| LAILA | With 59-Across, boxer who retired undefeated |
| BERNARD | With 38-Across boxer who won the WBA Super light heavyweight championship at 49 in 2014 |
| LAILAALI | Boxer who retired undefeated |
| JOE | _ Calzaghe, Welsh professional boxer who retired undefeated (3) |
| GENETUEY | Heavyweight champ who retired undefeated |
| MARCIANO | 1952-56 world heavyweight boxing champion who retired undefeated, Rocky ... (8) |
| FLOYDMAYWEATHER | Boxer who retired with a 50-0 record |
| MAYWEATHER | Boxer who won world titles at four different weights and retired undefeated in 2015 (10) |
| ROCKY | US boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1952 and retired undefeated in 1956 (5,8) |
| BARBARA | Boxer who retired in 2017 |
| AMIR | British boxer who retired in May, _ Khan (4) |
| KHAN | Amir, former lightweight and welterweight boxer who retired in 2022 (4) |
| FRANKBRUNO | British ex-heavyweight world champion boxer who retired in 1996 (5,5) |
| STARDUST | With 59-Across, 1980 film by 1-/69-Across |
| WECANREMEMBERIT | With 59-Across, story by 42-Across |
| CALIFORNIA | With 59-Across, what 28- and 47-Across are |
| SKIPPING | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| WATERWATER | With 59-Across, words from a fictional mariner ... and a hint to both parts of 26-, 31-, 42- and 47-Across |
| WELCOMETOMY | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| THERESNOTWO | With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
