ESPN recently showed a really cool feature on chessboxing, inlcuding statements by Lennox Lewis (!) about chessboxing. This is a slightly shortend version.
chess has nothing … chess has nothing in common with boxing, they must be kidding if they think so or just awfully bad at any kind of strategic game. either way it isnt funny. what awful bad taste people can have.
That’s what people … That’s what people said about MMA 10 years ago. Look how big it is now. You could make the same comparison with the world series of poker. In 1999 it was a sideshow with only 400 entrants playing for 1 million. Now the fields for the main event numbers thousands of participants and last year the first prize was 9 million with flagship coverage by ESPN. You never no what’s going to happen in 10 years. Maybe chessboxing will fade into obscurity, or maybe it will be as popular as poker or MMA.
ESPN recently showed a really cool feature on chessboxing, inlcuding statements by Lennox Lewis (!) about chessboxing. This is a slightly shortend version.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
hope this takes off
hope this takes off
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
lennox lewis was …
lennox lewis was crap, just the best of a bad bunch of heavy weights.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
lennox lewis needs …
lennox lewis needs to start chessboxing right now
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
they should try …
they should try chess with the gloves on!
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
then the chess …
then the chess boxer would probably just box defensively and avoid a KO, and checkmate over the board
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
i really don’t …
i really don’t understand this.. they play chess then box? rofl
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Best Sport Ever!
Best Sport Ever!
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
what if a real …
what if a real boxer got in and KO’d the guy?
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
pro lol
pro lol
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
it would be really …
it would be really annoying to keep removing and putting on your boxing gloves repeatedly.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
thats the point
thats the point
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
chess has nothing …
chess has nothing in common with boxing, they must be kidding if they think so or just awfully bad at any kind of strategic game. either way it isnt funny. what awful bad taste people can have.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
tiger style.
tiger style.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
WU-TANG CLAN AIN’T …
WU-TANG CLAN AIN’T NUTHIN TA WIT
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
cos i think the …
cos i think the first round is chess not boxing..and mike would lose every time
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
… Yea, I’d also …
… Yea, I’d also like to watch you vs. Lennox Lewis because you’d probably get your kicked as bad as I would.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Oh really?
I wanna …
Oh really?
I wanna see YOU vs. Lennox Lewis. Now THAT is what I call entertainment.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
haha good call, …
haha good call, still laughing
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
hahah why wouldnt …
hahah why wouldnt mike tyson just go in there and knock the other guy out in round 1 even without being able to play chess at all?
they could surely teach him how to not get checkmated in the first 5 moves
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
this is gay
this is gay
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
This is amazing.
This is amazing.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
he has a weak voice …
he has a weak voice…lol
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
this is weird. …
this is weird…lmao
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
That’s what people …
That’s what people said about MMA 10 years ago. Look how big it is now. You could make the same comparison with the world series of poker. In 1999 it was a sideshow with only 400 entrants playing for 1 million. Now the fields for the main event numbers thousands of participants and last year the first prize was 9 million with flagship coverage by ESPN. You never no what’s going to happen in 10 years. Maybe chessboxing will fade into obscurity, or maybe it will be as popular as poker or MMA.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
whats lewis’s …
whats lewis’s rating..how about the klitschkos..i heard they are very good.