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.
Boxing Hall of Famer, Evander Holyfield, had a glittering career stacked with iconic moments and this week he has been reflecting on it all. Holyfield won the undisputed championship in two weight classes – first, he was the cruiserweight king in the late 1980s, then went on to heavyweight honours in the early 1990s. He had […]
Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, doesn’t think anyone will be beating the Japanese multi-weight champion, Naoya Inoue, anytime soon. On July 25, Inoue stepped up in weight once more to challenge for Stephen Fulton’s unified super bantamweight world title. He came away with an impressive eighth-round knockout and will now […]
Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach is excited about “two of the best fighters in the world fighting each other” when Errol Spence Jr and Terrence Bud Crawford face off in Las Vegas. This undisputed welterweight world title fight is one of the most anticipated of the year as it pits two undefeated belt holders […]
American boxing great Evander Holyfield has weighed in with his views on the upcoming super fight between welterweight kings Errol Spence Jr and Terrence Crawford. Holyfield rose to the very top of the sport during the three-belt era and remains the only man in history to become undisputed at both cruiserweight in the 1980s and […]
Errol Spence Jr has not taken kindly to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez tipping Terrence Crawford to beat him this weekend in Las Vegas. The undisputed title fight between the two undefeated welterweight champions has been a long time coming, but the first bell on July 29 at the T-Mobile Arena is now fast approaching. Opinions and […]
Gervonta Davis recorded a seventh-round knockout win over Ryan Garcia back in April, and now thoughts have turned to who he might fight next. Multi-weight champion ‘Tank’ Davis is now 29-0 with 27 wins inside the distance. He has recently been released from jail after serving time for breaking a 90 day home detention order, […]
American fight commentator Teddy Atlas has named Japanese talent Naoya Inoue as someone who could have succeeded in any era. Following his explosive knockout win over Stephen Fulton on July 25 in Toyko, many people are now even more impressed with generational great ‘The Monster’ than they already were. The seemingly straightforward victory over a […]
Following two postponements, Liam Smith’s rematch with fellow Brit Chris Eubank Jr is finally on for September 2 at the AO Arena in Manchester, and Johnny Nelson has advised Jr to “let the shots go.” The long-reigning world cruiserweight champion turned Sky Sports pundit was in attendance for the first bout in which Smith upset […]
Anthony Joshua is deep in camp with Derrick James ahead of his rematch with fellow Brit DIllian Whyte and sparring partner, Jerimiah Milton, reckons Joshua will show “something new, something a lot more honed in.” This is Joshua’s second camp with coach James, who also has Ryan Garcia, Jermell Charlo and Errol Spence Jnr in […]
Shawn Porter fought all comers in his talent-stacked division, but reserves his highest praise for the “special” skills of three-weight world champion, Terence Crawford. The former welterweight world champion recently named current WBO welterweight title holder Crawford the best he has ever faced. Next up for ‘Bud’ is WBC, WBA and IBF champion Errol Spence […]
Otto Wallin has told Tyson Fury’s next opponent, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, to make their fight “uncomfortable.” Wallin faced Fury in between his first two fights with Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas in 2019. The Swedish contender opened huge cuts above Fury’s eye which required 47 stitches to fix. Despite ‘The Gypsy King’ […]
Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith are set to renew their rivalry on September 2. Ahead of the rematch, Eubank Jr has again accused Smith of elbowing him in the lead-up to the knockdown which ended the first fight in January. Smith finished Eubank in the fourth round in what was a shock result given […]