Boxer who gets his opponents livid? (7)
I believe the answer is:
bruiser
'boxer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'gets his opponents livid?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'gets' could be 'is' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'is' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'who' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bruiser that I've seen before include "Strong aggressive person" , "Fighter - rues rib (anag)" , "Fighter -- bully" , "Informally, a large tough person, maybe a boxer" , "Big aggressive man" .)