Tim Woolgar

Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer and event organiser who established Great Britain Chess Boxing Organisation and the London Chessboxing Club, the first United Kingdom chessboxing institution.[1][2] He is the current president of the World Chessboxing Association. He is a former holder of the title, British Heavyweight Chess Boxing Champion. He also promotes chess boxing events.

Woolgar plans to come out of retirement to fight in London in December 2022.[needs update]

Woolgar, otherwise known as “the Hippo” because of his rotund midsection [3] has fought 12 times in Chessboxing with a record of 4-7-1.[4]

  1. ^ "Boxers play chess in new UK sport". BBC. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. ^ "London ChessBoxing Club". Great Britain ChessBoxing. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ^ "CHESSBOXING NATION – Your Chess Boxing community". Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Chessboxing Database". chessboxing.info. Retrieved 22 September 2022.