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.
Retired cruiserweight turned DAZN pundit Tony Bellew has always been a keen boxing historian and this week has revealed who he thinks is the greatest puncher boxing has ever seen. Bellew himself carried plenty of power throughout his career, with knockout wins over Illunga Makabu to claim the WBC cruiserweight championship, and then back-to-back stoppages […]
Otto Wallin is still looking to solidify his position amongst the best of the world’s heavyweights and having faced and sparred some of them he has a great perspective on which ones hit hardest. Wallin catapulted himself into the upper echelons of the division with his solid showing against Tyson Fury at the T-Mobile Arena […]
As he continues to work hard in the gym and seek out his next opponent, former unified world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr has discredited Anthony Joshua’s win in their rematch in Jeddah in December 2019, saying the Brith should have ‘knocked him out.’ Joshua boxed at range behind a solid jab to take a […]
Anthony Joshua is in the gym working towards his next fight but has taken time out to share his view on what might happen should Filip Hrgovic get his shot at Oleksandr Usyk. Hrgovic is now the mandatory challenger to Usyk’s IBF belt, one of the three he holds alongside the WBA and WBO titles. […]
Andy Ruiz is still rebuilding after losing his unified world titles to Anthony Joshua in 2019 but thinks he will be the man to beat Tyson Fury should he get the chance from the WBC. Ruiz held the WBA, WBO and IBF title for roughly six months after his upset win over Anthony Joshua in […]
Anthony Joshua has struggled to get back to his explosive best since losing to Oleksandr Usyk and one fellow heavyweight claims that is because he is ‘mentally broken.’ Joshua fought a tough 24 rounds back to back with the Ukraine southpaw across 2021 and 2022. The end of the second fight saw Joshua have something […]
Carl Froch doesn’t regard the upcoming fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou as anything more than ‘a load of crap’ in boxing terms. Fury has exacerbated many with his antics outside of the ring. The current lineal and WBC champion has called out everyone and even challenged Anthony Joshua and Oleskandr Usyk to fight […]
He has fought only once in almost two years but the famously big-hitting Deontay Wilder is promising to return to the ring again soon and has warned ‘nobody is safe.’ The Alabama heavyweight has taken plenty of time out since the second of two bruising losses to Tyson Fury in 2020 and 2021. Since then […]
Tyson Fury hasn’t taken too kindly to people weighing in with less than favourable opinions about his upcoming fight with Francis Ngannou Some fans believe Fury has sidestepped legitimate boxing opponents in favour of a big money payday against Ngannou, an MMA fighter who calls himself ‘the baddest man on the planet.’ The fight is […]
There has been growing talk that multi-weight great Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez might have already peaked in his boxing career, and former trainer turned pundit Teddy atlas is one of those who agrees, going so far as to say he is ‘overrated.’ Canelo turned professional aged just 15 and now, aged 33, he has had an […]
Former multi-weight great Roy Jones Jr isn’t a huge fan of a potential fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Oleksandr Usyk, but he does see one winner should it happen. This fight has been on the cards for some time but, after failed negotiations earlier in the year, […]
There is lots of movement in the heavyweight division right now and plenty of potential for huge fights between its biggest stars, and one unbeaten contender, in particular, is chasing the WBC and linear champion Tyson Fury with the aim of ‘knocking his a** out’. That man is Jarrell Miller, a disgraced bad boy of […]