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.
Former world heavyweight king Mike Tyson wonders whether Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez ‘is afraid of losing’ and for that reason will not face David Benavidez. There has been plenty of clamour for current undisputed super-middleweight king Canelo to take on Benavidez, though one issue has been size. Benavidez is a huge super-middleweight who has in fact […]
Anthony Joshua fights again this weekend in what will be his fourth contest in 11 months, but now the Brit has revealed when he thinks he will retire. Joshua is a former two-time world champion who is currently working towards lifting a major belt for the third time. His last reign as champion ended with […]
The concerns for Ryan Garcia’s mental health have continued to grow this week and the release of a new video has not changed that. Garica’s behaviour has been erratic to say the least so far this year. He is currently on a press tour to promote his fight with Devin Haney on April 20 and […]
Ahead of Anthony Joshua’s fight this weekend with Francis Ngannou, Carl Froch has one big worry for ‘AJ’ and has warned ‘this is a bad move.’ Froch has had a rather jaded view of Joshua ever since Joshua criticised his former coach Rob McCracken, the same man that guided Froch throughout much of his career […]
The undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has had all sorts of opinions coming in and now Fury’s former long-time promoter has made one of the more shocking predictions. Fury should have already taken on Usyk in the first undisputed fight since 1999 but a cut sustained late in turning added a delay […]
There are two huge heavyweight fights this weekend and in one of them Zhilei Zhang has promised to send his opponent Joseph Parker ‘to hell.’ The fight takes place on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou out in Saudi Arabia. It brings together two big men who have had impressive years. Zhang, for […]
Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will be contending a world title in April and now two-time undisputed champion Terrence Crawford has broken the fight down saying one man ‘is more well-rounded’ than the other. This fight has been in the headlines plenty these last few weeks as Garcia in particular has been very vocal on […]
Anthony Joshua has always shown himself to be a keen boxing historian but in naming seven of what he thinks are the greatest ever heavyweights, he has surprised some people with one shock inclusion. Famously, Joshua is always keen to learn as much as he can from any fighter past or present and is often […]
Anthony Joshua has been in a bullish mood in the latest round of interviews ahead of his fight this weekend with Francis Ngannou and now he has said will ‘mentally explore’ his opponent. Joshua is fighting for a fourth time in just 11 months on Saturday. Last year he began his comeback trail after two […]
Tyson Fury has given his prediction for the upcoming fight between Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker and thinks that one man will outbox the other. This week is the first big heavyweight card of the year with Anthony Joshua taking on Francis Ngannou out in Saudi Arabia, and on the undercard is a huge fight […]
David Benavidez has broken his silence on all the talk about Saul Canelo Alvarez leaving Premier Boxing Champions and has claimed that ‘it speaks volumes.’ Canelo has left PBC after it emerged they could not agree on the final two fights of his three-fight deal. It was put to him that he could fight Jaime […]
Ryan Garcia continues to behave wildly in the build-up to his fight with Devin Haney and has now kicked off over the ticket pricing and demanded that ‘they need to lower it.’ ‘King Ry’ is in the final few weeks before the biggest fight of his career against Haney on April 20 at the Barclays […]