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.
Devin Haney secured one of his best career wins at the weekend and already the WBC has his next fight lined up. Young American star Haney moved up to super lightweight on Saturday having been undisputed champion in the division below. His first contest at 140 saw him come up against WBC champion Regis Prograis, […]
John Ryder knows what it’s like to fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and has now made a prediction of what might happen should the champion face David Benavidez. British super middleweight Ryder challenged Alvarez for all four of his world titles back in May at the Estadio Akron in Mexico. He put in a solid showing […]
As his next fight swiftly comes around, the boxing world is assessing exactly where Tyson Fury is at in his career. At one point a couple of years ago following his two impressive knockout wins over fearsome puncher Deontay Wilder, most people in the sport would have put Fury high in their pound-for-pound list. Since […]
Eddie Hearn has responded to comments from Otto Wallin regarding his fight with Anthony Joshua and the contractual rematch clause. Wallin has done plenty of talking in the build-up to his fight with Joshua on The Day of Reckoning card in Saudi Arabia on December 23. The Swedish southpaw has questioned Joshua’s mental state and […]
Two men are claiming to be the hardest punchers in the sport of boxing right now – in fact Francis Ngannou believes he’s the biggest hitter in all of combat sports. Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou will now forever be known as the man who narrowly lost out on a split points decision to the […]
Otto Wallin says he has plenty of reasons to be confident ahead of his fight with Anthony Joshua. Wallin is a Swedish southpaw who has steadily rose up the ranks. His journey started properly when he pushed Tyson Fury hard over 12 rounds in 2019. He also managed to inflict a savage cut above the […]
Former cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson believes Anthony Joshua is near the end of his career. Joshua has endured a challenging couple of years since winning back his IBF, WBA and WBO world titles from Andy Ruiz in a rematch of their first fight in which he was on the wrong end of a shocking upset. […]
Nigel Benn has been mulling over a fantasy fight with Carl Froch and made a prediction for how it would go. Brits have always competed well in the super-middleweight division, with plenty of marquee names making it to world championship level. Back in Benn’s era in the mid-nineties, there were a wealth of fighters in […]
There is plenty of heavyweight action coming up in the next few months, not least the undisputed clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. That historic meeting will be the first undisputed battle in 24 years and it arrives on February 17, though was somewhat delayed after Tyson Fury was pushed much harder than expected […]
Eddie Hearn continues to fight hard to make Chris Eubank Jr versus Conor Benn and now claims there is just one thing in the way of the fight. This controversial fight is one of the most drawn-out sagas in the boxing world right now. It started back in October 2022 when the pair were supposed […]
Eddie Hearn is confident on the outcome of Jarrell Miller versus Daniel Dubois, even despite his pick being against the odds. The heavyweight pair are set to meet on a huge card in Saudi Arabia on December 23 which also features the likes of Anthony Joshua versus Otto Wallin, Deontay Wilder versus Joseph Parker and […]
Jarrell Miller has still got plenty to say about Anthony Joshua in the run-up to them appearing on the same card together on December 23 in Saudi Arabia. Miller is one boxer who has managed to get under ‘AJ’s skin more than most. There were heated verbal altercations and even some pushing at the weigh-in […]