Boxing legend Lennox Lewis has got hooked on online chess in lockdown – playing up to FOUR times a day

BOXING champ Lennox Lewis has got hooked on online chess in lockdown.

The former heavyweight, 55, logs on under a pseudonym, plays four times a day and regularly KOs opponents.

Boxing champ Lennox, 55, has become hooked on online chess during lockdown

A source said: “He takes it very seriously and would love to get to grandmaster level.”

Lennox plays on the chess.com website, home to 58million players.

His profile includes the Canadian flag, a nod to his dual nationality, and shows he has played more than 5,600 games.

Speaking about the game in US comic Joe Rogan’s podcast he said: “I love to jump into battle.

“I’m a bully player.

“I play under a username.

The former heavyweight revealed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that he secretly logs on using a pseudonym and plays four times a day

It comes as no surprise that he regularly KO’s opponents and he doesn’t ‘want everyone to beat the champ’

Lennox said ‘I love to jump into battle’

“I don’t want everyone to beat the champ.”

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