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.
Unified super welterweight champion, Xander Zayas, and challenger, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, met with the press for the first time since confirming their super-fight for June 27 at the Barclays Center in New York City and made promises that will please the most bloodthirsty of boxing fans. Zayas is one of the most improved fighters in […]
Conor Benn’s new physique has divided boxing fans. The British slugger hasn’t made wweight for a true 147-pound fight since his second-round knockout win over Chris van Heerden in Manchester four years ago, taking on Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson at super welterweight, before a brace of middleweight fights against Chris Eubank Jr., last year. […]
Matchroom chairman, Eddie Hearn, told reporters this week that Anthony Joshua could bounce back from injury and a tragic car accident by using American puncher Deontay Wilder as “a warm up” ahead of a super-fight with Tyson Fury later in the year, or early next. Wilder continued his own comeback on April 4 when he […]
Zuffa Boxing fortified its roster with the dual acquisitions of Keith Connolly-represented fighters, Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchinson, confirming the signing in a statement sent Wednesday to Boxing Social. Both fighters join on multi-fight deals, Zuffa told Boxing Social. “I’m here for the biggest fights on boxing’s best platform,” Berlanga said. “I’m here to put […]
For burgeoning novice boxer Emmanuel ‘Jimuel’ Pacquiao Jr. there are two reasons why his famous father, Manny, defeats Floyd Mayweather in their prospective rematch. There is, however, a back-and-forth between the career rivals over what the do-over actually is. Whether it’s a fully sanctioned fist-fight, or an exhibition — something Pacquiao seemingly refuses to want […]
Pound-for-pound staple Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is one of the consensus best fighters in the world, at only 26 years old, because of his world championship wins across two weight classes, including victories over Wisaksil Wangek, Sunny Edwards, and Juan Francisco Estrada The Robert Garcia-trained fighter appears to be the envy of his teammates at the […]
Another day and another Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather rematch headline, with the Filipino fighting icon detailing to Boxing Scene’s Lance Pugmire the length he went to, to ensure his career-long rival did not renege on their deal, only to seemingly find he had, reportedly again, breached an agreement. This is, of course, to do […]
Regis Prograis has finally responded to escalating rumors he was carrying an injury into the welterweight fight with Conor Benn on April 11 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in London, England, atop a Spencer Brown card on Netflix. The former Super Six World Boxing Series finalist was a surprise opponent for Benn, considering the British […]
All-time great boxer Terence Crawford has made no secret of whom he most wants to see his protege Shakur Stevenson fight next. Crawford may have retired from the sport after his stunning, pound-for-pound victory over established super middleweight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in September, last year, but he remains firmly invested in the sport, travels to […]
Denzel Bentley named three fighters he’d be open to fighting next, after beating Endry Saaveedra to lift the vacant interim WBO middleweight title on April 4 at the O2 Arena in London. Though refereeing controversies and a wild, feral, firefight between Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora stole many of the headlines on the MF Pro […]
Tyson Fury watched the recent Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora fight with interest but, rather than feel buoyed at the result, he now has grave concerns as he heads into his own comeback against Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. And it’s all because he was unimpressed with Wilder’s […]
Hamzah Sheeraz has issued a challenge to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. A 26-year-old fighter, Sheeraz has built a respectable resume rising through the ranks in Britain, before a run in which he defeated Austin Williams, shared a draw with Carlos Adames in a WBC middleweight world title fight, and then rebounded with a fifth-round knockout win […]