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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared on VICE Netherlands. Iepe Rubingh does a final check of the venue to make sure everything is ready. There’s a small table inside a boxing ring, with a stool either ...

Does Rey Vargas's technical style have a place in modern boxing? Explore his chess-match approach and why it remains vital ...

BERLIN - Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match. In front of 1,000 cheering fans one recent Saturday ...

BERLIN - Bulgarian boxer Tihomir Titschko's punishing right hook and fancy footwork were not enough to defeat his opponent. Instead, it was the stocky fighter's mastery of knights and bishops that ...

Every day we here at the BPP have a staff meeting and we all pitch ideas for future shows. Call it a pitch meeting, if you will. Sometimes a pitch goes over well, which means we do it on the show.

Chessboxing is a hybrid sport that is exactly what it sounds like: Chess plus boxing, or, more specifically, a round of chess followed by a round of boxing, repeated until someone comes out the victor ...

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 ...