Answer: BOXER
BOXER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 66 times.
Referring Clues:
- Kind of shorts
 - Marciano or Graziano
 - Round figure?
 - Arena antagonist
 - Pug, e.g.
 - One working on a canvas?
 - Pugilist
 - Tyson or Holyfield
 - Ring figure
 - Round person?
 - Either of two illustrious Sugar Rays
 - Ring competitor
 - Hit man?
 - Crater
 - Ali, e.g.
 - Pug-faced dog, fittingly
 - Félix Trinidad, for one
 - Golden Gloves contestant
 - A palooka is a bad one
 - Glove wearer
 - Stocky dog
 - Ring swinger
 - With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told"
 - Western senator since 1993
 - One may be counted out
 - Golden Gloves competitor
 - One who works on canvas
 - One who practices his art on canvas
 - *Jake LaMotta, e.g.
 - Muscular canine
 - Pacquiao, e.g.
 - Ring pro
 - One sparring
 - Ali, for one
 - Stocky dog breed
 - Rocky, for one
 - Lord of the ring?
 - Ring combatant
 - *One working on a canvas?
 - Large dog
 - Balboa or Creed
 - Prizefighter
 - Square-jawed dog
 - Snub-nosed dog
 - Descendant of the English Bulldog
 - Speed-bag user
 - Dog
 - Combative athlete
 - Ali or Frazier
 - One with red gloves, maybe
 - Rocky or Apollo, in "Rocky"
 - Breed of dog
 - One wearing gloves to work
 - Square-muzzled dog
 - Fighter in a ring
 - ___ shorts
 - Jabber?
 - Golden Gloves entrant
 - Dog breed from Germany
 - One in trunks
 - Bright, loyal breed
 - Athlete who wears gloves
 - One serving punch? ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle
 - Athlete in a weight class
 - Athlete in a ring
 - Square-jawed canine
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - May 28, 2025
 - USA Today - April 02, 2025
 - LA Times - March 11, 2025
 - LA Times - December 03, 2023
 - New York Times - November 02, 2022
 - USA Today - August 02, 2022
 - LA Times - May 08, 2021
 - Netword - June 04, 2020
 - New York Times - April 02, 2020
 - USA Today - January 28, 2020
 - USA Today - September 17, 2019
 - New York Times - August 18, 2019
 - LA Times - May 09, 2019
 - USA Today - October 09, 2018
 - LA Times - July 18, 2018
 - USA Today - February 05, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - December 31, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2017
 - Netword - March 29, 2017
 - LA Times - February 12, 2017
 
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