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.
Golden Boy Promotions founder and former six-weight world champion fighter, Oscar de la Hoya, continues to trash combat sports rival Dana White and, what de la Hoya described as the UFC boss’s “failed experiment” with Zuffa Boxing. Zuffa is a long-rumored fight firm that finally hosted its first event on January 23 and has held […]
Boxing kingpin, Daniel Kinahan, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. The Irish fight manager rose from the regional scene to become a power player by building an extraordinary roster of talent on an advisory, if not management, basis. Big-name athletes such as Tyson Fury and Terence Crawford were linked to Kinahan. There is […]
The machinery behind Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s supposed mega-fight continues to churn storylines and developments that seemingly get us closer to a deal, yet still stopping short of signing on the dotted line. Ever since Fury confirmed he’s bored of his one-year retirement and hoping to inject some pizzazz into an already-lively heavyweight division, […]
Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn and his promotional rival, UFC boss Dana White, could throw hands in a fully-sanctioned fist-fight providing the money was right. And Hearn, who just revealed his number, said financial backers are getting close. “We’ve had a couple of offers,” Hearn confirmed to Fight Hub this week. Scrapping in front of a […]
Having boxed 10 rounds with Conor Benn and surviving the distance despite carrying four injuries into the ring, and competing in a higher weight class than he typically campaigned in, Regis Prograis has delivered an appraisal of his retirement opponent — and the message is brutal. Benn is far from world-level. With 34 pro fights […]
O’Shaquie Foster has his next fight after scored a lopsided decision win over Stephen Fulton in his last bout, and will now defend his WBC super featherweight world title against Raymond Ford at the Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, May 30 atop a Matchroom card on DAZN. Foster, a Texan himself, is building […]
Conor McGregor said Wednesday that he is preparing to return to combat sports in the coming months, confirming long-running speculation that he’ll compete once again in the UFC. The MMA star is a former two-weight champion in UFC and Cage Warriors, part-owner in prominent fight firm Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, and a one-fight boxing novice […]
Anthony Joshua’s return date could land in July, according to the heavyweight fighter’s long-time promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. Boxing financier Turki Alalshikh will reportedly offer Joshua a two-fight deal which includes a comeback bout in the summer ahead of a Battle of Britain fight against Tyson Fury, later in the year. Fury returned to […]
26-year-old boxer Imane Khelif was due to return to the ring for their professional debut on April 23 but the fight has been cancelled. A belt magnet as an amateur, Khelif added Olympic gold to their honors roll in 2024 for Algeria, with a clean sweep over Yang Liu, Janjeem Swuannapheng, and Angela Carini, among […]
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez puts his unified cruiserweight world championship titles on the line against challenger David Benavidez in a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view on Prime Video event May 2 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. For both, it’s an opportunity to re-shape the world boxing landscape as the winner will feasibly become the de […]
Ahead of her own return to the ring, Alycia Baumgardner put her women’s boxing rival, Claressa Shields, on blast. The fighters have been linked with one another before, but the amount of weight classes now between Baumgardner, the No.1 super featherweight fighter on the planet, and Shields, who has been fighting at heavyweight, suggests a […]
In the latest update to the ongoing saga involving Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and their prospective rematch, one of the fighters involved says there’s “no way” it gets nixed. The bitter rivals spent five years working toward a bout that arrived too late, and ended in a damp squib — a 12-round decision […]