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Originally posted by BoxingUpdates View PostA good chess player, it has been said, is someone who can recall patterns, understands tactics and strategies and can envision openings and endgames. One might ask what that has to do with one of the great heavyweight fights of modern times, but if you look behind the bloody display of skill, inspect the I.Q behind the desire and look at the shifts in momentum of a tumultuous struggle in Saudi Arabia, you could be excused for thinking the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Oleksandr Usyk, might have been able to imitate his success in the ring while sat at a chessboard.
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In truth both men showed a high boxing IQ.
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