There are some absolutely insane “sports” for people to try these days. However, a really weird one has been in the streaming news lately and doing the rounds, thanks to Ludwig. We have all the ...

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 ...

Chess boxing—literally a combination of chess and boxing—strengthens the minds and bodies of young women in the country, while also giving them a path toward a better life. On a misty winter morning ...

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 ...

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 ...