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.
Billy Joe Saunders has warned Tyson Fury that he could be set for the fight of his life – at least for three or four rounds. Fury sure has had some battles both in and out of the ring. Most famously his up-and-down trilogy with Deontay Wilder saw both men hit the canvas multiple times. […]
Daniel Dubois has another huge fight ahead of him against Jarrell Miller and he had only one condition before signing. The young Brit is coming off what his team saw as a controversial loss to Oleksandr Usyk back in August. In the biggest test of his career and his first tilt at full world honours, […]
He might be deep in an Australian jungle but Tony Bellew is still happy to talk boxing. Bellew has remained a prominent figure n the sport since hanging up his gloves after an unsuccessful challenge for all four cruiserweight belts against Oleksandr Usyk in 2018. That final fight came after a pair of high-profile box […]
Eddie Hearn has drastically changed his mind about what is going to happen when Tyson Fury fights Oleksandr Usyk on February 17. This historic undisputed heavyweight match-up will be the first in 24 years and it will find the two best in the division finally coming to blows out in Saudi Arabia as part of […]
Jarrell Miller has continued to stoke his fiery war of words with Anthony Joshua by stating ‘we aren’t friends’. Miller and Joshua have seriously disliked each other for over four years. It started back in New York City in June 2019 when they were due to fight to mark Joshua’s stateside debut. In the build […]
Mike Tyson has made a new prediction for the upcoming Tyson Fury versus Oleksandr Usyk fight but has caveated it with the warning that he ‘could be wrong.’ After many months of speculation, a firm date was finally announced for the first undisputed heavyweight match-up in 24 years. Fury and Usyk will come to blows […]
Tyson Fury has taken another opportunity to wind up Anthony Joshua about who promotes him. In a turn of events that few in the boxing world could have seen coming, Joshua’s next fight on December 23 is chiefly being promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensberry, though various other co-promoters are involved including including Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, […]
Former world champion Billy Joe Saunders has spoken about his darkest moments in boxing, and has looked back to 2018 to highlight the worst. Saunders is a slick boxer who can make opponents look average. He did so notably against a thunderous puncher like David Lemieux in 2017 to defend the WBO middleweight title he […]
Certain people in the boxing world have claimed that Tyson Fury is ‘washed’ or declining after witnessing his fight with Francis Ngannou. The Brit’s below-par performance against the former UFC Champion in October triggered the observations from the likes of Eddie Hearn and Johnny Nelson. The WBC Champion, who has brushed aside most opponents over […]
Will either Anthony Joshua or Otto Wallin get a chance to average a loss with a rematch once they meet in December? Many of the highest-level matchups in boxing these days have rematch clauses. They are designed to protect the biggest names in the sport and allow them the opportunity to win back any belts, […]
Retired boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has declared himself to have the joint-top jab in boxing. The fighter known as ‘The Golden Boy’ was a slick talent in the ring. Between 1992 and 2008 he won no fewer than 11 world titles in six different weight classes and was the lineal champion in three […]
Otto Wallin has a fair insight into what Tyson Fury brings to the ring and has now used that information to make a prediction about his next fight. Wallin and Fury squared off in the ring back in 2019. The Swedish southpaw posed plenty of problems for ‘The Gypsy King’ and opened a savage cut […]