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.
As the battle to become Deontay Wilder’s next opponent goes on, one former champion has now declared that the American is ‘scared’ to fight him. For many months of this year, Brit Anthony Joshua seems to have been the one in poll position to secure a huge showdown with ‘The Bronze Bomber’, though talks have […]
All time heavyweight grea,t Lennox Lewis, has given some advice to a young fighter hoping to lift the British title next weekend. Famously, Lewis is the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed championship and held titles on three separate occasions as well as being a two-time lineal champion. It all started when he turned pro […]
Eddie Hearn has promoted some of the biggest fights in world boxing over the last decade, but admits that not all of them have make him a profit. The first huge card that truly put Hearn and Matchoom on the map and got boxing back into the mainstream consciousness was, famously, Carl Froch versus George […]
There remains no love lost between former opponents Bill Joe Saunders and Chris Eubank Jr as the former has now said ‘the whole world’ knows Eubank would take a loss if a proposed fight with a current undisputed champion gets made. Saunders and Eubank fought on the undercard of Derek Chirosa and Tyson Fury back […]
Dan Azeez’s highly anticipated showdown with fellow Brit, Joshua Buatsi, was canceled just days before it was due to take place, sparking a flood of conspiracy theories that have ‘enraged’ the man himself. Azeez has been on a steady upward trajectory in recent years – the only British light-heavyweight to have won all of the […]
Former world champion Ricky Hatton has had his say on what he thinks will happen if and when Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr come to face off in the ring. It is now more than a year since Benn and Eubank Jr’s original fight fate was cancelled late in the day as it emerged […]
Carl Froch thinks that the announcement of an undisputed bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is a ‘master plan’, but is hesitant to fully believe it happens. Fury is to fight former MMA titlist and boxing debutant, Francis Ngannou, on October 28 in Riyadh. It is not a bout many were expecting to see, […]
Talk of a potential heavyweight clash between WBO mandatory Zhilei Zhang and former WBC champion Deontay Wilder has begun – and Zhang’s promoter, Frank Warren, thinks it’s a ‘great fight.’ Zhang has very much put himself in the picture for match-ups with some of the biggest names in the sport having turned in two impressive […]
Coming off the back of a recent win to retain his world title, one middleweight champion has now turned his sights on Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and claimed he would ‘knock him out easily.’ Canelo is back on top following his straightforward points win over Jermall Charlo last time out. The fight saw the Mexican retain […]
There has been lots of talk of Anthony Joshua fighting Deontay Wilder, but this week the American’s trainer Malik Scott claimed the Brit doesn’t want to fight – a comment which promoter Eddie Hearn clearly doesn’t agree with. The Joshua and Wilder saga has been going on all summer. It was strongly rumoured to be […]
Caleb Plant is more qualified than most when it comes to breaking down Saul Canelo Alvarez vs David Benavidez and now he has now compared the power of both men. Plant’s most recent outing was against David Benavidez in March when he lost a unanimous points decision. It was only the second loss of his […]
A heavyweight who has fought and lost to Tyson Fury no fewer than three times has wished the WBC champion’s future opponent ‘good luck.’ The challenge faced by Oleksandr Usyk when he finally gets into the ring with The Gypsy King sure is a big one. Fury is yet to lose in his 33-fight professional […]