It’s the ultimate test of brain AND brawn. So did our man FRED KELLY suffer knockout or checkmate when he tried the new craze of chessboxing?

Cai ‘Bosh’ Brigden stalks the canvas, gloves up, the faintest hint of a smile across his face. 

At 6ft 1in tall, the 88kg fighter has a longer reach than his diminutive opponent, Shayan ‘The Kingstonian’ Zarein Dolab. But looks count for nothing in the ring.

All of a sudden, backed into a corner, The Kingstonian unleashes a primal ‘one two’ across Cai’s midriff, fists working like pistons on a speeding steam train. 

Cai wobbles, time stands still, the crowd holds its breath – and then the bell rings.

But unlike any other boxing match in which the break between rounds means spitting blood into

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