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.
American heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson has been making big moves in the last 12 months and his confidence is now proving as impressive as his in-ring performances. Speaking in the latest episode of Top Rank’s Relentless, the Toledo native and highly-rated contender rates himself as a badman. “I’m willing to go above and beyond, I’m […]
Deontay Wilder has been closely linked with two upcoming marquee fights. One is against Brit, Anthony Joshua, scheduled for later in the year, and more immediately he’s been in talks fight Andy Ruiz Jr. The WBC’s number one and two ranked heavyweights have been in negotiations for a while, with plenty of public back and […]
Now a decade into his pro career and with a 100% win rate in all 29 of his fights, there are few people whose respect Gervonta Davis hasn’t earned – but apparently he feels disrespected by lightweight rival, Shakur Stevenson. ‘Tank’ has proven himself to be a real badman from Baltimore with vicious KO wins […]
Much loved Mancunian Ricky Hatton worries about the damage that will be done to boxing if two British fighters don’t manage to come to an agreement to fight each other soon. The former super-lightweight and welterweight world champion certainly never shied away from the marquee names in his own career. Several times he made the […]
While the world’s top-level heavyweights continue to trade words not blows, there is a wealth of eager big men coming through and looking to steal some headlines. Arslanbek Makhmudov is one of them – a so far undefeated Russian heavyweight based out of Montreal in Canada. The orthodox puncher has proven that he has power […]
As Deontay Wilder and Andy Ruiz continue negotiations to battle it for mandatory position for Tyson Fury’s belt, former opponent of both, Luis Ortiz has shared his view on how the fight might go. It was only back in September that Cuban southpaw Ortiz fought Ruiz. He was put down twice in the fight and […]
Former Cruiserweight champion, Tony Bellew, was himself a solid finisher in the ring, but the DAZN pundit has now named who he thinks was the best when it comes to putting opponents away once an opening presents itself. Liverpudlian, Bellew, managed to finish plenty of his own foes, including knocking out Ilunga Makabu to lift […]
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has been as forthcoming with his opinions as he was with his fists of late. Speaking to TalkSport, ‘The Cobra’ has offered strong views on the state of the heavyweight division, most recently about Tyson Fury’s chances against Oleksandr Usyk. Recently inducted Hall of Fame fighter, Froch ultimately believes, […]
Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has had a lot to say about Anthony Joshua recently, and now he’s claimed the former unified heavyweight champion should never have won his Olympic Gold medal in London back in the summer of 2012. That historic victory over a decade ago remains a defining moment in Joshua’s career and was […]
He might have lost his belts to Oleksandr Usyk, but Johnny Nelson still thinks Anthony Joshua has changed the face of boxing in a way Tyson Fury couldn’t. It’s been a busy week of Joshua chat, with former super middleweight hardman Carl Froch outlining why he thinks Joshua lost those fights and saying AJ overachieved […]
Dmitry Bivol was many people’s Fighter of the Year in 2022 following impressive victories over Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gilberto Ramírez. He has yet to fight in 2023, but promoter Eddie Hearn has said that negotiations to fight a Brit are ongoing. That potential opponent is ‘Super’ Dan Azeez, the fast-rising British light-heavyweight and current […]
Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller has been getting lots of headlines recently, and many of them are centered around his desire to knock out former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Infamously, the pair were due to fight at Madison Square Garden back on June 1 2019. The hotly anticipated match-up broke the venue’s pre-sale record and […]