| OSCARDELAHOYA | Former boxing champion who's a co-owner of MLS's Houston Dynamo: 4 wds. |
| OLDER | Head off a champion who's getting on a bit (5) |
| AROD | Former MLB star who is a co-owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, for short |
| IDASTRAUS | Wife of a co-owner of Macy's department store, New York, portrayed on screen by Elsa Raven in 1997 film Titanic (3,6) |
| REYNOLDS | Ryan, Canadian actor who became a co-owner of Wrexham FC in 2020 (8) |
| KOHLI | Cricketer who is a co-owner of The Blue Rising Team, which will participate in electric boat races. (5) |
| ALIBI | Former boxing champion's endless bid for a defence (5) |
| MUHAMMAD | - Ali, former boxing champion (8) |
| ALI | Muhammad -, former boxing champion (3) |
| TYSON | Mike ..... , former boxing champion (5) |
| ASHE | Corey ___ , former Houston Dynamo defender/winger; US 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad member (4) |
| GEORGEFOREMAN | Former world heavyweight boxing champion who endorsed a line in Russell Hobbs grills (6,7) |
| VITALIKLITSCHKO | Former world heavyweight boxing champion who has been mayor of Kyiv since 2014 |
| AMIRKHAN | WBA World super lightweight boxing champion who hails from Manchester (4,4) |
| SPINKS | 1976 Olympic Light Heavyweight boxing champion who later became a WBC and WBA champion |
| DURAN | Roberto ....., former boxing world champion known as 'Hands of Stone' (5) |
| STRETCH | Gary ___, former British Light Middleweight boxing champion who played Cleitus in 2004 film drama Al |
| ERNIETERRELL | Former WBA heavyweight boxing champion who lost his world title to Muhammad Ali in 1967 |
| MOORE | Archie ..... , former World Light Heavyweight boxing champion who died in 1998 (5) |
| MARCIANO | World heavyweight boxing champion who won all 49 of his professional fights, 43 by knockout (8) |
