| SHORTS |
| Jabber |
| Hit-man |
| Ring pro |
| Pugilist |
| Ali, e.g. |
| Pug, e.g. |
| Stocky dog |
| Ring figure |
| Ringmaster? |
| Ali, for one |
| Glove wearer |
| Louis or Ali |
| One sparring |
| Ring swinger |
| Title seeker |
| Prizefighter |
| Round figure? |
| Round person? |
| Foreman, e.g. |
| Ali or Frazier |
| Pacquiao, e.g. |
| Speed-bag user |
| Kind of shorts |
| Rocky, for one |
| Snub-nosed dog |
| Ring combatant |
| Muscular canine |
| Balboa or Creed |
| Dog — fighter |
| Pugilistic dog? |
| Ring competitor |
| Arena antagonist |
| Holmes or Hagler |
| Stocky dog breed |
| Short-haired dog |
| Lord of the ring? |
| Lord of the rings? |
| Ring master? |
| Belt holder, maybe |
| Jake LaMotta, e.g. |
| Square-muzzled dog |
| Tyson or Holyfield |
| Louis or Lewis, e.g. |
| Marciano or Graziano |
| Professional fighter |
| Rocky Balboa was one |
| Chinese rebel of 1900 |
| Onetime Chinese rebel |
| A palooka is a bad one |
| One may be counted out |
| Vitali Klitschko, e.g. |
| Chinese rebellion: 1900 |
| One who works on canvas |
| Golden Gloves competitor |
| Mike Tyson or Tyson Fury |
| One working on a canvas? |
| Golden Gloves contestant |
| 2016 Senate retiree-to-be |
| One wearing gloves to work |
| One with red gloves, maybe |
| Rocky or Apollo, in "Rocky |
| Western senator since 1993 |
| Loose underpants, ... shorts |
| One who throws hooks in a ring |
| Tyson, perhaps — type of dog |
| Descendant of the English Bulldog |
| One who practices his art on canvas |
| Either of two illustrious Sugar Rays |
| Retiring US senator Barbara from California |
| Member of a 19th-century Chinese secret society |
| Participant in a historic 1899 war or rebellion |
| With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told |