| BADOMEN | Villains boxing in ring a sinister portent |
| GABE | Name hidden in "ring a bell" |
| OREGANO | Planted in rings, a varied range of marjoram (7) |
| IRONMIKE | Big name in rings, a while back |
| SPAR | Practise boxing in a yard |
| INANIMATE | Breathless prisoner boxing in a frenzy (9) |
| ETUI | Ceremonial boxing, in Flores island, in small case (4) |
| CHESS | Board game combined with boxing in a hybrid sport |
| LEFTHANDED | Went and delivered a" in a sinister manner? (4,6) |
| IABA | Which body is in charge of amateur boxing in Ireland? (1,1,1,1) |
| CLARESSASHIELDS | First American to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in boxing, in 2012 and 2016 |
| CRINGE | Wince to see boxing in church (6) |
| GOABOUT | Carry on boxing in India, say (2,5) |
| RESISTS | Is reluctant concerning relative boxing in street |
| NOMINEES | Those against boxing in explosive runners |
| FINITE | Fixed bout when boxing in East |
| MICROSECOND | Academic rose, condemning boxing in an instant |
| REAGENT | Chemist may use this ruler, boxing in area |
| APSE | Primate boxing in small part of church (4) |
| ALIBI | Defence from fighter boxing in the same place (5) |
