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.
Floyd Mayweather has had his say on who tops the pound-for-pound rankings in the wake of some high-level match-ups featuring the best in the business – but he thinks one fight still needs to happen before the current debate can be settled. The end of July saw some of the sport’s top fighters come to […]
Derek Chisora has warned Dillian Whyte in light of the adverse analytical findings in the Brixton man’s random VADA drugs test ahead of his fight with Anthony Joshua. News of this first broke last Saturday, just a week before Whyte was set to get a big-money payday in his rematch with Joshua at London’s O2 […]
Derek Chisora has never been one to toe an official line or keep his thoughts to himself and so it has proved again this week as he has allegedly revealed the whopping amount of money Tyson Fury is set to earn for his much-maligned fight with MMA star Francis Ngannou. The boxing world would much […]
George Foreman’s career spanned the best part of three decades. He had 81 bouts and fought 349 rounds, so knows more than most the true meaning of having ‘a good chin.’ ‘Big George’ competed against some of the most iconic names in boxing history between 1969 and 1997 including the likes of Gerry Cooney, Joe […]
Following the news that Mike Tyson would be training former MMA heavyweight star Francis Ngannou for his fight with WBC world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, fans are gaining some insight into how the pair are getting on. The match-up between the two big men comes on October 28 in Riyadh and Fury has once […]
There have been plenty of high-level match-ups in boxing in the last month with results leading to a switch up in the pound-for-pound rankings, but former number one Floyd Mayweather seems to think one man is being wrongly omitted from discussions. For a matter of a few days at the end of July, it seemed […]
Carl Froch is something of a boxing boffin and, in discussion with former fighter turned pundit Spencer Oliver, he has gone deep on three of his favourite fighters since the year 2000. Speaking to TalkSport Boxing about his first choice, he agrees with Oliver who suggests Lennox Lewis’ resume is second to none with big […]
Derek Chisora has enjoyed a rivalry with Dillian Whyte that has played out twice in the ring and many times out of it, and the latest exchange in light of the adverse analytical findings in Whyte’s drugs test is another brutal one. The two British heavyweights fought first in 2016 then again in 2018 with […]
One man who was keen to step in as a late replacement for Dillian Whyte to take on Anthony Joshua this weekend at London’s O2 has claimed the Brit is “mentally broken.” This is not the first time Joshua has found himself without an opponent in the last days leading up to a fight. Kubrat […]
There has been an avalanche of opinion coming down on Dillian Whyte since his fight with Anthony Joshua was canceled due to adverse analytical findings in a random VADA test, and now an experienced British trainer says the news could end ‘The Body Snatcher’s career. USA Ring Magazine 2015 World Trainer of the Year Joe […]
Conor Benn has had his suspension from the UK Anti-Doping Agency lifted following an almost year-long battle to clear his name after failing a drugs test – now he’s looking to return to the ring. The 26-year-old welterweight was a highly touted prospect who had blasted his way through opponents including Samuel Vargas, Chris Algieri […]
Many people have been quick to consider the speed with which Eddie Hearn and Matchroom have responded to the adverse analytical findings in Dillian Whyte’s VADA tests compared to those of Conor Benn’s in October last year. For some time following the news of Benn’s failed test, Hearn and co-promoter, Kalle Sauerland, seemed keen to […]