boxing News Archive

'The rules of chess boxing (Boston Globe)
The rules of chess boxing: -- A chess boxing match starts at the chessboard. In this version of speed chess, each player has a total of 12 minutes in which to beat his opponent. During a player's turn, the clock is running. When he completes a move he stops his clock, and his opponent's clock starts ticking.

'Chess boxing: a new sport requiring brains and brawn (CTV.ca)
In a bizarre new sport, combatants switch back and forth between boxing and chess -- repeatedly putting their gloves on and taking them off, so that they can move the pieces around the board without clumsily knocking them over.

'Yanez reinstated to USA Boxing (Sports Illustrated)
USA Boxing reinstated Luis Yanez to the Olympic team Wednesday, more than two weeks after the light flyweight was kicked off the Beijing roster for missing several weeks of workouts.

'US Boxing reinstates Yanez to Olympic team (NBC 24 Toledo)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 3:09 p.m. (AP) -- USA Boxing today reinstated Luis Yanez to the U.S. Olympic team today.

'The rules of chess boxing (The Charlotte Observer)
The rules of chess boxing: - A chess boxing match starts at the chessboard. In this version of speed chess, each player has a total of 12 minutes in which to beat his opponent. During a player's turn, the clock is running. When he completes a move he stops his clock, and his opponent's clock starts ticking. - When the contestants have played four minutes of chess between them, the board game is ...