| MARCIANO | World heavyweight boxing champion who won all 49 of his professional fights, 43 by knockout (8) |
| OSCARDELAHOYA | 1992 Olympic lightweight boxing champion who won 11 world titles in six weight classes (5,2,2,4) |
| DANAIDES | 50 mythological Greek daughters of a king of Argos, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water into perpetually-emptying jugs or craters (8) |
| ONEROUND | Like 15 of Mike Tyson's first 25 professional fights |
| TYSON | Mike, U.S. heavyweight boxer whose last professional fight was a loss to Irish boxer Kevin McBride in 2005 (5) |
| JOELOUIS | 1937-49 world heavyweight boxing champion who defended his title 26 times (3,5) |
| BHOWMICK | Surname of the 14-year-old Indian table tennis champion who won the U-15 girls singles crown at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships. (8) |
| MUGURUZA | Former Hobart International champion who won the 2017 Wimbledon women's final (8) |
| AMIRKHAN | WBA World super lightweight boxing champion who hails from Manchester (4,4) |
| CAHALANE | Niall ........, Cork corner or full back who won All Ireland football final winners medals in 1989 and 1990 (8) |
| MCNAMARA | Stephen ___, Clare corner forward who won All Ireland hurling final winner's medals in 1995 and 1997 (8) |
| CORRIGAN | Mark ........ , Offaly wing forward who won All Ireland hurling final winner's medals in 1981 and 1985 (8) |
| SPARKOFF | Initiate fight very loudly, stopped by knockout |
| RODLAVER | Tennis ace who won all four majors in a single year twice (3,5) |
| VITALIKLITSCHKO | Former world heavyweight boxing champion who has been mayor of Kyiv since 2014 |
| ERNIETERRELL | Former WBA heavyweight boxing champion who lost his world title to Muhammad Ali in 1967 |
| RYANGIGGS | Welsh footballer who spent all of his professional playing career at Manchester United |
| GEORGEFOREMAN | Former world heavyweight boxing champion who endorsed a line in Russell Hobbs grills (6,7) |
| SPINKS | 1976 Olympic Light Heavyweight boxing champion who later became a WBC and WBA champion |
| MOORE | Archie ..... , former World Light Heavyweight boxing champion who died in 1998 (5) |
