| One called "The Lion of God" | 38 |
| Olympic torch figure of 1996 | 28 |
| Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta | 32 |
| Old ring king Muhammad | 22 |
| Old ring king | 13 |
| Old Frazier foe | 15 |
| Old foe of Frazier | 18 |
| Old Clay | 8 |
| Noted ring master | 17 |
| Noted press conference rhymer | 29 |
| Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996 | 35 |
| Noted knocker-outer | 19 |
| Noted Cosell interviewee | 24 |
| Noted convert to Islam in 1964 | 30 |
| Noted boxing shuffle inventor | 29 |
| Norton contemporary | 19 |
| N.F.L. kicker ____ Haji-Sheikh | 30 |
| Muslim fighter | 14 |
| Muslim convert in 1964 news | 27 |
| Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania | 44 |
| Muhammad of the ring | 20 |
| Muhammad of ring | 16 |
| Muhammad -- | 11 |
| Muhammad ____ | 13 |
| Muhammad __ | 11 |
| Much-traveled fighter | 21 |
| Mohammedan name | 15 |
| Mohammed _____ | 14 |
| Mohammad or Pasha | 17 |
| Modern Clay | 11 |
| Model Landry | 12 |
| Million-dollar Baba? | 20 |
| Michael Mann picture | 20 |
| Michael Mann movie | 18 |
| Memorable press-conference rhymer | 33 |
| MacGraw or Khan | 15 |
| MacGraw of films | 16 |
| MacGraw of "The Getaway" | 34 |
| MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Love Story" | 67 |
| MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" | 40 |
| MacGraw of ''Love Story'' | 41 |
| Louisville's ___ Center | 27 |
| Louisville's __ Center, cultural attraction | 47 |
| Louisville sports icon | 22 |
| Louisville museum subject | 25 |
| Loser to Spinks | 15 |
| Loser to Norton, 1973 | 21 |
| Loser to Holmes | 15 |
| Loser to Frazier | 16 |
| Liston fighter | 14 |
| Liston defeater | 15 |
| Liston beater, 1965 | 19 |
| Lion of God | 11 |
| Lighter of the Olympic flame in Atlanta | 39 |
| Legendary heavyweight boxing champ | 34 |
| Legendary boxing champ | 22 |
| Legend of the ring | 18 |
| Larter or Landry | 16 |
| Larter of “Heroes” | 26 |
| Larter of ''Heroes'' | 36 |
| Laila who won her first prizefight in 31 seconds | 48 |
| Laila who dances in and out of the ring | 39 |
| Laila of the ring | 17 |
| Laila of pugilism | 17 |
| l974 boxing champ | 17 |
| Kristofferson's costar in the TV movie "Freedom Road" | 67 |
| KO connection maker | 19 |
| Khan, for one | 13 |
| Khan or Baba | 12 |
| Kentucky's Athlete of the Century | 37 |
| Joe Frazier's ring rival | 28 |
| Joe Frazier rival | 17 |
| Joe Frazier foe | 15 |
| Jenny in "Love Story" | 31 |
| Jenny in ''Love Story'' | 39 |
| Iraq's Imam ___ Mosque | 26 |
| Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base | 28 |
| Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei | 37 |
| Iran's ___ Khamenei | 23 |
| Induction-refusing boxing champ | 31 |
| Host of CNN's "Your $$$$$"___ Velshi | 50 |
| Holmes was his last opponent | 28 |
| Hollywood's MacGraw | 23 |
| His name was once Cassius X | 27 |
| His last fight was a loss to Trevor Berbick | 43 |
| His crown was stripped in 1967 | 30 |
| Hero in Zaire, 1974 | 19 |
| Heavyweight poet | 16 |
| Heavyweight champ after Liston | 30 |
| He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated covers | 54 |
| He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated cover appearances | 65 |
| He's pictured on the cover of the book "Ghosts of Manila" | 71 |
| He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame | 50 |
| He won the Manila thriller | 26 |
| He won in Zaire: 1974 | 21 |
| He was the first to beat Foreman | 32 |
| He was a thriller in Manila | 27 |
| He said he was the greatest, and many agree | 43 |
| He said "Champions aren't made in gyms" | 53 |
| He put people on the ropes | 26 |