Historical clue formulations

• Big name in chicken or boxing — 2025-12-17
• Boxer nicknamed "Kid Dynamite" — 2025-07-02
• Actress Cicely of "The Help" — 2025-05-06
• Big name in chicken — 2024-07-07
• Three-time Emmy winner Cicely — 2022-06-02
• Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee — 2020-09-11
• 1980s-'90s heavyweight champ Mike — 2020-07-07
• Host of Fox's "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" — 2019-11-14
• Boxer with a cameo in "The Hangover" — 2018-09-08
• Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___ — 2016-12-25
• Boxing's Iron Mike — 2015-05-11
• Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___ — 2014-06-24
• Big name in chicken — 2014-05-06
• Holyfield rival — 2013-12-05
• Cicely of "Roots" — 2011-11-10
• He said about an opponent "My main objective is to be professional but to kill him" — 2011-03-15
• Food giant based in Springdale, Ark. — 2009-04-25
• ___ Foods, Fortune 500 company — 2006-02-12
• Boxer Mike — 2005-08-15
• Chicken giant — 2004-05-22
• Perdue rival — 2004-03-12
• Ex-champ Mike — 2004-01-13
• Iron Mike — 2003-11-11
• Iron Mike — 2003-09-16
• Iron Mike — 2003-01-01
• Whom Holyfield KO'd, 11/9/96 — 2001-10-10
• 1980's-90's boxing champ — 2001-02-19
• He caught Holyfield's ear — 2000-09-27
• 1980's-90's ring champ — 2000-06-19
• 1980's-90's ring champ — 2000-05-11
• Boxer with a nasty bite — 1999-11-16
• 80's-90's champ Mike — 1999-07-05
• 1997 boxer of the ear? — 1999-05-30
• Big name in rings — 1998-11-27
• One catching his opponent's ear? — 1998-05-24
• He caught his adversary's ear — 1998-02-22
• Holyfield beat him, 11/9/96 — 1997-01-02
• Mike with a punch — 1996-08-06
• Ring leader? — 1996-05-05
• Heavyweight Mike — 1995-07-03
• Iron Mike — 1994-06-24
• Spinks defeater, 1988 — 1993-12-10