| "The Greatest: My Own Story" author | 45 |
| "Sting like a bee" athlete | 36 |
| "Rope-a-dope" pugilist | 32 |
| "Mârouf" baritone | 30 |
| "Heroes" star Larter | 30 |
| '60s heavyweight champ | 26 |
| ''Thrilla in Manila'' winner | 44 |
| ''The Greatest'' | 32 |
| Will Smith title role of 2001 | 29 |
| Will Smith biopic role | 22 |
| Will Smith biopic of 2001 | 25 |
| Wepner whipper | 14 |
| Victor in Zaire, 1974 | 21 |
| US Women's soccer star Krieger | 34 |
| Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics | 37 |
| Thriller in Manila | 18 |
| Thrilla in Manila winner | 24 |
| Thrilla in Manila victor | 24 |
| Three-time heavyweight boxing champ | 35 |
| Three-time Frazier opponent | 27 |
| The self-proclaimed "Greatest" | 40 |
| Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky | 43 |
| Storied Baba | 12 |
| Star in the ring | 16 |
| Spinks foe | 10 |
| Son-in-law of Muhammad | 22 |
| Smokin' Joe foe | 19 |
| Sicilian cape | 13 |
| She was Jenny in "Love Story" | 39 |
| Self-proclaimed ''Greatest'' | 44 |
| Scheherazade hero | 17 |
| Rope-a-dope exponent | 20 |
| Role for Will Smith | 19 |
| Ring star | 9 |
| Ring leader, once | 17 |
| Ring king born Cassius Clay | 27 |
| Ring champ | 10 |
| Poetry-spouting pugilist | 24 |
| Poetic fighter | 14 |
| Pasha or Baba | 13 |
| Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari | 36 |
| Outspoken champ | 15 |
| Noted ring leader | 17 |
| Noted 1964 convert to Islam | 27 |
| Name among boxing legends | 25 |
| Muhammad with gloves | 20 |
| Ms. MacGraw | 11 |
| Mailer's subject in ''The Fight'' | 53 |
| Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center | 36 |
| Loser of the ''Fight of the Century'' | 53 |
| Loquacious boxing champ | 23 |
| Longtime ring champ | 19 |
| Liston's conqueror | 22 |
| Lindsay Lohan's younger sister | 34 |
| Lindsay Lohan's sister | 26 |
| Legendary pugilist | 18 |
| Legend in the ring | 18 |
| Laila's father | 18 |
| Laila, the boxer | 16 |
| Islam's fourth caliph | 25 |
| Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei | 35 |
| Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei | 33 |
| Hogan's "American Gladiators" co-host | 51 |
| His won-lost record was 56-5 | 28 |
| His title was stripped in 1967 | 30 |
| His ring cycle has ended | 24 |
| Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics | 34 |
| Hero of a Sheed book | 20 |
| He was thrice the boxing champ | 30 |
| He used to "sting like a bee" | 39 |
| He had 37 KOs | 13 |
| He fought Foreman | 17 |
| He dethroned Foreman | 20 |
| He "stung like a bee" | 31 |
| HBO's "Da ___ G Show" | 35 |
| Frazier's Fight of the Century foe | 38 |
| Frazier rival | 13 |
| Frazier floored him | 19 |
| Frazier downer | 14 |
| Fourth Muslim caliph | 20 |
| Fourth caliph of Sunni Islam | 28 |
| Former ring master | 18 |
| Former heavyweight champ | 24 |
| Former champ | 12 |
| Former boxing champ | 19 |
| Foreman's one-time superior? | 32 |
| Foiler of 40 felons | 19 |
| Fistic legend | 13 |
| First three-time heavyweight champ | 34 |
| First Shia imam | 15 |
| Fighter with a shuffle | 22 |
| Fight of the Century loser | 26 |
| Famous boxer | 12 |
| Cousin of Muhammad | 18 |
| Comeback maker of 10/30/74 | 26 |
| CNN's "Your Money" host Velshi | 44 |
| Clay, after a conversion | 24 |
| Clay, after 1964 | 16 |
| Clay until March 6, 1964 | 24 |
| Clay now | 8 |