Alan Dawson is Boxing Social's editor. He is also a columnist for Uncrowned at Yahoo Sports, and the founder-moderator of Boxing Twitter — a 20,000-strong community on X. A 17-year sports media veteran, Alan has enjoyed extensive stints at Business Insider as a correspondent, BT Sport as digital editor, and Give Me Sport as combat sports editor. He is a 2-time Sports Journalist of the Year finalist and has been honored six times by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Alan grew up near London but is based in Nevada with his young family. Outside boxing he plays 8-handicap golf, hikes, and rides his ebike through the Sierra mountain trails.
Tyson Fury has confirmed his plan for the rest of 2026 which includes what he described as “the big one” against career-long rival, Anthony Joshua. The Brobdingnagian fighter returned to the ring April 11 for a decision win against Arslanbek Makhmudov and handily defeated the giant after 12 rounds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in […]
Christian Mbilli made a bold prediction for his September showdown against super middleweight rival, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. The prizefighters collide in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a fight that brings Canelo, a pound-for-pound staple for the last decade, back to the ring after a one-year absence following his 12-round loss to recently retired Terence Crawford. Mbilli, […]
Ryan Garcia revealed on a live stream with the rapper, 6ix9ine, when his next fight will be, and whom he most wants it to be against. The polarizing prizefighter, who lost to Rolando Romero in 2025, rebounded in 2026 with a measured and disciplined victory over Mario Barrios to wrest the WBC welterweight world title […]
Regardless of its overdue nature, Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury may be one of the biggest possible bouts to book in British boxing history but there remains one clear hurdle everyone needs to clear for it to go from fantasy to reality, Matchroom chairman, Eddie Hearn, said this week. The fight has long been rumored. […]
Oleksandr Usyk cemented his legacy as one of the greatest cruiserweight in boxing history when he cleared out the competition by winning the World Boxing Super Series, defeating the likes of Marco Huck Mairis Briedis, and Murat Gassiev along the way, before lapping the elite competition at heavyweight, defeating Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, and Daniel […]
Tim Tszyu wasn’t at the top of Errol Spence Jr.’s hit list. The American fighter, for years a staple at the box office in the United States, returns to the ring in July after more than 1,000 days on the sidelines as he recovered from a beating Terence Crawford gave him in one of the […]
Popular British prizefighter, Dave Allen, returns to his hometown for a “David vs Goliath” fight against Filip Hrgovic on Saturday at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England, and, win or lose, has only one next opponent in mind — Tyson Fury. Allen’s weekend bout is a timely one. Anthony Joshua recently confirmed a tune-up against […]
Queensberry Promotions founder Frank Warren fears his heavyweight fighter, Fabio Wardley, shaved years off his career because of the sustained beating Daniel Dubois inflicted on him when they collided in a fire-fight on Saturday in Manchester, England. “Look at the punches that he took and he got up and he gritted his teeth and got […]
Following Naoya Inoue’s latest win, an outclassing of fellow Japanese great, Junto Nakatani, it appears there is little the fighter’s father-trainer, Shingo Inoue, feels there is left to achieve and recommends, instead, that the 33-year-old “retire already.” Nicknamed ‘The Monster’, or Kaibutsu, Inoue has become one of the most decorated and celebrated in world boxing […]
If Jake Paul has to leave boxing because of an injury-enforced retirement then he can do so having made the sport “relevant.” That’s according to the former heavyweight world champion, Andy Ruiz, who spoke to Casino, about the way in which he could bow out, by having his face broken by Anthony Joshua, while raising […]
One week on from the most meaningful victory of his career, a 12-round decision win over Armando Resendiz, Jaime Munguia is already planning what’s next. With back-to-back wins since a knockout loss to Bruno Surace, one of the more shocking results of 2024, Munguia is back, and could feasibly command many of the fights he […]
Terence Crawford believes the upcoming super welterweight banger between the unified champion, Xander Zayas, and 154-pound world title challenger, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, is too soon for one of the fighters involved. The fight is one of the most significant bouts in all boxing, bringing together Puerto Rican prizefighter Zayas, who is one of the more […]