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.
Zhilei Zhang ‘was very happy’ to see one of his heavyweight rivals impressing on the Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia. It was a superb night of action on December 23, which included Joseph Parker scoring an upset win over Deontay Wilder. He managed to diffuse the American’s fearsome punching power by pushing him […]
Carl Froch has cast his eye back over the last 12 months and picked out his fight of the year. There have been plenty of marquee events this year from Las Vegas to Saudi Arabia, including huge upsets, unifications and debutants almost overcoming lineal champions. Froch remains a prominent voice in boxing having established his […]
Derek Chisora’s long and at times punishing career is set to go on into 2024 and possibly beyond as the Brit reveals how many fights he has left. Chisora turned 40 on December 29 and has been a professional fighter for 16 years. In that time he has fought 47 times, clocked up 34 wins […]
Anthony Joshua has been urged to ‘fight somebody who wants to win’ following a domination of Otto Wallin this month. Joshua quickly got to Wallin in his third and final fight of 2023 on the Day of Reckoning card. Across the first five rounds he inflicted sufficient damage – without taking any real shots himself […]
Following his win in Saudi Arabia, Anthony Joshua is now being paired with a breakout boxing star by Tony Bellew who asks ‘who wouldn’t want to see that?’ Joshua’s third fight in 2023 came on the huge Day of Reckoning card on December 23 and was his most impressive performance of the lot. He quickly […]
Joe Joyce is making a comeback in 2024 and has his eyes on a ‘once in a lifetime’ fight should he win. Joyce has been rather left out of the heavyweight conversation in the last few months following his shock back-to-back defeats to Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang. Both were by knockout – the first due […]
Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk is one of the toughest fights to call in early 2024 but Riddick Bowe thinks he knows exactly the round in which it will end. This fight had been a long time coming but is now fast approaching with February 17 in Saudi Arabia just weeks away. The build-up has […]
Former trainer turned pundit Teddy Atlas is confident one man ‘takes apart’ the other should Anthony Joshua come up against Filip Hrgovic. There is a strong chance the fight is up next for both men off the back of their wins on the Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia. It could potentially be for […]
Fillip Hrgović has told an undefeated heavyweight from America that, should they ever fight, he would ‘eat him for breakfast.’ Hrgović is coming off the back of an unedifying first-round knockout of Mark de Mori. It was one of the early fights on the Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia and, given the mismatch, […]
Now that a few days have passed, Deontay Wilder has reflected on his loss to Joseph Parker – a result which seriously hampers the American’s future plans in the division. Parker scored a near shutout on all three cards against Wilder. He boxed intelligently, moving in and out of distance throughout the contest and landing […]
Dmitry Bivol remains one of the best active fighters on the planet and now he has spoken about Saudi Arabian wishes as to who he should fight next. After a time out to recover from a hand injury, Bivol had his first fight of the year on the Day of Reckoning card on December 23. […]
Roy Jones Jr has been looking ahead to the upcoming undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Fury-Usyk is one of the best fights in the sport and is set to play out in February 17 in Saudi Arabia for all four major world heavyweight titles. The winner will become the division’s first sole […]