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.
David Price thinks there is one issue around the upcoming undisputed fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury that has taken the shine away from it. The world awaits to see if this first undisputed fight in 25 years will finally play out on the newly arranged date of May 18. It should have been […]
After news broke of his latest fight on Tuesday, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has now revealed how long he has left in the sport of boxing. For years, the Cinco de Mayo weekend fight has been synonymous with multi-weight champion Alvarez and speculation ran rampant regarding the Mexican superstar’s ring adversary this time around. After names […]
Tyson Fury might be cut and out of action for the next few weeks, but Anthony Joshua has said he is ready and willing to step in. There were just two weeks to go until the official undisputed fight on February 17 when news emerged that Fury had been cut by one of his sparring […]
There has been a thawing of the ice in the relationship between Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren of late and now Hearn has named the one fighter from the opposite stable he would like to promote and surprisingly it isn’t Tyson Fury. For many years Hearn and Warren have traded verbal barbs, wound each other […]
Teofimo Lopez and Keyshawn Davis have continued to trade heated words and now new footage has emerged to show one saying to the other that they will ‘f**k you up.’ The first rumblings of dissatisfaction between these two talented fighters came at the weigh-in for Lopez’s fight with Jamaine Ortiz which was a first defence […]
The ever-vocal Carl Froch has offered a new prediction for what might happen should British rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury ever come together. These two heavyweights have long been on a collision course to go up against one another although as of yet the fight has not happened. Both men have big nights coming […]
It might not come as a shock to many but Shakur Stevenson has already made a U-turn on his retirement announcement and has now revealed a next fight date. Stevenson posted a message on X to say he would stay in the gym and hone his craft but would no longer be fighting in the […]
There has long been a line in boxing that former undisputed cruiserweight king turned unified WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk does not like it to the body and that it might be one of his only areas of weakness. The main evidence for this is his fight with Daniel Dubois when defending […]
Adam Smith was for many years the voice of boxing at Sky Sports but has recently emerged behind the mic with a different broadcaster and has now spoken about his future plans. Smith worked as Head of Boxing and lead commentator with Sky Sports for more than three decades and voiced some of the most […]
Although he recently announced his retirement, Shakur Stevenson has now said he is open to fighting Teofimo Lopez at any weight. The young Newark boxer has won world titles in three weight classes, most recently at lightweight against Edwin De Los Santos though the lacklustre performance was not his best. Maybe as a result of […]
After many months of speculation, Conor Benn is expected to have a hearing with the British Boxing Board of Control about a renewal of his license and now he has provided an update. Benn is still unable to box in the UK after failing two drug tests in 2022 ahead of his fight with Chris […]
Much loved British heavyweight Dave Allen has been casting his mind back to his recent loss to Frazer Clarke. ‘The White Rhino’ was an unlikely star of many Sky Sports boxing shows for several years. He was known for stepping up and fighting anyone, even at short notice. His career took in big nights against […]