Kristan has been writing about music and sport for 20 years. He’s done cover features for the most influential music magazines on the planet, written books about the world’s top DJs and most celebrated clubs, interviewed footballing heroes and profiled Tour de France legends. He joined Boxing Social in the summer of 2023 as a news and feature writer.
Eddie Hearn’s ongoing feud with Gervonta Davis has escalated to the point where the Matchroom chief is now threatening to sue the Baltimore boxer. The pair have had several dealings going back over the years, and Davis has often made public messages Hearn has sent him with fight offers which he found insulting. They were […]
The much talked about all British light heavyweight showdown between Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde has come up against plenty of stumbling blocks in recent times and now the latest update has once again suggested it is a way off yet. Back in March, reports at the time indicated that negotiations were progressing smoothly, with […]
Ben Whittaker, who is the outspoken Olympic silver medallist from 2020, continues to dominate headlines as he navigates his early professional career. He has only amassed seven fights to date, has won all of them and five by knockout, but many people already tip him for super-stardom. That is not only down to his slick […]
Tony Bellew has always presented himself as something of a boxing historian and now the former cruiserweight king has revealed the best fight he has ever seen. Bellew was involved in plenty of super match-ups himself, especially towards the end of his career. Although early battles with Welshman Nathan Clevery famously never quite ignited as […]
An unbeaten British fighter has made big changes by leaving his coach of many years and announcing that he has joined up with Adam Booth. That fighter is Surrey-born Felix Cash, the orthodox middleweight who has won all 16 of his fights by knockout. He has been fighting under the auspices of Matchroom and Eddie […]
The long running feud between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya just got a whole lot more ugly as legal threats are now being sent by both parties. Years of simmering tension, fuelled by a bitter lawsuit, accusations of financial grievances, and a highly publicised separation between two former champions reached a boiling […]
Frank Warren has been giving an update about a big fight between Anthony Yarde and Joshua Buatsi which is an all-British clash that has long been in the works. Back in March we were told that negotiations were going well and that both fighters were keen to face one another having had their careers run […]
A former unified world champion is making his comeback to the ring almost a year after his first loss and will do so on the undercard of Gervonta Davis’s fight with Frank Martin. That man is Stephen Fulton, who previously held the WBC and WBO junior featherweight titles and is currently ranked No. 1 by […]
Ben Whittaker is very much in the early stages of her professional career but has now been called out by a 12-0 unbeaten fighter who claims ‘I’m the baddest man he’s faced.’ Whittaker has made plenty of headiness early on in his career. His in-ring theatrics and flamboyant style, combined with his undefeated record of […]
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s traditional Cinco De Mayo fight weekend is just around the corner and the Mexican star has sent his countryman Jamie Munguia a defiant message in the final few days before they step into the ring together. This is the fourth straight year that Alvarez has fought on Cinco de Mayo weekend and […]
There has been no love lost between the camps of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in the build-up to their clash on May 18 and now Usyk’s promoter has responded to ‘crybaby’ comments made by Frank Warren, who has also been defending his man against Barry McGuigan. There has been tension between the two teams […]
It was revealed yesterday that the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson is going to be a fully sanctioned professional fight that will appear on both men’s records and now Paul’s promoter has broken his silence and had his say on the matter. The fight, which takes place on July 20 between YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul […]