| HUGHIE | British fighter beaten by Joseph Parker in a 2017 WBO heavyweight title fight (6) |
| FURY | British fighter beaten by Joseph Parker in a 2017 WBO heavyweight title fight (4) |
| WBO | Boxing body recognised Joseph Parker as world heavyweight champion 2016-18, abbrev (3) |
| BOXER | Joseph Parker, for example (5) |
| RAHMAN | Hasim, boxer defeated by Lennox Lewis in a November, 2001 world heavyweight title fight (6) |
| ROUSEY | UFC fighter beaten by Holly Holm in 2015, Ronda ... (6) |
| GRAHAM | Herol ___, British boxer defeated by Julian Jackson in a 1990 WBC Middleweight title fight (6) |
| SIBSON | English boxer beaten by Marvin Hagler in a 1983 world middleweight title fight (6) |
| RIVERA | Cosme, Mexican boxer who lost to Zab Judah in a World Welterweight title fight in 2005 (6) |
| HAVANA | Title city in a 2017 #1 hit by Camila Cabello |
| MUGABE | Surname of the Zimbabwean Prime Minister ousted in a 2017 coup (6) |
| SULTAN | 2007-08 WBO heavyweight champion; 2000 Olympics silver medallist representing Russia (6) |
| BRIGGS | Shannon ...... , WBO Heavyweight champion 2006-07 (6) |
| MERCER | Ray ...... , WBO Heavyweight champion January-December, 1991 (6) |
| JERRYQUARRY | US fighter beaten by Jimmy Ellis in a 1968 vacant WBA Heavyweight title contest (5,6) |
| BEAUTY | Emma Watson, in a 2017 film |
| FIRPO | Luis ___, Argentine boxer defeated by Jack Dempsey in a 1923 World Heavyweight title fight (5) |
| SONNYLISTON | Fighter beaten by clay man, sits on stretchy nylon (5,6) |
| TONYSIBSON | British boxer defeated by Marvin Hagler in a 1983 World Middleweight title fight (4,6) |
| ETO | Koki ..., interim WBA Flyweight champion in 2013 beaten by Carlos Cuadras in a 2015 WBC Super-Flyweight title fight (3) |