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.
Eddie Hearn has claimed that Anthony Joshua is ready to face Francis Ngannou on December 23. The potential match-up between the two heavyweights is not one people expected would be talked about before Ngannou made his boxing debut against the Lineal and WBC champion Tyson Fury. However, the former MMA star put in such a […]
Former two-weight world champion turned pundit Carl Frampton has made his prediction for the contracted but as yet unconfirmed undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Frampton was one of many onlookers who were shocked by the below-par showing of Lineal and WBC champion Fury in his last outing against Francis Ngannou in Riyadh. […]
Prince Naseem Hamed is never one to shy from the spotlight and in the aftermath of the Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou fight he has been caught telling a heavyweight champion from the golden era that he would have got beaten by Lennox Lewis. Lewis is the last undisputed heavyweight champion. He finished with a […]
Tyson Fury has two wins and one draw against Deontay Wilder in a historic trio of fights between 2019 and 2022. They saw him win the WBC crown and rise back to the top of the heavyweight tree, but not without taking plenty of punishment via a number of severe knockdowns in the first and […]
Eddie Hearn has claimed that the British Southern Area Champion would beat Francis Ngannou. These comments from Matchroom CEO Hearn come after Fury put in one of his less dazzling performances against boxing debutant Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. The former MMA champion managed to put Fury down in round three and boxed well throughout […]
Alex Krassyuk, promoter of Oleksandr Usyk, believes one sparring partner of the champion is next in line for the world title. Usyk holds the WBA, WBO and IBF belts and is now in camp for the contracted undisputed fight with Tyson Fury in an attempt to pick up the WBC. It was originally scheduled for […]
Francis Ngannou’s manager has revealed his ideal two-fight plan for heavyweight boxing’s newest star. Ngannou’s profile has gone through the roof following his hugely impressive boxing debut against Tyson Fury. The former UFC titlist was given next to no chance against unbeaten, lineal and WBC champion Fury out in Riyadh in a ten-round fight. What […]
Deontay Wilder’s team has made it clear who they would most like to box next saying ‘it’s my favourite fight in boxing.’ Francis Ngannou’s fantastic showing in his narrow split decision points loss to Tyson Fury has very much catapulted his name into contention for some of the biggest fights in the heavyweight division, not […]
Rumours had been circulating that Anthony Joshua has split from his trainer Derrick James. Now, the American has responded. Eddie Hearn recently spoke about Joshua having linked up with Tyson Fury’s former trainer Ben Davison, but stated his fighter was still 100% with James and was just ‘ticking over’ in Davison’s gym. Despite the clarification, […]
The former trainer turned pundit Teddy Atlas has revealed his scorecard for the recent Tyson Fury versus Francis Ngannou fight in Riyadh. The event was reportedly one of the most expensive sporting events ever at a cost of almost half a billion dollars. It’s fair to say that it was a grand spectacle with epic […]
Retired boxer Tony Bellew announced the one fight that would get him back in the ring not long ago. Now, he has had another offer from a rather unlikely source who says ‘nobody likes him, let’s fight.’ World title contender Ohara Davis and former cruiserweight champion Bellew first came to blows six years ago over […]
A former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world has insisted Tyson Fury should pull out of his undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk until he’s ‘in better shape.’ The comments come in the wake of Fury’s less-than-impressive showing against former UFC champion and boxing novice Francis Ngannou in Riyadh. The Gypsy King was knocked down in […]