| HAGLER | Marvin, US middleweight boxer nicknamed 'Marvelous' (6) |
| HAMLISCH | Marvin -, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line |
| MARVINHAGLER | Former world middleweight champion nicknamed 'Marvelous' (6,6) |
| EUBANK | Chris, British former super middleweight boxer nicknamed Simply the Best (6) |
| BETHAM | Former champion Kiwi middleweight boxer, Monty - (6) |
| BENN | Nigel _, English former middleweight boxer nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer' (4) |
| DOWNES | Terry ......, English boxer nicknamed the 'Paddington Express' who became world middleweight champion in 1961 (6) |
| HATTON | Professional boxer nicknamed The Hitman, Ricky _ (6) |
| HEARNS | Thomas ---, US boxer nicknamed "the Hitman" |
| LISTON | Sonny, U.S. ex-heavyweight boxer nicknamed The Big Bear (6) |
| VITALI | ____ Klitschko, former heavyweight boxer nicknamed Dr. Ironfist (6) |
| ALANMINTER | British middleweight boxer, undisputed 1980 world champion (4,6) |
| SAMHICKEY | Middleweight boxer from Dundee who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (3,6) |
| HURRICANECARTER | Middleweight boxer wrongfully convicted of murder in '67, overturned in '85 |
| OGOGO | Anthony _, professional wrestler and former middleweight boxer (5) |
| CALZAGHE | Middleweight boxer who dated his Strictly partner Kristina Rihanoff (3,8) |
| JOE | Middleweight boxer who dated his Strictly partner Kristina Rihanoff (3,8) |
| HECHT | Gerhard ....., German middleweight boxer who fought Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951 (5) |
| JOSHTAYLOR | Light welterweight boxer nicknamed 'The Tartan Tornado' (4,6) |
| DURAN | Boxer nicknamed "Hands of Stone" |
