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.
A much-talked-about potential fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford has been given an update by Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, and the one man who might be able to make it happen. Alvarez is coming off yet another impressive win over the Cinco De Mayo weekend when […]
Deontay Wilder is looking to get back to winning ways next time out and ahead of that return to the ring he has been given a big warning on his career by former fighter turned pundit Paulie Malignaggi. Wilder was once a fearsome knockout artist with a jack-hammer right hand that put to sleep everyone […]
Turki Alalshikh has already made a huge impact on boxing but now he has revealed a shock new project that could shake up the sport once more. Alalshikh has already been behind some of the biggest fights in recent years. He has hosted the likes of Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, has […]
Turki Alalshikh has confirmed when he hopes to host the rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority has become the most influential figure in the sport of boxing in recent years. His vast financial reserves have seen him take hold of the sport and driven it forwards […]
Rising welterweight star Jaron Ennis has officially announced his next world title fight and sent a huge warning to his opponent. Fresh from signing for Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, Ennis has announced that he will defend his IBF world welterweight title against Cody Crowley in a big fight at Wells Fargo Centre on July 13 […]
Former world champion Timothy Bradley had admitted that there was one fight in his career that has changed him forever due to the damage that he sustained in the ring. Bradley is now a popular pundit with a great knowledge of the sport. Before that, he was known for all action fights and for never […]
Ryan Garcia didn’t have long to bask in the glory of his breakout win against Devin Haney before news broke that he failed a drug test before and after the contest and now he has revealed his shock excuse for the result. Garcia has not been far away from the boxing headlines for the whole […]
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya had a very public fallout at the recent press conference ahead of his fight with Jamie Munguia and Eddie Hearn doesn’t think it is done yet as he claims Alvarez may attack De la Hoya. Alvarez’s fiery exchange with former promoter De La Hoya has set the […]
George Groves has been casting his mind over the upcoming undisputed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk and has given a rather bold view as to how he thinks it will go. Usyk and Fury have been on a collision course for a while and were first meant to fight in February but a […]
Canelo Alvarez has given his reaction to the news that Ryan Garcia failed two drug tests, one before, and one after his recent world title fight with Devin Haney. Garcia stunned the world and put on the performance of his life on April 20 when he stepped into the ring with former undisputed lightweight world […]
Following a recent win in his first fight for some time, Hughie Fury has now revealed that he will be back in the ring sooner rather than later as his next opponent and fight date is announced. Before this extended time out from the sport began, Fury was in good form and managed to notch […]
Carl Froch and Tony Bellew have been asked on a podcast about who they would rather fight between light heavyweight stars Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. These two unbeaten champions come up against one another on June 1 in an undisputed light heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia that will see the skills and technical abilities […]