| HATTON | Ricky, trainer and ex-boxer born in 1978 and nicknamed The Hitman (6) |
| MAYWEATHER | Floyd, U.S. boxing promoter and ex-boxer born in 1977, nicknamed Pretty Boy (10) |
| ONEILL | Jonjo, Irish racehorse trainer and ex-jockey who was twice Champion Jockey (6) |
| FRAMPTON | Carl, Northern Irish ex-boxer born in 1987 nicknamed The Jackal (8) |
| HEARNS | Thomas ---, US boxer nicknamed "the Hitman" |
| NORTON | Ken, U.S. former heavyweight boxer born in 1943 nicknamed The Fighting Marine (6) |
| ANNECY | French city that is capital of the Haute-Savoie department and nicknamed Venice of The Alps (6) |
| SOWETO | ____ Kinch, British jazz saxophonist and rapper born in 1978 (6) |
| KEEGAN | European Footballer of the Year in 1978 and 1979 (5,6) |
| TALBOT | Brian ...... , FA Cup winner with Ipswich in 1978 and Arsenal in 1979 (6) |
| ELPASO | Texas city straddling the Rio Grande on the Mexican border and nicknamed Sun City (2,4) |
| PITMAN | Jenny ---, British former racehorse trainer and author; the first woman to train a Grand National winner (6) |
| NATHAN | ____ Outlaw, TV celebrity chef born in 1978 (6) |
| EUBANK | Chris ___, ex-boxer nicknamed 'Simply The Best' (6) |
| ANGELO | ___ Dundee, boxing trainer and cornerman who worked with Muhammad Ali for 20 years (6) |
| JOSHUA | Anthony _ _ _ _ _ _ , British heavyweight boxer born in 1989 (6) |
| LISTON | Ex-boxer showing lean leg (6) |
| ONEARM | Tennessee Williams story about an ex-boxer |
| TIBET | Historic region annexed by China in 1951 and nicknamed The Roof Of The World (5) |
| HAPOELHAIFA | Israeli football club founded in 1924 and nicknamed The Sharks (6,5) |
