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.
Tyson Fury has been looking back on his career and has special praise for the one man who presented him with the most problems to solve, saying he has ‘the heart of a lion.’ 35-year-old lineal and WBC champion Fury remains unbeaten in his 34-fight career so far, though he does have one draw on […]
Now that the undisputed clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk has been announced, the predictions are flying in from all quarters. One man who knows a thing or two about being involved in top-level heavyweight title contests is former two-time champion of the world. Riddick Bowe. Bowe fought professionally between 1989 and 2008 and […]
The entire boxing world will be watching when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk finally step into the ring for the first undisputed world heavyweight title fight in some 24 years – and Andy Ruiz Jr thinks he knows how it will go. Ruiz is a former unified world champion himself having beaten Anthony Joshua back […]
After 11 months out, one fighter who tops the pound-for-pound rankings for many fans is finally about to make a welcome return to the ring. It is a hand injury that has kept the fighter away but now he’s back fit he is eyeing up an undisputed clash with the winner of the unification fight […]
Following the news that Billy Joe Saunders is to make a welcome return to the ring, he has now revealed which promoter he will have helping him to get back into the world title picture. For many, 30-year-old Saunders is one of Britains biggest talents. Having lifted world honours in the middleweight and super middleweight […]
Many in the boxing world were disappointed with Jermell Charlo’s showing against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez this weekend and one going as far to say it was ‘embarrassing’ and is now calling out the Mexican himself saying he ‘wants that scalp’. Charlo, who was coming up two weights, seemed to be in survival mode for most […]
Although he must first deal with the sizeable challenge of Francis Ngannou, Tyson Fury has already turned his attention to preparations for a huge undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia. If the reported date of December 23 comes off, WBC champ Fury will have just eight weeks to get tuned up for one […]
Zhilei Zhang has a vested interest in the outcome of the recently signed undisputed world heavyweight title bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. It is a fight the whole world wants to see, but for ‘Big Bang’ the outcome could well reveal who he is to square up against next. Ever since beating Joe […]
John Fury has spoken about Anthony Joshua’s chances against his son Tyson Fury should the pair ever meet and called it ‘a mismatch.’ The boxing world has wanted to see Joshua and Fury face off for many years and even Joshua’s back-to-back losses to Oleskandr Usyk in 2021 and 2022 have done little to diminish […]
Jermell Charlo has got the biggest fight of his career coming up this weekend in Las Vegas against Saul ‘Canelo ‘ Alvarez and has been speaking about the rematch clause. The fight sees Charlo stepping up two weight divisions to have a shot at all four of the major super-middleweight titles owned by Canelo. He […]
Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson thinks it is ‘b******t’ that two top-level fighters won’t face off with each other because they share the same trainer. Loyalties in boxing can be fickle when it comes to the crunch, but it seems two fighters won’t budge on their decision to fight each other because they are […]
Former world champion turned pundit Carl Froch has claimed that from what he has seen in his performances, one British former two-time world champion is ‘damaged.’ Mindset and confidence are always a huge part of any fighter’s success and taking a defeat can do plenty to knock that. Anthony Joshua has now had three in […]