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Big boxer stumped believer in Murphy's Law? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fatalist

'believer in murphy's law?' is the definition.
(Murphy's Law is a fatalist approach to life)

'big boxer stumped' is the wordplay.
'big' becomes 'fat'.
'boxer' becomes 'ali' (Muhammad Ali).
'stumped' becomes 'st' (cricket abbreviation).
'fat'+'ali'+'st'='FATALIST'

(Other definitions for fatalist that I've seen before include "One with a submissive attitude to events" , "Predestinarian" , "One who accepts whatever happens as inevitable" , "philosophical type" , "One submitting to destiny" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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