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.
Carl Froch has advised former WBO light-middleweight champion, Liam Smith, to retire following his knockout loss to Chris Eubank Jr this past weekend adding that Eubank was ‘the best I’ve ever seen him.’ The much anticipated all-British rematch shocked many for the way it finished. After beating Eubank with a sensational fourth-round knockout back in […]
Tommy Fury’s next fight is against rapper and YouTuber turned boxer KSI and Carl Froch only sees it going one way but blasts it as ‘a load of sh*t.’ Fury was last out against Jake Paul. He is still rather a novice pro with just 9 fights under his belt. Early on he fought journeymen […]
The legendary George Foreman is renowned for being one of the heaviest hitters in boxing history, but he has also shared plenty of praise for one of today’s current crop of hard-punching big men. Foreman’s power is arguably what helped him become the oldest heavyweight in history when he regained the title for a second […]
The debate about Daniel Dubois’s now infamous fifth-round shot on Oleksandr Usyk rages on after the fight. The contest was largely one-sided but for the low blow controversy. Usyk kept Dubois at distance, putting him down in the eighth with a barrage of shots, as well as again in the 9th to ultimately end the […]
Teddy Atlas has been discussing the two hot topics that came off the back of Oleksandr Usyk’s successful defense of his WBO, WBA and IBF world titles against Daniel Dubois, the first being an alleged low blow, the second behind whether or not he quit. Trainer turned pundit Atlas is never afraid to call things […]
Daniel Dubois’s world title fight with Oleksandr Usyk threw up plenty of talking points but former world champion Paulie Malignaggi has a firm view on whether or not Dubois quit. Dubois has been criticised before for taking a knee and being counted out rather than being stopped having given his all. That was in his […]
This weekend, Chris Eubank Jr attempts to avenge his knockout defeat to Liam Smith in an all-British grudge match, but he will do so without his former coach, Roy Jones Jr. Jones had been in Eubank’s corner for a handful of fights, culminating in the January stoppage loss to Smith before the pair parted ways […]
Shane McGuigan, the man who was recently coaching Daniel Dubois, has said he would have advised the 25-year-old not to take the fight with Oleksandr Usyk if it was up to him. Many people have said the jump up from where Dubois had been fighting to world level was too great. Aside from the fight […]
The big fights keep coming this weekend with Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith due to rematch in Manchester and as Ricky Hatton thinks the first result was a shock he is predicting a more even battle this time around. The first fight back in January ended in a way very few saw coming when […]
The heavyweight division is very much in flux right now but former unified super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch sees one man as potentially coming out on top of the British pile in future. Currently, Tyson Fury is the lineal and WBC champion and regarded by many as the best in the country, with the likes […]
Oleksander Usyk’s promoter Alex Krassyuk believes his man did more than just beat Anthony Joshua physically across their two fights and is now saying he thinks Usyk ‘ate his soul.’ Usyk and Joshua shared 24 tough rounds across two fights in 2021 and 2022. Joshua won only a handful of those in all, first losing […]
Manny Pacquiao just about accomplished it all in the professional ring, and has since retired to focus on politics in his homeland of the Philippines. This week it has been revealed that the fighting legend has now expressed an interest in taking a shot at gold in the Paris Olympics in 2024. Now 44 years […]