| DIXON | First Black world boxing champion |
| JACKJOHNSON | American boxer who was the first black world heavyweight champion (4,7) |
| WALTER | Scotland's first world boxing champion to be appointed MBE (1966) |
| MCGOWAN | Scotland's first world boxing champion to be appointed MBE (1966) |
| HANNAH | And 22dn Scotland's first female world boxing champion, in June2019 (6,6) |
| RICHY | Manchester-born ex-welterweight world boxing champion, ... Hatton (5) |
| HAMED | Naseem --, English former world boxing champion (5) |
| HEARNS | Thomas ..., retired world boxing champion 'The Hitman' (6) |
| ALI | Muhammad _, former world boxing champion (3) |
| HAYE | David ___, former world boxing champion (4) |
| FOREMAN | Overseer is former world boxing champion George (7) |
| MCGUIGAN | Irish '80s featherweight world boxing champion, Barry ... (8) |
| PACQUIAO | Welterweight world boxing champion beaten by Jeff Horn in 2017, Manny ... (8) |
| ROCKY | _ Graziano, American boxer who was the middleweight world boxing champion (5) |
| JOHNNYFAMECHON | French-born Australian '60s featherweight world boxing champion (6,8) |
| LAREDO | Texan home town of ex-world boxing champion Orlando Canizales |
| ROYJONES | World boxing champion in 4 divisions from middleweight to heavyweight, ... ... Jr (3,5) |
| JANE | Former All Black World Cupwinning winger, Cory -- (4) |
| DRAKE | Auckland All Black World Cup-winning prop 1987 (5) |
| BROOKE | Three-time All Black World Cup squad No 8 figured 1995 final v Springboks (6) |