history of the APBT so this bring me to a question comparing the history of the bull dog and the APBT are they tied in with each other? If so what came first, the APBT or the old english bull dog? I found this link that leaves me guessing http://www.realpitbull.com/history.html what is everybody elses take on this?