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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — James Canty III is the new world champion of chessboxing. Chessboxing is a hybrid sport combining alternating rounds of speed chess and boxing. Someone wins by checkmate, ...

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 ...

The WBC super middleweight fight between Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 will pit boxing against Halloween. USA TODAY Sports Canelo becomes champion again in win vs ...