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.
Anthony Joshua is following in fellow Brit Tyson Fury’s footsteps by taking on the former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on March 8 and the latest onlooker to predict what might happen is Tim Bradley. Joshua will be hoping to deal with Ngannou rather more comprehensively than Fury. That fight back in October was the big-hitting […]
Lennox Lewis was the last man to hold all four major belts in the marquee division 24 years ago. Right now we are fast approaching a new king of the division being crowned when Frank Warren promoted Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet on February 17 for the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF titles. It […]
Teddy Atlas has come down hard on those involved in what he perceives to have been boxing’s latest ‘robbery’ and claimed that it was clear to him that one fighter clearly won despite not getting the decision. Boxing will always be plagued by these high-profile scorecard mishaps. In the past, there have been baffling decisions […]
Crossover boxing star Tommy Fury is recovering from surgery that he says has been long overdue. Fury started his boxing career in the professional ranks back in 2018. After clocking up some straightforward wins to get himself rolling, he took time out in 2019 to appear on the ITV reality show Love Island and has […]
Zhilei Zhang was one of the most unlikely breakout stars of 2023 and is now in camp for another huge fight on March 8, but before that he has shared his views on the much anticipated undisputed title fight that is currently in the works. Zhang had just two fights in 2023 but both very […]
Tyson Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum has been asked about his views of Fury’s last performance against Francis Ngannou and how he think he might impact his upcoming fight with Oleksandr Usyk. Thanks to an injection of money from Saudi Arabia, the heavyweight division is moving fast at the moment. It was only back in […]
A couple of weeks on from a minor controversy about an ‘atypical’ finding in one of Artur Beterbiev’s pre-fight drug tests, his coach has now responded to comments from Tony Bellew. This first big fight of the year took place on Montreal and saw Beterbiev defending his IBF, WBC and WBO titles against Brit Callum […]
There has been plenty of movement in the heavyweight division in the last couple of years and that very much continues in the early part of 2024 as Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk all stay active. Joshua very much has his eyes on the historic underused fight between Usyk and Fury on February […]
A former boxing world champion has been hugely impressed with what he has seen from novice ‘phenomenon’ Francis Ngannou. By any yardstick, Ngannou has had an impressive year. The former UFC heavyweight champion had his first-ever professional boxing match back in October and did far better than anyone could have expected. He put in a […]
Right now Ryan Garcia is a boxer with plenty of potential and lots still to prove in the ring, and Roy Jones Jr thinks he knows what ‘the problem’ is with the fighter and claims ‘he’s gonna have a hard time.’ Garcia is in the middle of negotiating his ring return. He has not fought […]
Gervonta Davis hasn’t fought since his impressive seventh-round knockout of Ryan Garcia last April and now Shawn Porter isn’t sure that he will be able to make the super fight many fans want to see, claiming ‘neither of them want it right now.’ Davis is one of the brightest and biggest stars in boxing right […]
As he continues to try and get back into the boxing ring and have meaningful fights, Conor Benn has spoken out about a possible trilogy fight involving his long-time rival Chris Eubank. Infamously, Benn and Eubank were due to fight in October 2022, but adverse drug test findings on Ben’s side meant the fight was […]