| 100% | JESS | 4 | Boxer Willard defeated by Jack Dempsey for the world heavyweight title |
| 55% | FIRPO | 5 | Luis —, Argentine boxer defeated by Jack Dempsey in a 1923 World Heavyweight title fight |
| 47% | LEWIS | 5 | Defeater of Holyfield, 1999, for the world heavyweight title |
| 41% | JACKDEMPSEY | 11 | Boxing great who won his first world heavyweight title by defeating champion Jess Willard on July 4, 1919 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RIDDICKBOWE | 11 | American heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LENNOXLEWIS | 11 | British-Canadian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Evander Holyfield in 1999: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FARR | 4 | Tommy —, Welsh boxer who fought Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight title in 1937 |
| 38% | DUNN | 4 | Richard —, British boxer who fought Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title in 1976 |
| 38% | OLEKSANDRUSYK | 13 | Ukrainian heavyweight boxer who became the undisputed world champion by defeating Tyson Fury in May of this year: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DONCOCKELL | 10 | London-born boxer who fought Rocky Marciano in 1955 for the World Heavyweight title |
| 36% | COCKELL | 7 | Don —, London-born boxer who fought Rocky Marciano for the World Heavyweight title in 1955 |
| 35% | CONTENDER | 9 | Boxer who is challenging for the world title |
| 34% | JESS | 4 | Jack beat him for the heavyweight title, 1919 |
| 34% | JESS | 4 | ___ Willard, heavyweight champ dethroned by Jack Dempsey |
| 32% | ROCKY | 5 | ___ Marciano, professional boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1952 and 1956 |
| 31% | MAULER | 6 | The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey |
| 31% | VITALI | 6 | ___ Klitschko, professional boxer who held the world heavyweight title multiple times between 1999 and 2013 |
| 31% | LEWIS | 5 | Lennox ___, professional boxer who held the world heavyweight title several times between 1989 and 2003 |
| 30% | WHITEHOPE | 9 | Term for heavyweight boxers thought to have a chance of ending Jack Johnson's dominance of the division in the 1910s |
| 30% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ the World" (song by USA For Africa) |
| 29% | SIRS | 4 | Titles for men knighted by the queen |
| 29% | CHALLENGER | 10 | Boxer vying for the title |
| 29% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ the World" (1985 hit single by USA for Africa) |
| 29% | ARE | 3 | "We ___ the World," song by the charity supergroup "USA for Africa" |
| 29% | RULE | 4 | "Everybody Wants to ___ the World" (#1 hit by Tears for Fears) |
| 28% | KING | 4 | "___ of the World," biography of "The Greatest" boxer written by David Remnick |
| 28% | THEEAGLEHAS | 11 | & 17D 1975 novel by Jack Higgins set during the Second World War |
| 28% | BUSTERDOUGLAS | 13 | Boxer who scored a huge upset in 1990 when he defeated Mike Tyson for the heavyweight title: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ALLINEED | 8 | Title shared by singles from the Temptations, Jack Wagner, Radiohead, and Air |
| 26% | ALOUD | 5 | For the world to hear |