Hikaru Reacts To Chessboxing KNOCKOUT IN 1 ROUND

Hikaru watched @ludwig 's chess boxing event and reacted to some of the chess and some of the fighting.
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[@OrdoStorm]

"Everybody has a opening until they get punched in the mouth." Mike Carlsen.

[@joeyblogsy]

lol

[@tyyt2146]

Is he related to Magnus?

[@lucianbalmer2248]

Wow this is the best thing I've read on the internet all day.

[@O1RDisPro]

@@tyyt2146 obv no

[@elbumer3904]

​@@tyyt2146 It's mike tyson bro 😂

[@xekind]

I wonder how GM Hambleton feels wasting his whole life on chess only to find out he's actually better at boxing.

[@joejjjj]

Hahahaha

[@JammastaJ23]

He did great here but be real he'd be brain damaged after 30 seconds if you put any of them against pro fighters in the same weight class

[@peschi79]

I do believe this was meant to be a joke. Lol

[@bakikapukaya8741]

@@JammastaJ23 u ra bum

[@manawearblack]

@@JammastaJ23 Sounds like you've been gobbling way too much trouser pork

[@jameschin7643]

Now imagine Hikaru vs Magnus in the Chessboxing

[@BWOOHAHAHAAA]

I've seen one video of Hikaru fighting and it did not look good. And isn't Magnus a lot bigger and more fit?

[@sarcastaball]

Now imagine you had chosen not to reply to this video. Ah, what a day that would have been!

[@hyperpony4865]

@@gaboelexo MEEH, Magnus is fitter and the better chess player

[@Toiletbrasil14]

@@gaboelexo magnus is tall + fit + kinda muscular

[@SarahMcCulloch]

@@BWOOHAHAHAAA If you mean the fight with Eric Hansen, they had a no strike agreement so it was more wrestling than anything. Magnus does a lot more fitness training but I've never seen any indication either of them know anything about boxing.

[@scottjasper5424]

I thought Levy did a pretty good job on commentary. He was pumping everyone up because a lot of the crowd were not chess players

[@aClownBaby-]

@@Scott-uz1cdIt’s not real over fake, it has probably more to do with social skills vs no social skills. Reading a room, knowing the crowd etc.

[@drew9851]

@@Scott-uz1cdit’s just that Hikaru is a chess player (excluding being one of the best ever) so a lot of the mystique/hype of chess is lost on him. To the average person who has no idea what’s going on there’s something crazy going on, to big hiki it’s just 10 moves of London theory he’s seen 100 times. I think levy did a great job of making the chess exciting and engaging for the casual/non-chess audience.

[@nelsonpuccruz4846]

@@drew9851agree. I think Hikaru’s comments were understandable coming from him, it was funny that chat parroted the same things over and over though, as if they were truly able to understand what’s going on as Hilary did.

[@willrocks111]

Levy is doing it brudda He be hyping the chess up as much as possible to a crowd that most likely isn't all that into the chess to begin with. I thought the commentary was amazing :D

[@Scott-uz1cd]

@willrocks111 I think Hikaru and Levi had a falling out :/

[@PoucoHabilidoso]

Weird commentary by Hikaru

[@Scott-uz1cd]

@@PoucoHabilidoso Levy is like a Chihuahua yapping at Hikaru and biting at his legs... sometimes the top dog has to put others in their place

[@SwogFrog]

@@Scott-uz1cd Imagine being this much of a simp for some random annoying chess streamer

[@Scott-uz1cd]

@@SwogFrog Hey! I actually really like them both and found GothamChess first, just due to recent events I have had to side with Hikaru and unsub from Levy... But I wasn't trying to insult anyone.

[@matthewcapstick6242]

I think levy did a great job hyping it up and offering commentary when the dgt wasn't working, bit of an odd reaction

[@douglasquaid7550]

lol

[@glenndiddy]

He tried to make it more relatable and fun for the non chess audience. Kinda important since ludwig isn't known for chess streams

[@Bgbjsd12]

i dont know why but hikaru always feels the need to shit on levy every opportunity he gets, levy did a great job

[@okeizh]

Agreed, Levy did a wonderful job as a commentator especially given the fact he couldn't see the board most of the time because DGT was failing. An "actual chess" commentator would have frozen but he kept going because he was commenting on more than just chess.

[@alphalance9408]

Bro now you arre not judging objectively. Hikaru only said that from his point of view. Hikaru is a SuperGM and the chess commenting just seemed over the top for him. Try to look at it from his perspective or don't talk.

[@guilhermesoares7857]

I don't get the levy hate. Everyone at the event enjoyed it. He did an incredible job despite not having the best conditions, and the public loved his move predictions and commentary

[@raylopez99]

I didn't hear any hate, Hikaru just said he was hyping it, which he was.

[@nine9nine9]

@@raylopez99 but it was hype

[@skitzcunt4213]

the only ppl that watch levy are 12yr olds... no one else gives a toss what he has to say

[@Rich-je9fy]

He was hyping it up for non chess players, but for someone like Hikaru he was just over explaining it

[@Mupekii]

@@raylopez99 look at the chat when hikaru said levy was hyping it

[@TheBluntBlaster]

Hikaru is so spiteful towards levy it’s wild 💀 Levy did absolutely amazing with the commentary .

[@williamrobert9898]

He is not being spiteful, he is being real, the event was an absolute embarrassing joke and it was clear that Levy was just trying hype it up

[@robertgoldstein1062]

@@williamrobert9898u are brain dead if you think it wasn’t a god event

[@NaughtNolan]

@@williamrobert9898 how was it an embarrassing joke? It drew over 300k live viewers, bringing that many eyes to chess is no joke

[@yyglsiirrequiredtohavealas7254]

@@williamrobert9898 lmao cope

[@williamrobert9898]

@NaughtNolan LOL imagine thinking the viewer number is what determines whether an event is a joke or not 🤣 Floyd vs McGregor drew almost 5 million PPV buys and yet it's considered to be the biggest circus show the sport of Boxing ever witnessed, so sorry this viewer excuse is 🗑 If you like seeing an event that basically just wants to mock and insult two incredible sports by making people laugh at it then that's your problem

[@Readytostrike]

Imagine Mike Tyson chasing hikaru around the chess board in the middle of the ring

[@raylopez99]

Apparently it's illegal in boxing to run away from the opponent, around the ring, from another post.

[@skeletonscorpion]

@@raylopez99 Yeah running away with no will to fight will close the match. But if you still have will to fight and are moving just to avoid your opponent strategically that's fine.

[@skeletonscorpion]

Lol that'd be a sight.

[@kramp8188]

@@raylopez99 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

[@z483gk]

You can run from Mike only for so long. He just will be upset, when he'll catch you. And you don't wanna make Mike upset.

[@ClockCutter]

Trent was wobbling twice in that fight. Ending the fight the second time was the right call. When you consider he's an unfit, middle-aged man with little boxing experience, it's a no brainer of a call.

[@juzujuzu4555]

Right call? There's no damage, there's nothing that would require stopping the match. If he would have been in the corner getting punched or anything like that then sure. Sure unfit middle aged man, so what? What's the point of boxing if there's no possibility of any real fighting. As there's pretty much zero chance to get hurt when untrained amateurs throw punches.

[@guilhermesoares7857]

@@juzujuzu4555 yes there was. He wasn't responsive during the count. Trent admitted it on twitter.

[@tseshaun18]

@@juzujuzu4555 the referee also observes if the boxer is wobbly during the count. Professional boxers would tend to kneel and wait out the count until they get their bearings again then stand up before the 10 count. Trent stayed up and was so wobbly that the ref called it off.

[@juzujuzu4555]

@@tseshaun18 I get the referee, as this is not real fighting and he sure as hell don't want to be responsible for anything. Trent took steps away to get a breather, perhaps he messed up by doing so, but he sure wasn't in condition to call off the fight. We see how he reacted, there was no wobbling after that, and he was in OK condition.

[@juzujuzu4555]

​@@guilhermesoares7857 Was the fight called off because of that? To me it seems that it was called off because of the way he took those steps to get a breather, it was only after that the referee called it out.

[@paxconsciente3352]

levy's commentating was excellent .. perfect for this type of event ..

[@Don-er8vi]

now we just need magnus and hans to settle the score in chess boxing

[@scudder91]

Hans would probably turn up with weighted gloves.

[@fachriranu1041]

@@scudder91 LoL

[@hieunguyenminh8045]

imagine punching someone so hard their beets drop

[@gk-kn5zz]

The multiple commentary overloop on the ludwig video had me cracking up too.

[@dilloncoleman480]

Levy is not overdoing it. This whole event is insane and crazy lol

[@Hypnoticoolwind]

Hate towards Levy is uncalled for… Hikaru acts like he would have been a better commentator.

[@seblewongeltima3101]

i am very confused as well

[@thecakeredux]

I generally don't enjoy Levi's style, but he did well in this event.

[@lammatt]

That's not hate. It's the fact levy's targeted audience is ~800, and of cos Hikaru wouldn't like what levy has to say.

[@davew4304]

Disagree

[@avery465]

@@lammatt what do you think the avg rating in the crowd is. Levy did a great job, Hikaru once again comes across petty and jealous .

[@thecakeredux]

Aman did the right thing. There is no way a beginner boxer will have an meaningful way to counter-punch and punish over-committed punches and there is no way they can deal with just fists from all directions. Punch as much and as hard as you can while being in motion will ruin ANY beginner boxer and the only risk is the opponent getting lucky, but they'll try to hide behind their hands and turn the head away. Perfect strategy in a case like this is having no strategy at all.

[@raylopez99]

Yeah it's like that with fistfights, whoever gets the most punches in wins, kinda silly, and then you get guys giving illegal 'windmill' punches that sometimes connect and have in at least one case I remember resulted in a manslaughter conviction. Fighting is for fools IMO.

[@arinix3618]

The strategy was to surprise trent with aggressiveness and stop him to get his rhythm back. Trent tried to get distance, but aman maintains going in the right distance for him. Both had strategy for the fight, but trent wasn't able to execute it. Aman has a coach and he trusted what kind of play he wants for that round and it worked.

[@joejjjj]

Mr Nakamura be nice to poor Levy he’s having fun 😭😭😭

[@ritikakela]

Honestly, Levy did a great job at commentary.. It was fun to watch!

[@MegaUnwetter]

Levys first Comment are already a slight inaccuracy....

[@ritikakela]

@@MegaUnwetter Dude

[@MG-ul3mi]

That slip counter was actually really good. Aman is a really good counter puncher for how long he’s been boxing and tried to finish the fight well

[@skitzcunt4213]

yeh bro he's going pro soon... smh

[@joeyblogsy]

Slip counter? Bro I doubt he even knows what those words mean 😂

[@Vandalgia]

That was an absolute mudfight lmao.

[@MG-ul3mi]

@@joeyblogsy yes that’s why it’s good, he did it without thinking. Boxing is a game of automatic reactions

[@arinix3618]

@@joeyblogsy he trained boxing for months so maybe he knows it better than you who only watch boxing.

[@j0mill056]

Whats with the levy hate?

[@aleksimetsakallas5792]

Was wondering the same thing. I thought Levy did a very good job commentating in the event.

[@owenroche5247]

Yeah I thought levy kinda saved the event with the technological problems. He’s the only reason I knew what was happening without the live board

[@awfulorb4190]

Exactly. Levy was amazing through out the event. He and Hikaru should chessbox to settle this.

[@NoSXFaS]

Same I thought Levy do very good job

[@aprammus9580]

Levy was awesome yeh

[@isidrogarcia2164]

For 3 months of training Aman did fantastic, Hikaru comes across as someone who would never have the courage to step in the ring so he pokes fun of the entire situation.

[@Apostolnixx]

Some people call it courage some people call it dumb, but regardless I'd like to see him fight :)

[@kineahora8736]

This is crazy. I don’t even play chess, but I do work on boxing… why are these guys not using headgear?

[@isidrogarcia2164]

@@kineahora8736 I do too and headgear has actually been shown to cause more impact because the gloves have more padding to dig into vs just using Vaseline

[@lammatt]

Courage or stupidity, it depends. In hikaru's case, that's not courage. That's plain stupidity

[@cn1364-w6c]

@@kineahora8736 Because they chose not to

[@davidroth231]

Levy is doing a great job!!!

[@Z6D4C4]

I thought Levy's commentary was great. :)

[@AayushSaxena07]

Hikaru vs Eric Hansen will break the internet

[@gffg387]

Why all the Levy hate from Hikaru? A bit uncalled for imo.

[@peschi79]

Wondering the same

[@ABCDEFG-cj7mr]

Hikaru is jealous, he thinks he's better at the game than Levy, so he should be the No.1 biggest channel, but since Levy has a better personality and has better commentary, ofc Hikaru gotta call his commentary trash to bring him down.

[@yerik6034]

@@ABCDEFG-cj7mr that’s a pretty basic depiction of what’s actually happening. Although Hikaru may be jelaous levy has more followers, he’s obviously been at KZbin a lot longer and definitely doesn’t have a better personality. I think he has a more outgoing personality but the preference is up to the maker

[@yerik6034]

@@ABCDEFG-cj7mr sorry i wrote that drunk. But I was just trying to say that hikaru being jealous enough to hate on levy doesn’t make sense. I think hikaru is just very logically and reserved. I noticed some of the ways he replies to his chat demonstrate he somewhat lacks understanding of others jokes because we live life according to our own experiences and since Hikaru is not loud or obnoxious, he critiques levy for acting in this way

[@gffg387]

Oh, he's jealous of Levy's success. That's so small and petty.

[@AndersHPhotography]

I think that it look like Lawrance actullly tried to box with good technique, with jabs, but just not enough power to keep Aman at a distanstance. Anam just threw wild punches moving forward, but with more power, completely overwhelming Lawrence. Like just going for the fools mate right out the gate.

[@joeyblogsy]

Lol a girl with a few months of sparring experience would knock them both out

[@px2059]

Hikaru on copium. Levy's commentary was perfect.

[@riptidev10]

GothamChess is right, most of the live audience are here for the other fights and don't know these 2 so saying those lines were justified

[@PlatypusLLC]

I feel like Hikaru just dislikes Levy but to each their own haha. I thought the commentary was great especially for those who don’t know much about chess. You gotta hype it up. The issue is that Hikaru knows everything that Levy is saying already. It’s almost like when married couples are fed up of hearing each other’s voice at this point lol.

[@xavierlehew6746]

I dont think he dislikes him, just misunderstands the fact a lot of the people watching the event know little to nothing about chess. Was a bit annoying to hear Hikaru bickering about the commentary but I dont think its because he dislikes Levy.

[@lammatt]

He doesnt. It's just Levy is saying the obvious and talking way too much

[@ABCDEFG-cj7mr]

@@lammatt So what? That's literally why he was there in the first place. Hikaru should keep these opinions to himself, why would anyone say that out loud, especially on stream? Levy only praises Hikaru for his chess and NEVER brought up anything against Hikaru, while Hikaru rarely compliments Levy for anything, and only belittles his chess and attack him personally. Hikaru seems like a jackass.

[@nine9nine9]

@@xavierlehew6746 but how can he not understand that? I feel like that's something so stupid to overlook

[@xavierlehew6746]

@@nine9nine9 Hikaru isnt exactly the most socially intelligent person Ive ever seen lol Guy can literally barely grasp the concept of humor and you expect him to comprehend some kind of nuance to a situation? Chill.

[@sapag83]

Hikaru vs Eric Hansen is the chessboxing match we all need.

[@edwardp7725]

HOLY SHIT HAMBO IS A BEAST WTF? Chats gonna be hype next stream

[@bashy8466]

if they ever stream again...its been like 2 weeks wtf man id be tryina capitalize on the exposure

[@canadianguy8661]

As Hikaru and Levy both being my favourite chess creators I must say I disagree with the Levy hate

[@raylopez99]

It's not hate, are you projecting? Hikaru simply said Levy was hyping it, which he was. Apparently Levy was hyping it since the "in game" chess monitor overlay was not working, so he was compensating for that defect.

[@douglasquaid7550]

@@raylopez99 100% correct. seems like disagreeing is the new hate in the current year

[@canadianguy8661]

@@raylopez99 Hikaru said “this commentary is killing me” and “levy is way overdoing it” while rolling his eyes and making faces. Also, Hikaru made these comments after the chess was over and all levy said was that he knows both of the players. Don’t get me wrong Hikaru is my favourite chess player I just personally think that was a bit weird from him

[@raylopez99]

@@canadianguy8661 nope. Not weird at all. I don't watch Hikaru that much but he's always making comments like this. So "kill me" and "way overdoing it" shouldn't be taken literally. I literally said literally.

[@Purin1023]

Yeah its not hate. He's just poking fun at Levy's over the top commentary. They've always had that friendly rivalry kind of dynamic, but viewers get way too invested and take stuff like this seriously

[@SpyderRacing]

did Hikaru and Levy get in a fight? Hikaru seems irritated lmao, commentary is great.

[@raylopez99]

I forget who Naka fought once, it's on KZbin, at the St. Louis chess club, some sort of youth fisticuffs, nothing serious and quite silly. Not to be confused with Gormally's fight with Aronian a few decades ago.

[@ereneyubson]

Hikaru is the personification of stupid pride.

[@pakman184]

@@raylopez99 That would be Chessbrah and it was absolutely hilarious

[@mkatkitkat]

Hikaru critiquing Levy for his commentary is hilarious because Hikaru can’t get through two sentences without stuttering

[@LazarimFernando]

"Oh, Lawrence... This is not how box works, sadly"

[@lammatt]

Now I want to hear Jan's reaction on the match. Or Magnoos... They always make fun of Lawrence

[@synesthete23]

@lammatt Jan said Trent put pressure on himself by talking a lot of sh*t before the fight, which makes it funnier 😂 it’s on Chess24.5

[@lammatt]

Lawrence Trent was basically owned both on the board and the ring

[@bezzleskyhirecords5088]

Most chess players I knew back in school were naturally uncoordinated guys when it came to other sports …so to think of them being tossed in the most physical, coordinated sport seems both cruel and hilarious 😂🤣💀 that has to be the funniest fight scene I have ever seen

[@noone-ld7pt]

I've heard a similar claim to this before, I think boxing was named the hardest sport in the world and I don't really understand it. Wouldn't for example MMA automatically require more coordination than boxing since it requires you to not only know how to deal with boxers throwing punches with less padding but *also* how to deal with: Muy thai boxers throwing elbows and knees, Kickboxers throwing kics, Judoka and wrestlers trying to take you down, and BJJs trying to tap you out? Boxing doesn't seem that hard in comparison in my opinion.

[@gilbertoflores7397]

@@noone-ld7pt when you only have two hands to throw, the level of knowledge and skill required to compete with someone who is as equally skilled, makes it that much harder. With mma, most people aren't equally skilled in all disciplines so if you have an advantage in one aspect over them, it's easier to beat them in your skillset. And you can also lose when you might he more skilled than them. So mma is more like rock paper scissor is thay you might just get a bad match up in opponent. And in individualized sports, like a boxing or kickboxing, would be more like a chess where it can be a back and forth looking for opportunities or trying to creating the opportunities.

[@3DxPOD]

I'm not a fan of Levy, but I think he did a great job in this situation.

[@videosbuff]

Earlier Hikaru was like: I am not a data scientist guys Now Hikaru be like: I am not a boxing guy :P

[@PeterTrimboli]

You gotta realize most of the crowd doesn't play chess and he's gotta keep it entertaining so the more hype he is it's better cuz the crowd does not know who's winning in chess so Levi translated that with hype

[@fahrenheit2101]

Hikaru's really got something against Levy man, he's needlessly ruthless at times.

[@tobiasobermayr501]

this looked like 2 kangoroos boxing.

[@arkankruger1956]

Aman better call out Tyson Fury after that masterclass. Hambleton undefeated undisputed.

[@abohachuk4765]

Yeah I was also frustrated at how the highest rated chess game of the match had no digital board or at least a decent camera angle.

[@avery465]

Once again Hikaru comes across petty. Is he just mad that Levy is the bigger creator?

[@vaibhavbhat1335]

Hikaru did this way before it was cool against Eric Hansen. Yasseir Seirawan was the referee, hoping he gets $1000. 🤣

[@yaboyyamz]

Hikaru always has to throw unnecessary shade at Levy smh

[@MrOmegacutz]

IMAGINE Niemann vs Hikaru in the Chessboxing

[@raylopez99]

And Niemann having illegal, hard, plaster of paris wraps inside his boxing gloves? Has happened IRL with some famous boxers.

[@Goawayppl]

@@raylopez99 😂

[@nine9nine9]

Disagree with the opinion on Levy's commentary, he did amazing and made it interesting for ppl who weren't super into chess

[@skeletonscorpion]

I will say that this is a cool idea to bring both sports together. I do both so this is exciting for me haha.

[@joeyblogsy]

Agreed 100%

[@synesthete23]

I realized this was funnier after watching their weigh-in 😂😂

[@Growlie_]

"hes fighting like a scottish barber" - Twitch Chat

[@dylanpritchard4981]

Wasn’t as exciting of an event as I had hoped but their were definitely some hype moments that I enjoyed! Loved that in the Andrea Dina fight it came back to boxing at such a pivotal position on the chess board.

[@fn3200]

Levy's commentary is great wtf are you talking about

[@yty1941]

4:08 "The rest of the chess game" this aged very well

[@peschi79]

🤣🤣

[@milanmilacic9311]

It would have been amazing to see the late Emory Tate chess box

[@travistucker4067]

I concur

[@zzz-nu2re]

His son's would be dope as well

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

Didn't he mistreat his wife? Nah don't platform an asshole

[@zzz-nu2re]

@@kugelblitzingularity304 where did u hear that? Or did u just make it up?

[@Yandi9780]

Next Chessboxing : Hikaru vs Eric Hansen part 2

[@zackhendo5926]

Big Hiky vs Eric. LFG.

[@reubenstewart7995]

Gotta disagree with Hikaru on the commentating, I thought Levy did a great job

[@PJJ196]

Good call by the ref.. this chess boxing is actually entertaining

[@battleaxeready527]

I thought it was a cool event and Levy did a great job with a shitty situation he was given. How are you going to keep a crowd of 10,000 people entertained, 2/3 of them probably don't know a lot about chess, and the board for the crowd was shot. Explaining why a move sucked wasn't going to cut it, he needed to hype it up a bit and paint a story for the crowd.

[@unclebary1866]

You can see Lawrence stumbling into the fight after the first stoppage

[@franklywithvenky1014]

Ref took the decision so that they don't face too much injuries

[@Lambyyy]

Levy was great, Hikaru salty for no reason.

[@parlangua89]

They were having technical issues throughout all of the chess games with getting the board to work.

[@dillons2013]

Good way to study the affects of boxing on the brain lol.

[@audiobibliotekara]

Eric and Hikaru 🥊 ♟️

[@spookypoker3747]

pretty sure eric's got like 6 inches on hikaru. just not feasible

[@matthasahand5495]

If all chess players box like these two, my 700 elo disabled ass would whoop Magnus in this format.

[@kitelooper311]

Hikaru vs Eric Hansen is what we all want to see!

[@bobevans5282]

Magnus - Hikaru did you wanna play chess boxing Hikaru - Yeah Magnus - yeah Hikaru - thumb war Magnus - yeah Both forget chess boxing

[@wsemenske]

That "IT IS ALL OVER! Aman Hambleton by TKO!" call was the best call of the night. Hikaru is a hater

[@GeekonaBike]

It looked like the Canadians all left the "nice" at home

[@zlac]

Lawrence boxing was ... graceful.

[@stevedeall425]

Hikaru vs Hansen 2023

[@JayzsMr]

Eric Hansen vs Nakamura would be the chessboxing match to make . They fought already in the past

[@marianoyalour]

Levy's commentary has been excellent. Is there a problem between them or sth? Because that reaction was so weird and out of nowhere really.

[@gildrop]

there was zero power behind those punches lol

[@ertjg]

too bad for lawrence, he still had some chin and seemed quite the sneaky fighter, i'm sure aman was about to get tired and the tides of the match would have changed

[@LucrativePerson]

I love how just by watching your videos I recognised Levy commentating

[@ref0910]

Even the refs in chess boxing are bent.

[@sean919191]

Hikaru couldn't box a squirrel

[@deltalima6703]

Squirrels have pretty good head movement. I couldnt box one.

[@nothingnewhere6551]

@@deltalima6703 thats really funny

[@Queenfisher444]

Let’s go boys, petition for Hikaru v Magnus. The chess boxing match the world needs to see.

[@georgeemack9419]

I think Gotham did a pretty good job actually...

[@auxerium2791]

This is how I imagine Hawking vs Ali would go up there in heaven 🙏

[@boolowoertheenappydreaded5359]

This comment is literally psychotic lmao.

[@deadlyvirus4312]

Hikaru v Hansen, Hikaru v Niemann or Carlsen v Niemann. Place your bet 😂

[@TheUncutAngel]

Well to be fair neither looked like real punches but at least it was over quick.

[@sillybearhours]

the boxing speaks for itself

[@Philson]

HIKARU VS HANSEN LEGGO

[@coreyrichards9591]

I want to see Mr. Perfect run a multimillion dollar chessboxing event that people would join. @hikaru Ludwig and Gotham were amazing and very fun. You would suck

[@wojciechsawicki4733]

Why was Hikaru laughing, Aman would knock him out in a minute

[@joeyblogsy]

Hmm, not sure about that

[@qstar710]

Every time the boxing starts to get good the refs stop it

[@wakinguptothetruth.2566]

I am amazed they didn't force the head gear, it's ridiculous to make it optional, skilled amateur boxers have to wear headgear etc, all these chess players are absolute novices, somone could have got seriously hurt, it's absolute madness that headgear wasn't made mandatory, on another note, so so glad to see Lawrence get schooled, all the talking he did before the fight, saying he was going to easily win the boxing side, saying he has trained so hard, it's a for gone conclusion he was going to win, then he was battered and stopped in the first round 😂😂😂😂😂, sorry but that's hillirious, then he puts a video up after the party doing salsa dancing 😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh stop my stomach hurts, honestly it gets better and better with Lawrence it really does 👍😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thecakeredux]

They're adults, don't pamper them.

[@traplover6357]

Headgear doesn't prevent concussions. It only prevents cuts and scrapes.

[@glenndiddy]

@@traplover6357 headgear is why people get concussed in sparring, they think they're safe but they aren't. Just like American football is much more unsafe than rugby

[@Updog89]

A new wave of research is suggesting that headgear may actually increase the frequency and/or severity of concussions. It’s not super conclusive yet, but enough reason to give people the opportunity to make an informed choice.

[@glenndiddy]

@@Updog89 it makes sense, since people feel safer while they aren't and the fights don't get stopped for cuts as often so they get hit more before it ends. Just like kickboxing has less brain trauma even though kicks are much stronger. It seems repeated medium strength blows to the head matter much more than individual knockout blows do

[@samb202]

You know the boxing is pure cringe when Hikaru is laughing at them for being unathletic.

[@aClownBaby-]

Is Hikaru a boxer?

[@TheKrostiman]

Levy earning that paycheck but damn he didn’t need to overdo it so much.

[@irshadshikalgar9226]

We want Hikaru Vs Eric Rosen ChessBoxing Match 😁😁

[@whoever79]

80% of comments: “I don’t understand that Hikaru has his own opinion about the commentary”

[@jomertomale]

Now imagine Hans Vs Magnus. That would be the greatest chessboxing match of all time

[@linusmeiner6945]

Honestly i think that Magnus would absolutely smoke Hans, but boxing speaks for itself.

[@elnetini]

Respect to that pair of chess players who dare to put the gloves on and go for it in a public event. All good, it's a brave act

[@mrsilver8517]

People in chat clearly don't know boxing. Headgear is responsible for most concussions. It's better to get hit without it on, because you can actually see the punch coming. This isn't folklore; it's based off the science. More concussions and injuries with headgear. Less without.

[@bunkerputt]

This is like watching... well.. I actually have no analogy here.