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, ...

When Matt Thomas dropped out of law school, he devoted himself to a sport he initially thought was a joke: chess boxing. In 2018, he became the first American to compete for a world chess boxing title ...

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 ...

Your daily source for off topic chatter with the MMA Mania faithful. SB Nation Moses Itauma lifted out of ring after losing IBF title bout to Filip Hrgovic Moses Itauma was taken to hospital as a ...

Madhavi Ramachandra Gonbare thanks her family and guiding stars — a cop and a homemaker patron; had won gold at international competitions in Kolkata in 2017 and 2018 ...

Dripping with sweat, gasping for breath and desperately trying to refocus after fending off hooks and throwing uppercuts, Nikopol warily moves his bishop across the chessboard… Once the literary ...

There is a deliberate serenity to Dr Charles Itauma that feels out of place amid the chaotic tapestry of heavyweight boxing. Sitting overlooking the Medway on a restaurant balcony at Gillingham Marina ...

“Three minutes Chess, three minutes boxing,” said Samy Shoker, “you start with chess, and after three minutes you stop the game and put your hands up.” Samy Shoker isn’t just an International Grand ...