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.
In light of breaking news this week which sees the long-awaited rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall postponed, Matchroom has announced a new event on that date that will act as a replacement. Many people have been waiting a long time for Caterall to get a second chance against Taylor. Their first fight almost […]
Ahead of his next fight this weekend Joe Joyce has named two fighters he thinks would beat Anthony Joshua. Joyce is looking to bounce back after a difficult 2023 in which he lost twice, by knockout, to big Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang. They marked the first time he had lost, or even been hurt, and […]
After weeks of erratic behaviour, Ryan Garcia shows no signs of settling down into camp and has now sent a bizarre Mike Tyson threat to Devin Haney. Garcia and Haney meet for the WBC super-lightweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in April and in the build-up Garcia has done plenty of odd things. […]
The long-awaited rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall suffered another setback this week when it was announced it has been moved back and now both fighters have reacted. Scheduled for the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 27, two years after their contentious initial encounter for the undisputed super-lightweight titles, the two men […]
Heavyweight contenders Martin Bakole and Joe Joyce have entered a war of words over leaked sparring footage. Bakole was last out on the Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou card in October when he beat Carlos Takam by knockout and is now back to chasing big fights. He has maybe decided to try and goad Joyce […]
Anthony Joshua is still riding high off his impressive win over Francis Ngannou and now Eddie Hearn has mapped out his future contests. Joshua’s last bout in early March capped a successful year for the Brit. He fought four times in just under 12 months with a points win over Jermaine Franklin, and three straight […]
Crossover and influencer boxing continue to throw out some shock and unlikely match ups and now news has broken that former UFC stars Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal are set to come together in the squared circle. The world is still reacting to the announcement that now 58-year-old former world heavyweight legend Mike Tyson is […]
Conor Benn has revealed that he would like to see Chris Eubank Jr fighting Terence Crawford and has now given his view on how a potential match-up might go. Benn and Eubank Jr have a fierce rivalry that dates back to their fathers fighting many years ago, and got even more heated in the build-up […]
Losses are always hard to take and now Francis Ngannou has come out with a bizarre excuse as to why he got knocked out by Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. Former UFC champion Ngannou had inflated expectations of his capabilities with a solid showing against WBC champion Tyson Fury back in October. That was his […]
Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have been working increasingly closely together of late and now Hearn has revealed that plans are afoot for a major new event in the UK. Any day now news is expected about the much anticipated 5 v 5 fight card out in Saudi Arabia that will see fighters from Hearn’s […]
Amir Khan has been looking back over his career and has revealed the biggest regret he had, adding ‘he spat his dummy out.’ Khan had a decorated career that took in many of the sport’s biggest names from Danny Garcia to Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence Crawford. He was the […]
Anthony Joshua is already riding high off the back of his latest victory and has now been given a boost with regards to his chances of fighting the winner of the Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk undisputed fight. Joshua and his team have done a superb job of changing his fortunes around following two hard-to-take […]