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This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 16, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it ...

Cris Cyborg took aim at Claressa Shields, accusing the boxing champion of abandoning mixed martial arts because it was too difficult. Legendary boxing trainer Teddy Atlas didn't think the UFC 333 main ...

Men decked out in athletic gear are playing a round of speed chess in a gym in Mitte. They are dressed for boxing, but before they enter the ring, their battleground is the chessboard. “Chess-boxing,” ...

A chessboard awaits the next round just outside the ring during a chessboxing match in Berlin in 2012 AP Images There’s a boxing ring planted in the middle of a London nightclub. So far, nothing too ...

Nikolai “The President” Sazhin has been declared the World Champion of chess boxing, beating the crap out of his opponent before putting him down for the count with a fifth-round checkmate. Sazhin, a ...

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(Left to Right) Russian Nikolay "The Chairman" Sazhin in action with German Frank Stoldt during their light heavyweight world championship title in chess boxing in Berlin Germany.Woflgang Kumm / EPA ...

Most recently, I had a chance to collect some pearls about Chess from Chess players and found how often these proverbs fit the sport of boxing. Chess proverb one: “There is no such thing as a certain ...

They throw a mean “check” right hook. It’s April 18 and Max Medley is having an amateur sparring session at the inaugural Interclub chess boxing event at the iconic Gleason’s boxing gym in Dumbo, ...