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.
Tyson Fury has been looking back over some of his recent fights and recalled the one that left him feeling like he’d ‘been hit by a train’. Though never beaten, it is fair to say Fury has been through his fair share of wars. Otto Wallin caused him problems by opening of a huge cut […]
There has been some welcome movement in the heavyweight division this week with the news confirmed that Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte will square off at London’s O2 Arena on August 12. The price point to watch on DAZN PPV, however, immediately got fans talking, especially as Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn once famously declared upon […]
Talk has been heating up of late that former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew might come out of retirement to challenge WBC bridgerweight champion Lukasz Rozanski – but now it seems the Pole is heading for a big-money fight in Saudi Arabia. Although fast-rising Middle Eastern promotional outfit Skill Challenge Entertainment has not yet confirmed […]
Undefeated and undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney has addressed rumours that he was hurt by fellow lightweight Gervonta Davis in sparring. These young talents are two of the biggest stars in boxing right now. Haney’s latest win was a 12-round unanimous-decision victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko back in May – but many argue the Ukrainian should […]
The stalemate in the heavyweight division has kept most of the marquee names out of big fights this year, but Oleksandr Usyk against Daniel Dubois will finally be 2023’s first world title matchup when the pair meet on August 26. The fight will be a debut pay-per-view event under the brand TNT Sports, which is […]
Gerald Washington has been an active heavyweight for over a decade and has fought and sparred many of the top names in the division in that time, including Andy Ruiz Jr, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. He’s now shared who he thinks would come out in top in the transatlantic match-up between Joshua and Wilder. […]
The fact that people inside boxing are so evenly split over who wins in the much-anticipated match-up between welterweight kings Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr is a testament to what a great fight it is. Abel Sanchez, however, is firmly in the Spence camp. Out of Big Bear, California, Sanchez has guided Kazakh wrecking […]
Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter has been sparring with Anthony Joshua ahead of the Brit’s mooted rematch with Dillian Whyte, and he thinks ‘AJ’ is going to repeat his victory from 2015. Speaking to Boxing UK, Hunter has given an insight into what the former unified heavyweight world champion’s camp has been like. “I came over […]
After plenty of playful back and forth over social media, it seems Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury might be getting closer to a fight. Usyk’s manager Egis Kilmas has taken to Twitter to respond to a video in which former fighter Matt Macklin expresses his frustration at the lack of an undisputed fight between the […]
Otto Wallin had Tyson Fury in danger due to a severe gash when the pair fought in 2019, and now the heavyweight contender has said his former opponent is ‘difficult to work with.’ The pair faced off when Fury was on the rebuild following his return to the ring after mental health struggles. Wallin famously […]
Zhilei Zhang upset the odds to beat heavyweight contender Joe Joyce earlier this year, and now he has his sights set on another British fighter. China’s Zhang and Olympic silver medalist Joyce battled it out for the WBO interim heavyweight title at London’s Copper Box Arena in April of this year, despite the fact that […]
Tyson Fury has been busy as ever on Instagram stories in the last day or so and in one new video he has called himself “the greatest.” Current Lineal and WBC heavyweight world champion Fury has few detractors when he is in the ring. He’s 35 next month and unbeaten in 15 years with marquee […]