{"id":5405,"date":"2020-09-28T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T10:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bettingwebsites.org.uk\/?page_id=5405"},"modified":"2021-09-16T14:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:01:48","slug":"weird-and-strange-sports-people-can-bet-on","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bettingwebsites.org.uk\/articles\/betting-guide\/weird-and-strange-sports-people-can-bet-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird And Strange Sports People Can Bet On"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fans of the likes of football, golf and tennis will no doubt feel that they love \u2018pure\u2019 sports, sports that are well-known throughout the world. Whilst it\u2019s undoubtedly true that they are indeed sports that are played all over the planet, those that are lovers of more obscure sports<\/a> would doubtless argue that they, in fact, are the people that love the more \u2018pure\u2019 sports on account of them being less popular.<\/p>\n There are countless sports that fit into the category of being \u2018weird\u2019 or \u2018strange\u2019, include those that combine two already existing disciplines in order to create something entirely new. Chessboxing would be a good example of that phenomenon, seeing competitors alternate rounds of playing chess and punching each other. We will look at that as well as other weird and wonderful sports here.<\/p>\n Where else to start but with chessboxing<\/a>? Invented by the Dutch performance artist Iepe Rubingh, his idea come from the comic book Friod Equateur. In it the comic book artist, Enki Bilal, imagined a world in which boxers fight an entire match before sitting down to play chess. Rubingh thought that that would be impractical, instead believing that a competitive sport could be created by alternating the disciplines.<\/p>\n The sport was unveiled to the public at an art gallery called Platoon in September of 2003. Its creator, labelling himself Iepe the Joker, went up against Luis the Lawyer in the world middleweight chess-boxing title fight two months later. Iepe won because he caused his opponent such damage in the final round of boxing that he couldn\u2019t figure out his moves to win the chess that the pair were playing.<\/p>\n There are six rounds of chess that last for four minutes, whilst the boxing rounds last for two minutes and there are five of them in total. The disciplines are alternated<\/a> and there is a one-minute interval between each. The winner is determined by either knocking out their opponent in the ring or else getting checkmate on the board. In the event of no chess winner, the boxing matched can be decided according to points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Also known as Octopush, the sport of underwater hockey asks teams to try to defeat each other by getting a puck into the goal of the opposing side. The key difference between underwater hockey and the variety of the sport played on ice, for example, is that it is played, well, under the water. In order to accommodate this the players wear diving masks and snorkels and the puck is weighted.<\/p>\n Whilst it\u2019s far from the most spectator-friendly sport in existence, some of the matches are recorded using cameras<\/a> and then broadcast. Because players are not allowed to use scuba gear, the main challenge is in moving from above the water to below it in order to have breath whilst trying to shift the puck. Whilst it might sound like a modern phenomenon, it was actually created by Alan Blake in England in 1954.<\/p>\n The sport is now played around the world, governed by the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Mondiale des Activit\u00e9s Subaquatiques<\/a>. The first World Championship of the sport was held in Canada in 1980, with the planned Championship of 1979 cancelled because of apartheid and international politics. Two teams of up to ten players compete, with six players playing at any one time and the rest used as rolling subs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nChessboxing<\/h3>\n
Underwater Hockey<\/h3>\n
Cheese Rolling<\/h3>\n