Sport. Blokes love it. Football, athletics, horse racing and of course, boxing. Boxing is certainly one of the most popular sports and now there’s a craze which is taking the UK by storm and it’s called Chessboxing.

When people first heard about Chessboxing they thought it was an April Fool’s joke. The idea that you alternate one round of chess played in a boxing ring with one round of boxing, sounded like a very inventive shaggy dog story. Surely it couldn’t be serious. 

In fact, it has been around a long time – it started in London in the ‘70’s, and recently it has really taken off. &