Kicking of the evening was a fight between England’s Richard Frazer and Spain’s Daniel Lizarraga. The favourite on paper, Lizarraga was undefeated with 5 chessboxing wins. With a higher Elo rating and also standing several inches taller, Frazer had a tough opponent in the Spaniard from Pamplona.
Starting on the board, Lizarraga quickly built up a small time advantage as Frazer was making his moves carefully. With the gloves on, Frazer pushed forward as he was chasing the Spaniard around the ring with jabs. In the chess, Frazer was getting the wrong end of the stick and tried to balance it out in the boxing. Using his movement to his advantage Lizarraga dodged many hits and was countering with right hands. Frazer was getting picked apart and Lizarraga landed a right hand giving Frazer a black eye. Unsettled by the hit, Frazer lost even more material and time on the board and just before a definitive check mate, his clock ran out. |
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Lizarraga wins via chess - timeout (Round 7) |
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