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.
Keen boxing historian and pundit Tony Bellew has named who he thinks is the greatest fighter of all-time and is in no mood to discuss his pick. Liverpudlian former cruiserweight world champion Bellew knows the sport inside out and is never afraid to express his views on the biggest issues in boxing whether past or […]
Following Artur Beterbiev’s destruction of Callum Smith this past weekend, the path is now clear for an undisputed battle with Dmitry Bivol and Tim Bradley has predicted it, saying that one man will ‘have to fight a perfect fight’ to win. Despite being 38 and coming off a long layoff due to a serious dental […]
Martin Bakole has often found it hard to get the big fights he craves but has now been ordered to fight a WBA eliminator which will get him on the way towards competing for a world title. Bakole has been on the heavyweight scene for some years and has lost only once – a rather […]
A resurgent Anthony Joshua will be fighting for the fourth time in 13 months when he faces Francis Ngannou and former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson has now weighed in with his prediction. Ngannou has gone from unknown to most fight fans to being one of the most recognisable faces in the sport in just a […]
Having been knocked down for the first time in his career, Callum Smith has given his views on the power carried by light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev. Beterbiev’s accumulative punches eventually took a toll on Smith and soon after rising from the canvas in the seventh, his cornerman pulled him out of the fight. Beterbiev […]
As he builds towards his next fight in Las Vegas on February 8, WBO super-lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has accused one of his rivals of ‘riding off his coat tails.’ The fight is rather uniquely taking place on a Thursday, a few days ahead of this year’s Super Bowl. It finds Lopez coming up against […]
Oscar De La Hoya has come in for some ribbing from Saudi Arabia’s Chairman of General Authority for Entertainment and boxing matchmaker, Turki Al-Sheikh. Al-Sheikh has made big moves to position Saudi Arabia at the centre of the boxing universe in the last year. He has stolen the limelight from traditional hotspots like Las Vegas […]
Rematch clauses can often get a bad rap in boxing, but they are very much part of the contract negotiations for many of the top level fighters. In recent years there have been plenty of high-profile rematches that have been triggered soon after initial fights have ended. Last year, Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr […]
Although the current Anthony Joshua is very much still here and set for a big 2024, Barry McGuigan is looking to the future and has named a man he thinks will be following in ‘AJ’s footsteps. Joshua is one of the biggest names in the sport and one of the UK’s most prominent sportspeople. His […]
Artur Beterbiev put on another impressive knockout performance at the weekend, so much so that Tony Bellew has been left questioning how he generates his power. Despite one former opponent of Beterbiev, Anthony Yarde, predicting an ‘interesting fight’, Beterbiev remained a three-belt world light heavyweight champion with his relatively straight-forward destruction of Callum Smith through […]
Oscar De La Hoya has claimed that a Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao exhibition would be nothing but a ‘money grab.’ De La Hoya is long retired from the sport but remains a prominent voice because of his role as a promoter at Golden Boy. He is not afraid to offer a forthright view or […]
Even before Artur Beterbiev stepped in the ring with Callum Smith this last weekend, Dmitry Bivol had claimed he had signed to face his fellow light heavyweight in an undisputed fight but now Beterbiev has responded and asked ‘how?’ Beterbiev once again managed to knock out his 20th straight victim in Montreal on Saturday night. […]