Boxing and chess: the fights of the 5th Intellectual Fight Club set Dancing on fire

Les combattants ont alterné les rounds de boxe et d'échecs. Midi Libre – Patrice Espinasse

Le 5e Intellectual Fight Club a donné lieu à cinq combats de chessboxing de haut niveau samedi 18 mai, au Dancing, à Sète.

A great atmosphere, nearly 400 people around the ring, alternating rounds of high-level boxing and chess: the 5th Intellectual Fight Club conquered Dancing this Saturday, May 18, in Sète.

The five chessboxing matches kept the room in suspense from 7 p.m. until almost midnight. Gabriel Lacouture, Tony Infantino, Marco Muccini, Jules-Alois Julien and Paul Duchet emerged victorious. By dominating Allamand Hasan Celik, the latter suddenly obtained the crown of world champion in Challenger -75 kg.

"The objective was for there to be a show and a dimension that was both educational and festive. It's successful", welcomes Guillaume Salençon, the president (from Sète) of the French Chessboxing Federation, convinced that the discipline &quot ;will become an important sport in the years to come, just like MMA".

Gabriel Lacouture and Pierre Gabriel fought the first fight on Saturday evening, at Dancing. Free Midi – Patrice Espinasse