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.
While the governing bodies have been lenient with mandatories in order to allow Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to fight for undisputed honours, Frank Warren has said ‘it would be poor’ if one of the belts was stripped from the winner in the immediate aftermath. For the first time in 24 years since Lennox Lewis […]
In light of Callum Smith publicly discussing the ‘atypical findings’ of Artur Beterbiev’s drug tests from December last year, the light heavyweight champion has accused him of going beyond what is acceptable trash talk. Beterbiev’s atypical findings for human growth hormone (HGH) and 5D-androstanediol in a VADA result in December prompted further tests that have come […]
Francis Ngannou is the unlikely breakout star of the heavyweight division who is now being offered dream fights such as the winner of Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk, despite only having stepped into the ring once in his professional boxing career. Cameroonian-Frenchman Ngannou very much got to the pinnacle of his own sport, MMA, by […]
The first big fight of the year has already brought with it a discussion about drug tests, with Callum Smith reacting to news that Artur Beterbiev has returned an ‘atypical’ finding. This high-level light heavyweight clash is due to take place in Montreal on Saturday night and finds Beterbiev back in the ring for the […]
Boxing legend Bernard Hopkins had a long career and took on many challenges in many weight divisions so he is well placed to talk about the best boxers around, and in his mind there is ‘no doubt’ who should get the Fighter of the Year honour from over the last 12 months. Speaking to FightHub […]
After predicting he would lose against Otto Wallin, Teddy Atlas has now given his take on how Anthony Joshua’s next fight will go against Francis Ngannou. Joshua impressed many in his last outing against the Swedish southpaw. He came out aggressively from the first bell, took centre ring and soon stamped his own authority on […]
Former world champion Tim Bradley is a fan of Devin Haney and has named the one man he would like to see him fight next, predicting that it could be bigger than a fight with Ryan Garcia. Haney and Garcia are two of boxing’s brightest talents, with Haney already a two-weight world champion. Most recently […]
The surprise announcement that Anthony Joshua will be fighting Francis Ngannou next has already sent the boxing world into overdrive with predictions now flying in, and one top heavyweight trainer ‘fully expects’ to see it go only one way. Joshua faces former UFC star turned boxing novice Ngannou in early March in Saudi Arabia. It […]
Dave Allen has spoken out about what he perceives to be injustices in who gets to fight who at the top level. Allen is no stranger to taking on big challenges and often threw himself into the deep end and stood in the away corner throughout his career. The popular Doncaster man known as ‘The […]
Martin Bakole and his team are adamant that he has always struggled to get the marquee names in the heavyweight division. He has now said he ‘can’t wait anymore’ and has named three people he would like to fight. Bakole is 30 years old and in his last fight made another great statement with a […]
The mind games have already begun between soon-to-be opponents Francis Ngannou and Anthony Joshua as the former MMA star has taunted the Brit about his punch resistance. Ngannou is just weeks away from only his second-ever boxing match. It is scheduled for early March in Saudi Arabia and comes just a matter of months after […]
Tony Bellew has seemingly called an end to his ongoing war of words with a boxer who has recently been knocked out in the first round, saying he ‘won’t kick a man when he’s down.’ Bellew’s feud with Brit Ohara Davies has been rumbling on for some time ever since Davies perceived Bellew to have […]