James Canty III, a Detroit native, is the new world champion of chessboxing, a hybrid sport combining alternating rounds of ...

The sport was born from a 1992 French comic book and became a real thing in the early 2000s. It’s grown since then. Canty is part of Team USA, coached by Matt Thomas, the first American to win a world ...

When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.

Mumbai: In competitive sport, athletes frequently look for ways to evolve and reinvent. Siddhant Nath Jha took it several notches further. Once a budding chess player who gave up the sport briefly in ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> The World Chess Boxing Organization, which ...