Cornell math major, Will MacLeod '26, was featured in a 60 Minutes segment on chessboxing. Yes, chessboxing! [https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-macleod?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app]
Fun facts: Boxing was once a varsity sport at Cornell. In the '40s, when it ceased to be an interscholastic sport, it became an intramural sport at the urging of the late Goldwin Smith Professor of History Fred Marcham. Hockey All American, Doug Ferguson '67, was also an intramural boxing champion.
Quote from: George64 on November 17, 2025, 02:03:22 PMCornell math major, Will MacLeod '26, was featured in a 60 Minutes segment on chessboxing. Yes, chessboxing! [https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-macleod?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app]
Fun facts: Boxing was once a varsity sport at Cornell. In the '40s, when it ceased to be an interscholastic sport, it became an intramural sport at the urging of the late Goldwin Smith Professor of History Fred Marcham. Hockey All American, Doug Ferguson '67, was also an intramural boxing champion.
Speaking of, The Sun (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/12/meet-will-macleod-a-team-usa-chessboxing-world-champion-cornellian/) just ran a piece about him. Pretty damn cool - worth the read.
More (https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/chessboxing-macleod/), in most recent Cornellians.