- CHAMP
- Creed, In "Rocky"
- Top dog
- Belt holder
- He's #1
- Medalist
- Ring leader?
- Titleholder
- See 21 Across
- Last one standing
- Winner
- One who's number one
- Victor
- ___ at the bit
- Titleholder, briefly
- Big winner
- King of the hill
- Contender's target
- Tourney winner
- Trophy winner
- Ring king
- Cup bearer
- First-prize recipient
- First-prize winner
- Tournament winner
- Top finisher
- Boxer with a belt
- Belted belter
- Joe Louis.
- James Beauchamp Clark (1850–1921).
- Charles, for instance.
- Sugar Ray's title.
- Rocky Marciano.
- Bobo Olson.
- Top heavyweight's title.
- The "winnah."
- Bite and chew noisily.
- Munch.
- Bite with force and noise.
- Winner: Colloq.
- No. 1 athlete
- Dempsey, at one time
- No. 1 person
- Top banana, athletically
- Best of the boxers
- Woodley's "The ___": 1979
- Ali, thrice
- Top boxer
- Leon or Larry, e.g.
- Wearer of a crown
- _____ at the bit
- Boxer's nickname
- Person carried on others' shoulders
- Boxing sobriquet
- Rocky, twice
- Belt wearer, perhaps
- Title winner
- G.O.A.T. material
- One to be dethroned
- First-prize winner, for short
- George Foreman, before fighting Ali
- Any Washington Mystic, in '19
- Gold medalist, informally
- Winner, informally
- Winner, casually
- Ultimate winner
- George Foreman, before he went to Zaire
- Foreman, before the Ali fight
- Ali, once
- Tournament victor
- Winner, for short
- Work a bit
- Belt wearer
- Title guy
- Stanley Cup winner, e.g.
- Trophy raiser
- Solver who has correctly identified five bottles of wine today, e.g.
