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.
Former world champion, Kostya Tszyu, has voiced his opinions on the upcoming clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The historic undisputed heavyweight fight between Fury and Usyk is now being scheduled for February 17 in Saudi Arabia and will be the first for almost a quarter of a century. It has been a long […]
A former two-time heavyweight champion has taken issue with Tyson’s Fury performance against Francis Ngannou and stated that ‘he can’t be considered a great now.’ Fury has come in for plenty of criticism for his performance against boxing novice Ngannou. The 10-round contest was much closer than anyone expected, with Fury even being knocked down […]
Deontay Wilder has named the one and only remaining goal he has in the sport of boxing. ‘The Bronze Bomber’ ended his amateur career with a bronze medal in the Olympics and then went on to pick up the WBC World Heavyweight Title against Bermaine Stiverne in 2015 – his only win that has not […]
A Hall Of Fame fighter and former world champion has claimed that Gervonta Davis ‘doesn’t like toughness.’ Davis hasn’t fought since his marquee win over Ryan Garcia back in April of this year. He had Garcia down early before knocking him out in the 7th round with a body shot. It was a catchweight fight […]
Carl Froch has strongly advised Deontay Wilder to avoid one fight that has been mooted for the American suggesting that it is a ‘recipe for disaster.’ Wilder has been out of the ring for over a year. He last fought against Robert Helenius and secured one of his signature and devastating one-punch knockouts in the […]
Oleksandr Usyk has made his predictions ahead of the expected Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder vs Jospeh Parker fights. It’s reported that these two interesting heavyweight match-ups are to go ahead on the same night in Saudi Arabia on December 23. For Joshua, it will be a chance to continue his rebuild […]
It has been reported that Lyndon Arthur will challenge for his first world title on the huge card being planned for Saudi Arabia on December 23. Arthur has been on a solid rebuild after losing his all-British rematch with fellow light heavyweight Anthony Yarde in December 2021. That came a year after he took a […]
Hasim Rahman has been speaking about a potential fight between Francis Ngannou and Deontay Wilder and has predicted an early knockout should the two ever meet. 51-year-old former two-time champion Raham had his fair share of knockouts during his career. He scored a famous one to get an upset victory over unified champion Lennox Lewis […]
Former world champion turned boxing pundit Paulie Malignaggi has had his say on the outcome of a fantasy fight between Roy Jones Jr and Andre Ward. Jones Jr is a Hall of Famer who famously won his first title at middleweight and went on to win belts in four weight classes including heavyweight across a […]
Fighting legend Evander Holyfield has named who he thinks is the face of boxing Holyfield of course was one of the most celebrated names in the sport for many years. The famously granite-chinned American was first the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and then went on to become a world title holder […]
Amir Khan has predicted who would win if multi-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao and Gervonta Davis ever met in the ring. Although this very much sounds like a fantasy fight between boxers from very different generations, Pacquiao has actually said he would fight Davis at welterweight. He hasn’t fought since August 2021 when he lost […]
A former opponent of Martin Bakole has called him out once more and declared the Scotland-based Congolese heavyweight ‘fat and lazy.’ Bakole has struggled to get top-level match-ups despite being a big hitter and a solid contender. Rumours – fuelled by him – circulated recently that he managed to stop Oleksandr Usyk with a body […]