| MCGIRT | Buddy ___, US boxer who won light welterweight and welterweight world titles (6) |
| HOYA | US boxer who won 11 world titles, Oscar de la ... (4) |
| KHAN | Amir, former lightweight and welterweight boxer who retired in 2022 (4) |
| WATCH | Timekeeper ignores top welterweight and gets left hook (5) |
| DEMPSEY | Jack _, US boxer who was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926 (7) |
| LOUIS | Joe ___, US boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949 (5) |
| WITHERSPOON | Tim ___, US boxer who held the world heavyweight title twice in the 1980s |
| HEARNS | Thomas, US boxer who was 1991 WBA light-heavyweight champion (6) |
| ARNOLD | US boxer who is the current WBO interim lightweight world champion, _ Barboza Jr. (6) |
| BRYANT | Champion bowls player who won 13 world titles in his career (6) |
| BURTON | Beryl, English racing cyclist born in 1937 who won seven world titles (6) |
| REDMAN | British-born racer who won six world titles within four years, riding under a Rhodesian flag. (6) |
| SHELLY | Jamaican sprinter; winner of three Olympic gold medals and 10 World titles (6-3,6-5) |
| SARRON | Frenchman who won the 250cc world title in the year that Wayne Rainey first ventured onto the world stage. (9,6) |
| ADVANI | Who recently won a historic 28th World title in the World Billiards Championship held in Doha on November 9, 2024? (6) |
| HELMUT | Father of Stefan, who won a world title in the intermediate class 20 years after his dad just missed one! (6) |
| APOLLO | Played by Carl Weathers, who did Rocky fight for the world title in Rocky I and Rocky II? (6,5) |
| WILSON | Kyren _, English snooker player who earned his first world title in 2024 (6) |
| PISSAY | Aishwarya ..., first Indian to win world title in motorsports. (6) |
| BRAZIL | Country that saw Kenny Roberts Jr clinch his only world title. (6) |
