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.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has arguably been the face of boxing for a number of years, but the pound-for-pound star has admitted that he doesn’t like the sport. The Mexican fighter is one of the greats of this era, a multi-weight champion who has taken on plenty of challenges and overcome most of them. He cleared […]
Carl Froch is proving as aggressive with his views out of the ring as he was with his punches in it, most recently calling Eddie Hearn’s opinion on Anthony Joshua’s current fighting style ‘bull s**t.’ This comes in the wake of Joshua’s seventh-round knockout win over late replacement and fringe-level heavyweight, Robert Helenius, at the […]
Anthony Joshua has been accused of being tentative up until his knockout of Robert Helenius, and promoter Frank Warren thinks those booing inside the arena during the “boring” fight were right to do so. Helenius was a late stand-in replacement for Joshua, who is still continuing to build a relationship with his new coach Derrick […]
Derek Chisora returned to the ring with a points win over Gerald Washington in London last weekend, but Teddy Atlas firmly believes that should be the last time ‘Del Boy’ steps into the ring. The Londoner has had a long, gruelling career with 47 fights over 324 rounds. His aggressive come-forward style has seen him […]
Trainer Robert Garcia has been revealing plenty about what it was like to be in camp with former charge Anthony Joshua, while also paying tribute to his first coach Rob McCracken. Garcia trained British heavyweight Joshua for just one fight – an unsuccessful rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in 2022. It was the second of two […]
Evander Holyfield has questioned why Tyson Fury is fighting MMA star Francis Ngannou instead of Oleksandr Usyk in a contest that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis. Like ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield in his day, Usyk is a unified cruiserweight champion who has moved up to claim titles at heavyweight. Next […]
Former welterweight world champion Shawn Porter thinks Deontay Wilder needs to be more active before facing off with Anthony Joshua next year, but still has one clear winner in mind. Opinion has been divided about Joshua since his recent win over Robert Helenius. Many fans were disappointed that the British heavyweight is no longer a […]
Carl Froch has not been one of Anthony Joshua’s most ardent supporters in recent weeks and now he has offered a brutal opinion on the heavyweight’s “awful” performance against Robert Helenius. Former super middleweight champion Froch has been sharing plenty of thoughts on Joshua of late, from how he trains to why he split with […]
It is a comment that will upset many, but Frank Warren has claimed that his charge Tyson Fury needn’t fight Anthony Joshua to secure his legacy as a heavyweight great. The boxing world has split opinons on currently now as he prepares to take on the big-hitting MMA champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh this October […]
Carl Froch recently named ‘Prince Naseem’ Hamed as his favourite ever British fighter and now he’s been musing on what might happen if the Sheffield man was to match up against current unified super bantamweight world champion, Naoya Inoue. Inoue was atop many pound-for-pound rankings for just a matter of days in late July following […]
Anthony Joshua’s recent win against Robert Helenius seems to have paved the way for him to fight Deontay Wilder – and Teddy Atlas has made his pick for the winner. Joshua was tentative for the first six rounds against late stand-in Helenius this past weekend at London’s O2. He eventually found his range and delivered […]
Following a tumultuous year, Conor Benn is back in the public eye and has been sharing his views on the current pound-for-pound number one. The last week in July provided plenty of movement in the fantasy rankings. Naoya Inoue staked his claim for the top spot with a knockout win over Stephen Fulton which made […]