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.
A former trainer of Dillian Whyte has been asked about what would happen should Zhilei Zhang versus Deontay Wilder be confirmed and he has given a bold prediction in response. Both of these big-hitting heavyweights have suffered shock defeats recently. Wilder is a fearsome knockout artist who engaged in a thrilling trilogy with Tyson Fury […]
British cruiserweights Chris Billam-Smith and Richard Riakporhe are all set for a rematch but reports suggest it could be taking place in a shock venue. WBO champion Billam-Smith has been on the brink of securing a rematch with Riakorphe for a while as he looks to avenge the sole defeat of his career and defend […]
Scotsman and former WBU boxing champion Willie Limond suffered a seizure while driving and is thought to be in a critical condition in hospital. Limond was discovered unresponsive in his car on Saturday morning around 8 am in Heatherbell Road, Coatbridge. It was local police who found him and he was quickly admitted to Monklands […]
A man who has sparred with Tyson Fury has a bold prediction for what will happen when The Gypsy King takes on Oleksandr Usyk in May. Fury steps into the ring out in Saudi Arabia after a below-par performance against Francis Ngannou last time out in which he only just managed to get the points […]
A top trainer has come out to give some reasoning to why he thinks Ryan Garcia is behaving so erratically in the build-up to his fight with Devin Haney later in April. This fight is a second big step up for Garcia who competed on pay-per-view for the first time last April when he took […]
Former cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie made the rather shock announcement that he had left behind the trainer he once shared with Tyson Fury recently and has now revealed what motivated that decision. Okolie has already worked with some of the best in the game, including Shane McGuigan who helped the former Olympian hone in on […]
Logan Paul has revealed which has been the hardest fight in his career to date, and it wasn’t the former multi-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather. Over the years, Paul has demonstrated his versatility in the combat world and has found success both in boxing and wrestling. The renowned YouTuber recently fought at WrestleMania 40 where […]
A Former British and Commonwealth champion has had to announce his retirement from the ring following the results of his mandatory annual brain scan. Chris Jenkins revealed to BBC Sport that his recent scan uncovered an “abnormality” compared to the previous year, which has forced him to prioritise his health and announce his retirement from […]
Conor Benn continues to fight to get back to regular action despite his ongoing tribulations with the British Boxing Board of Control and has now dropped a huge hint on his next opponent but rather surprisingly it is not Manny Pacquiao. Benn was hoping to have his name cleared and to have been given the […]
With just a matter of weeks to go until the much anticipated undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, the WBC president has given a big update on how many judges there will be for the fight and how they will be selected. It had been suggested back in February by the WBC president […]
Many people hope that Anthony Joshua will get to face the winner of the undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk and now an update has been given. Joshua is in a true run of form with four wins and three knockouts in the last year all getting him back to the top of […]
Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney have been playing out a heated rivalry in the build-up to their fight on April 20 and now Garcia has revealed how it all began. It’s fair to say the build-up to this one has been fractious with lots of traded words, insults, and plenty of bizarre behaviour from Garcia. […]