| TONEY | James ..... , retired American boxer nicknamed 'Lights Out' (5) |
| LEE | Military leader nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry" |
| TYSON | Retired American heavyweight boxer (5) |
| IRVIN | Michael ___ retired American football player nicknamed The Playmaker |
| ANDRE | ..... Agassi, retired American tennis player married to Steffi Graf (5) |
| CHANG | Michael _, retired American tennis player who is still the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam tournament (5) |
| BRADY | Tom _, recently retired American footballer who played in the NFL for 22 seasons (5) |
| TONYA | --- Harding, retired American figure skater; subject of a 2017 film starring Margot Robbie (5) |
| SUSHI | Retired American cooking his Japanese dish |
| YOUNGSTRIBLING | American boxer nicknamed King of the Canebrakes who won 129 matches by knockout: 2 wds. |
| ARCHIEMOORE | American boxer nicknamed The Old Mongoose who won 131 matches by knockout: 2 wds. |
| ROCKY | _ Graziano, American boxer who was the middleweight world boxing champion (5) |
| RICKY | Hatton, retired English boxer nicknamed 'The Hitman' (5) |
| OSCAR | ... De La Hoya, retired boxer nicknamed 'The Golden Boy' (5) |
| BOOZE | Tyrone ___, American boxer |
| DURAN | Roberto ___, four-weight world champion boxer nicknamed 'Hands of Stone' (5) |
| LOUIS | Joe, boxer nicknamed the'Brown Bomber' (5) |
| NIGEL | ____ Benn, British former heavyweight boxer nicknamed The Dark Destroyer (5) |
| NAOYA | Japanese boxer nicknamed "The Monster", _ Inoue (5) |
| MANNY | ... Pacquiao, boxer nicknamed 'Pacman.' (5) |
