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**** UNCONFIRMED WHO PLAYED WHITE AND WHO PLAYED BLACK****
After a swinging warm up from Count Indigo, the night kicked off with a fight between Jorge ‘Huggy Bear†Crespo and Nick ‘Showstopper†Cornish. The stats of both fighters showed a close match-up on paper, but in the fight it became clear they employed quite different tactics.
Crespo, being strong on the board, opened aggressively attacking Cornish with his rooks. The next round, in the boxing, Cornish gained the slight upper hand by landing some heavy shots and punishing Crespo with a more measured attack. Back to the chessboard, Crespo failed to cut through Cornish’ defence and started to lose valuable minutes on the clock.
Next round, Cornish managed to control the centre of the ring and while Crespo was lagging behind in the board, he wasn’t able to make up for it in the ring. In the next round of chess, Cornish upped his pace, going for the attack, but Crespo kept his defence strong, picking off his opponent’s pieces one by one. Cornish’ queen, who had been standing unused in the corner, finally came in action. Crespo was not only threatened by Cornish’ moves, he was also running out of time.
Back in the ring, Crespo needed to go all out to secure a win, but Cornish – who was still doing the cleaner work – never looked threatened by him. Back on the board, Crespo’s time was against him. As Cornish was mounting several bold offences, Crespo’s chess became increasingly desperate with many of his pieces locked in behind a line of pawns. Crespo’s time was quickly ticking away and as his clock hit, zero he lost the bout. Winner Cornish, improved his record to 3-2. Despite showing an improved jab and some better head movement, Crespo suffered a 3rd consecutive loss and he will have to go back to the drawing board to snap his losing streak. |
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L | W |
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| George 'Huggy Bear' Crespo |
Name |
Nick 'Showstopper' Cornish | | 1-2-0 |
W-L-D |
1-3-0 | | 20 |
Age |
40 | | 187 cm |
Height |
187 cm | | 80 kg |
Weight |
87 kg | | ? |
Reach |
? | | 1500 |
ELO |
1450 | | Ecuador |
Country |
England | | Duran, Ecuador |
Hometown |
Welwyn Garden City | |
Gym |
Fat boys boxing | | Project Manager |
Job |
Warehouse supervisor |
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Cornish wins via chess - timeout |
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