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 ...

The WBC super middleweight fight between Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 will pit boxing against Halloween. It will be Hallowe’en on Saturday and this match between ...

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 ...

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, ...

“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 ...

The Master Chess players are always several moves ahead of their opponent. The Masters know almost by instinct, if not by the actual maneuver what their opponent is up to. When Bernard Hopkins ...

The WBC super middleweight fight between Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 will pit boxing against Halloween. Canelo Alvarez returns for the first time in over a year ...