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.
It is often the case for retried fighters that truly leaving the sport of boxing behind can be one of the hardest challenges they face, and Kell Brook has confirmed the struggle. Brook bowed out in what many would regard as the perfect fashion with a high-profile win on Sky Sports Box Office against his […]
Tony Bellew is deep in the Australian jungle on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and sharing plenty of insights into his career. The former cruiserweight king is no stranger to reality TV, having also taken part in Channel 4’s Who Dares Wins. Having been retired since 2018, he continues to search out challenges […]
Following a loss to Tyson Fury in his debut contest, Francis Ngannou was ranked the tenth best heavyweight in the world by the WBC. Ngannou has become a big name in boxing after just one fight. His hugely hyped bout with Tyson Fury in Riyadh in October came after he had established himself as a […]
Oleksandr Usyk may well retire once his rivalry with Tyson Fury has played out, but, if he doesn’t, there are confident contenders waiting to fight him. Usyk is currently deep in camp for his much anticipated undisputed showdown with Fury. The fight is set to take place in Saudi Arabia on February 17 and will […]
Liam Smith has admitted that there is one fight that he would ‘pay to make happen.’ Smith is currently recovering after a rather surprising knockout loss to Chris Eubank Jr. The unsuccessful rematch came just months after Smith dispatched Eubank in handy fashion in the pair’s first fight in February. There were rumours around the […]
Billy Joe Saunders is in the gym to get back in shape for a 2024 return, and is starting to be linked to possible opponents. Saunders has not fought since his loss to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in May 2021. It was a bruising defeat in which Canelo broken the Brit’s orbital bone with a hellish […]
Amir Khan still craves one last dance with a boxing legend. Khan announced his retirement from the sport after his defeat to long-time British rival Kell Brook left his ledger with 34 wins from 40 professional fight. His long and decorated career saw plenty of highs, from his Silver medal in the Olympics in Athens […]
Evander Holyfield has spoken of a tough battle even before he stepped in the ring ahead of one of his most famous fights. Holyfield remains a standout star of his generation having achieved the as of yet unrepeated feat of being an undisputed cruiserweight champion who then went on to do the same at heavyweight […]
Riddick Bowe is a boxing legend in his own right, but has been speaking about one fighter he has always looked up to. The American heavyweight is best known for a trio of clashes with Evander Holyfield and for not fighting Lennox Lewis in the professional ranks in a drawn-out saga that ended with him […]
Conor Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn is not happy with the British Boxing Board of Control. News emerged this week that the Board had refused Connor Benn’s application to fight Chris Eubank Jr so long as its appeal with Benn and the UK Anti-Doping Agency following failed Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency tests last year remains without a […]
Carl Froch claims there is one fighter out there that nobody could beat – and he has first hand experience in trying. Former world champion Froch is one of the most decorated British boxers of his era. He won multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the WBC title twice between 2008 and 2011, the IBF from […]
Otto Wallin has been speaking ahead of his huge clash with British heavyweight Anthony Joshua. This fight will be Joshua’s third of the year – a feat he hasn’t managed since 2016. He is still working his way back to the top after back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and 2022 that left him […]