When I heard about this, I looked it up immediately. I love football because it's equal parts freak athleticism and strategery. But after reading about the rules of Chess Boxing, I don't know what to think any more.
Chess Boxing is exactly as it sounds. Two players play a 12-minute speed chest IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOXING RING, then, well, get ready to rumble (pardon the Peter North reference). Ha! That's it!
But there are several things they add to it to spice it up- a few Fox-reality-show elements like a live reading of their heart rate. Hilarious- toward the end of THIS VIDEO, the dude that ends up losing- you see his heart rate increase as the crowd gets louder. I can't wait to see this stuff on American soil. We're probably all too dumb to play it, anyway.
UPDATE: I suck at writing, and it's what's usually lost in translation when I'm excited over something and blog about it. I was totally excited about posting this, too.
