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.
With just six weeks to go until Anthony Joshua takes on Francis Ngannou, people across the combat world are making their predictions as to what might happen. One man who is well-placed to comment is UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. He is an experienced MMA competitor but has also sparred many rounds with Tyson […]
The war of words between Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor has continued to roll on this week and now Josh Taylor has updated on the situation regarding their rematch once more. Ever since Taylor took a controversial points win over Caterall in February 2022, these two have gone back and forth over the internet. Many […]
Due to Francis Ngannou putting up such a good performance when he met Tyson Fury back in Riyadh in October on his boxing debut, he might have been hoping that the next time he ran into Fury might be a rematch, but that has not proved to be the case just yet. Three months have […]
Former coach turned pundit Teddy Atlas has been talking about a potential fight between two pound-for-pound stars in Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez versus Terence Crawford. Crawford is one of the best fighters of his generation and has been undisputed champion in two separate weight divisions – light welterweight and welterweight, the latter of which he picked […]
The last undisputed world heavyweight champion has continued his back and forth with Eddie Hearn, Lewis has, in no uncertain terms, said that he thinks the crossover fights between former UFC champion turned boxing novice Francis Ngannou and first Tyson Fury back in October, and next Joshua on March 8, are ‘spectacles’ that he would […]
As his struggle to get back to fighting regularly continues, Conor Benn has once again become his own hype man and named himself a ‘promoter’s dream’ while also listing some of the big names he would love to challenge in the ring. Benn remains something of an outcast right now and still doesn’t have a […]
Sheffield boxing legend Johnny Nelson fought out of the same gym as Kell Brook, always remaining close with the welterweight star. He has now given his views on a rumoured return against Chris Eubank Jr. Former welterweight champion Brook has been retired ever since his British grudge match with Amir Khan in February of 2022. […]
The heavyweight division is thriving right now with lots of fights being made and even, for the first time in 24 years, a new undisputed champion set to be crowned when Oleksandr Usyk takes on Tyson Fury on February 17. This has lead one man to try and get involved in the action by calling […]
Joe Joyce is soon to return to the ring after a difficult 2023 but before that he has been backing up comments made by Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis about Anthony Joshua’s upcoming fight with Francis Ngannou. Lewis is a keen onlooker who always has plenty to say about the career of Joshua. Right now […]
The boxing world has started to move at a speed never really seen before but not everyone is enamoured by the injection of Saudi Arabian money into the sport. Carl Froch is one of those people who has spoken out about some of the contests being made. He claims they are nothing more than ‘cash […]
It seems that all roads are leading to a second undisputed clash of the year, this time in the light heavyweight division with Artur Beterbiev versus Dmitry Bivol high up the wish list for the Saudi Arabians, and Johnny Nelson is keen to give his prediction. This fight has been brewing for some time. Both […]
Some three months on, people are still debating the fallout of Tyson Fury’s contest with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. The discussion centres around whether or not Fury was showing a natural decline in the fight, if he simply had an off night, or if he had underestimated someone who calls himself […]