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After the initial two rounds it was clear the contest was a tense race between whether Leveque could checkmate Costello before Costello could KO Leveque. After a quiet opening where Costello had the advantage of the White pieces, Leveque launched an audacious attack against Costello’s king. At first the Englishman retaliated with a combination that won a pawn. However, the Italian chess master showed his class by methodically improving his piece placements to threaten checkmate. Costello coolly defended a difficult position to cling on until round seven. However, he needed a KO in boxing round eight, as he only had 40 seconds remaining in the chess with a worse position, and would therefore certainly lose in chess round nine.
Having achieved a knockdown in round two, the immensely fit Costello went for one last push against the drained Italian in round eight. The Englishman hurtled himself towards Leveque with his trademark 'arms-a-swinging' attack. Leveque fell to the ground for an eight-count. He got up, and held on for dear life before being floored again. With 50 seconds remaining, referee Dominguez stopped the contest. Leveque protested that the knock-down was not legitimate, and he (rather bravely) pleaded that he should be allowed to continue. Dominguez disagreed. Boxer spectators were heard to say that he was not incorrect to stop the fight, certainly for safety reasons. The doctor’s opinion was that Leveque looked utterly exhausted, and if the referee didn’t stop the fight, then the she was poised to jump into the ring to stop it herself. Victory to Costello by TKO in round eight! |
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Costello wins via boxing - TKO (Round 8) |
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[Event "LCB - Super-Dome II 2010"]
[Site "The Dome, London, England"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andy 'The Rock' Costello"]
[Black "Sergio 'The Phoenix' Leveque"]
[Result "*"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bg3 g5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf4 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Kh2 c6 20. e5 Bxf2 21. Rf1 Bb6 22. Nbd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd4 Bg6 26. c3 Re8 27. Rad1 Qf5 28. g4 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rde1 Rd5 31. Rd1 Re5 32. Rde1 Ra5 33. a3 Rb5 34. b4 Rd5 35. Rd1 Re5 36. Rde1 |
