Knockout punchlines delivered inside a boxing ring saw a new winner crowned in the 2025 UK Pun Championships.

The format of the contest was a royal pun-ble inside Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, with six combatants testing their wittiest quips as part of the annual Leicester Comedy Festival contest on Monday night.

Each was tasked with throwing a salvo of one-liners on themes posed by host Jason Byrne, with the noise of the crowd used to pick the winner.

Will B Found’s wordplay saw him take the crown, with the punny funster “baffled” at the outcome, crediting a love of “cracker jokes”.

Will B Found’s favourite puns

“My cousin lost his job at the clock factory; it’s such a shame, as he was putting in all the hours.”

“Old McDonald has turned his farm into a massive corporation; he’s the E-I-CEO.”

“I thought my dad was a smart guy, but I asked if he knew what an eclipse is, and he said, ‘No, son’.”

“Whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find out—you have my Word.”