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.
Joe Joyce opted to go into an immediate rematch with Zhilei Zhang after taking a bruising loss to the Chinese heavyweight back in April and now Matchroom promoter, Eddie Hearn, has made his prediction for the fight. The first time around, Joyce was unable to evade the solid jabs and big left hands of southpaw […]
As well as plenty of controversy over the legality of a body shot in the fifth round, Daniel Dubois has attracted comments for the way his world title challenge with Oleksandr Usyk ended with him once again seeing out a 10 count on his knee, and one top trainer has no doubt he quit. Dubois […]
Heavyweight Derek Chisora had a ringside seat for Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Daniel Dubois and he had one main takeaway from the fight that he has shared as a warning to Tyson Fury. Aside from one controversial moment in the fifth round, the consensus is that Usyk won the majority of his WBO, WBA and […]
Carl Froch continues to lay into Anthony Joshua following comments about his relationship with former coach Rob McCracken, his ‘awful’ performance against Helenius, and now his ‘unprofessional’ moves in the aftermath of that fight at the O2 in London. Things really heated up between the two Brits when Joshua pointed to ‘Froch’s nose’ as evidence […]
Filip Hrgovic is next in line to face the unified heavyweight champion of the world and he claims ‘I’m the man who will beat [Oleksandr] Usyk.’ 6’6″ Croatian Hrgovic is coming off the back of solid if not spectacular wins in the last couple of years including a 12th round knockout of previously unbeaten Aussie […]
Just days out from the biggest test of Daniel Dubois’s career, one of his sparring partners and rising heavyweight star, Moses Itauma, has warned opponent Oleksandr Usyk that the Brit is ‘underrated.’ 25 year old Dubois is still relatively green in terms of his professional record. He’s had plenty of knockout wins, including over the […]
Deontay Wilder is keen to get back to the top of the heavyweight division and claims that it is ‘dead’ without him. Wilder reigned supreme over the heavyweights for several years. He first picked up the WBC belt with a points win over Bermane Stiverne in 2015 and kept it until losing to Tyson Fury […]
Filip Hrgovic is sitting pretty as the IBF mandatory challenger to the winner of the heavyweight world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois in Poland on August 26 – and in his mind there is only one man who he is likely to be facing down the line. The Croatian big man has […]
The old saying goes that what happens in sparring should stay in sparring, but Frank Warren obviously disagrees and has shared the name of a young heavyweight he claims knocked over Anthony Joshua behind closed doors. In the run-up to Daniel Dubois’ mandatory challenge to Oleksandr Usyk’s world titles, plenty has been made of the […]
Carl Froch has shared his view on how the heavyweight world title showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois will go, saying one man is ‘almost unbeatable’ but that it is ‘no mismatch.’ Dubois really does have his work cut out in Poland on August 26th when he has his first crack at a legitimate […]
Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua are both coming off wins over the same man and now The Bronze Bomber has compared their performances against Robert Helenius. Wilder took on The Nordic Nightmare back in October 2022, while Joshua’s victory came earlier this month. The common opponent was always going to be used as a measuring […]
It has been revealed this week that James Ali Bashir, the some-time trainer of Oleksandr Usyk, has been drafted into the camp of Daniel Dubois and as a result has come out in support of the young Brit’s huge punching power, saying it is on par with the likes of Sonny Liston and George Foreman. […]