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

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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.

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Boxing champ Lennox, 55, has become hooked on online chess during lockdown[/caption]

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.

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The former heavyweight revealed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that he secretly logs on using a pseudonym and plays four times a day[/caption]
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It comes as no surprise that he regularly KO’s opponents and he doesn’t ‘want everyone to beat the champ’[/caption]
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Lennox said ‘I love to jump into battle’[/caption]

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

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