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.
Hasim Rahman thinks two of today’s top heavyweights might end up going the way of the Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe fight in that ‘it won’t happen.’ Both were heavyweight champions, but Lewis and Bowe never managed to step into the professional ring together despite it being one of the best fights to have been […]
Dmitry Bivol is in the hunt for an undisputed fight and has received news that means he might be getting close to making that happen. Bivol is the WBA light heavyweight champion since a win over Trent Broadhurst in 2017. Most notably he has seen off the challenge of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez last year and […]
Eddie Hearn has expressed his dismay at a ‘ridiculous’ decision taken by the IBF regarding one of their world title holders. Australian world cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has been stripped of his IBF title because he decided to fight on the huge Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia this weekend. He is set to […]
Boxing legend Evander Holyfield has said that ‘of course’ one of his major rivals was ‘on steroids’ for their fight. Holyfield’s legacy in the sport is unrivalled. He remains the only man to be the undisputed cruiserweight champion and then undisputed heavyweight champion, though Oleksandr Usyk is looking to repeat that feat when he faces […]
Otto Wallin has had plenty to say ahead of facing Anthony Joshua this weekend, and has now sent the Brit a warning in the final days before the first bell. The Swede is riding high after a solid run of wins since pushing Tyson Fury hard over 12 rounds and inflicting a big cut back […]
Joe Joyce ‘met his bogeyman’ in 2023 and now promoter Frank Warren has revealed the Brit’s next steps. Joyce picked up the moniker ‘The Juggernaut’ because he had made a name for himself as an unstoppable force in the boxing ring. He knocked out top contenders like Daniel Dubois, Carlos Takam and Joseph Parker before […]
Chris was one of the most popular fighters of his generation, with historic battles against the likes of Nigel Benn twice and against Michael Watson on two occasions as well. The first fight with Watson saw Eubank take it narrowly on points but the contest was seen as so close that there was dissension by […]
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have held a long and complicated rivalry, with careers often running parallel but yet to make it into the ring. Former two-time champion Joshua is next out against a previous Fury opponent in Otto Wallin this weekend, while Fury has his hands full with the challenge of Oleksandr Usyk in […]
Speculation that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez might fight David Benavidez is building and, ahead of any potential showdown, Shakur Stevenson has now given his verdict. ‘Canelo’ is a multi-weight champion and is the reigning undisputed super middleweight king. He has twice defended the belts this year, once against Brit John Ryder and then versus Jermell Charlo, […]
Right now, many believe Tyson Fury’s legacy seems to be in the balance as he is coming off the back of a below-par performance. He has a chance to prove all doubters wrong and become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years, in doing so making an argument as one of the best heavyweights […]
Although many onlookers might regard Hasim Rahman’s greatest victory as the one he scored over Lennox Lewis, the man himself holds another in higher regard. The Baltimore-born boxer had a total of 62 fights between 1994 and 2014 and, in that time, he became a heavyweight champion on two separate occasions, holding the unified WBC, […]
Joseph Parker has a tough challenge ahead of him when he faces Deontay Wilder on December 23, and his former trainer has offered some advice ahead of fight night. Parker once held the WBO world title having fought to a narrow points win over Andy Ruiz Jr back in 2016. He lost that belt to […]