What is Chessboxing? It’s a wild mix-up of two of mankind’s oldest sporting obsessions. Opponents battle on the board and slug it out in the ring, alternating between rounds of chess and boxing, until there is a winner by checkmate or KO.
"Like Geoffrey Dama squeezing a fish in the corner of the ring", that is how cool Jack was under pressure during Oktoberfist 23. The podcast catches up with academic Jack Sheard after his victory agains Oliver Ye.
On the podcast this week we have the WCBA British Heavyweight Campion Matthew ‘The Minotaur’ Coldwell and chessboxing legend Matt "Crazy Arms" Read looking back at Oktoberfist 23.
Olympic gold medalist Birk Ruud will be taking on TV personality Nicolay Ramm this Christmas as part of the NRK TV production Wonderful Worlds of Sports.
