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.
Super-Lightweight world title holder Teofimo Lopez has named three fighting icons as his favourite boxers of all time. Lopez stunned fans in 2020 when he dethroned Ukrainian wizard Vasily Lomachenko via unanimous decision to lift the IBF, WBO and WBA world lightweight titles. After that he came unstuck against George Kambosos Jr and lost those […]
Evander Holyfield has been assessing the upcoming undisputed fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Usyk looks to emulate the success of Holyfield, who was the only boxer to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the three-belt era. The Ukrainian can do it with four belts, like ‘The Real Deal’, in both […]
Tyson Fury is gearing up for the biggest fight of his career, but Johnny Nelson says there is one thing no amount of training can help with. Many people think Fury has a lot of work to do after his last fight, which saw him struggle over ten rounds against former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, […]
Otto Wallin has predicted a winner for when Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker come together on December 23. This fight is one of several big heavyweight clashes on the same Day of Reckoning card out in Saudi Arabia that is set to end 2023 with a bang. It also features Wallin himself, facing a motivated […]
Tim Bradley has a different verdict on Devin Haney after seeing his last performance. Haney has been tipped for the top pretty much since he first emerged in the pro game. He had a tough early schooling that saw him fight in Mexican pool halls before he was of a legal age to fight in […]
The WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman does not agree with the IBF’s decision to strip Terence Crawford of its welterweight world title. Pound-for-pound great and multi-weight world title holder Crawford is still riding high off of his dominant win over Errol Spence Jr earlier in the year. That impressive ninth-round stoppage made him the first undisputed […]
The legendary Roy Jones Jr has been looking ahead to Anthony Joshua’s fight with Otto Wallin on December 23. This will be Joshua’s third fight this year – his highest level of activity since 2016. It is part of a huge night of action that also features Joseph Parker versus Deontay Wilder and Daniel Dubois […]
Anthony Joshua has cast his eye over the upcoming fight between his former foe Joseph Parker and potential future opponent Deontay Wilder. Wilder and Parker are both former champions who are looking to get back to the heights they enjoyed previously in their careers. Their fight is one of several big bouts on the Day […]
Barry McGuigan believes Jarrell Miller’s big-time heavyweight boxing return against Daniel Dubois should not be going ahead. Miller is a divisive figure due to his high-profile failed drug tests ahead of an ill-fated fight with Anthony Joshua in June 2019, and then again before a proposed fight with Jerry Forrest which led him to get […]
Joesph Parker will be hoping to emulate what his friend and campmate Tyson Fury managed against Deontay Wilder when the two come to blows on December 23. Their fight is one of several standout heavyweight matchups in Saudi Arabia alongside Anthony Joshua versus Otto Wallin and Daniel Dubois versus Jarrell Miller. Both Wilder and Parker […]
Former heavyweight star Hasim Rahman has given his prediction for the potential fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and David Benavidez. Having already beaten Caleb Plant earlier in 2023, Benavidez is riding high off the back of his most recent fight which saw him become the first man to stop Demetrius Andrade. Multi-weight world champion and […]
Andre Ward has offered some words of wisdom for Errol Spence Jr ahead of his contracted rematch with Terence Crawford. Former two-weight world champion Ward unified both the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions and saw off all challenges. He remained unbeaten in his career despite facing top-level foes such as Carl Froch and Sergey […]