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The other half of the Corrigan-Smith friendship, Andrew Smith is on the podcast this week. Turns out his ring name “Pawn Slayer” hasn’t been taken. Andrew met James across the university chessboard 12 years ago only to discover they played in the same chess league at home in London.
Dan claims the Matt is a nice guy but no one is fooled at the club, there is plenty of time to be friends after the final bell. The pod considers the well proportioned pugilists and their long arms. Crazy Arms vs Mr Tickle or possibly Dan “The Wall” Hall. Dan is going for Justin Beber as his entrance theme in an attempt to have worse taste than Read himself. Dan doesn’t think chessboxers should take themselves too seriously and he doesn’t intend to either, he’s hoping his friends will turn up to see him fight.
Dan attended a show at Scala in 2017 and his brother is part of chessboxing history as a crowed member in some of the promotional images. Matt Read wasn’t on the bill that night but managed to convince Tim Woolgar to fight him to impress a woman. The pod reminisce about Scala and the great atmosphere at the venue.
Both Andrew and Dan are teachers, Andrew is still training and Dan is moving into a new career. Dan’s new career will be in accounting so maybe he will be able to fight against so many other accountants in the sport. Shout out to teachers, real servants to society and such stamina.
Andrew met Matt “Crazy Arms” Read, Nick “Show Stopper” Cornish and Cameron “Hurtlocker” Little all at the same chess club and didn’t realise they were chessboxers until he went to an event. He also saw Cameron “Hurtlocker” Little vs Toby “Slowby” White, one of the most compelling bouts in chessboxing history. Toby became famous for knocking out a sitting UK MEP, Jonathan Arnott as well as his pre-chess boxing flurry.
Gavin talks about how Matt manages his boxing output as his alter-ego Lazy Arms. Matt always plays the Orangutang opening and the pod discussed what that means for Dan and his preparation.
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