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.
Former unified heavyweight world boxing champion, Tyson Fury, returned to the ring with a win on Saturday, April 11, as he easily breezed past Arslanbek Makhmudov atop a Spencer Brown-promoted card on Netflix. A 37-fight veteran, Fury hadn’t fought since back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, claiming retirement since then, but was without a […]
Tyson Fury returns to the ring Saturday, April 11 after a period away in which he sought retirement from boxing. The Gypsy King, though, fights once again at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to headline a Spencer Brown-promoted card in London against a fellow giant in Arslanbek Makhmudov — a literal, bear-wrestling madman from Russia. While […]
MIAMI — Boxing media’s older guard sometimes try to gate-keep the sport — even as it evolves. They don’t want you following YouTube media. They don’t want to shine a light on the boxing culture that permeates non-traditional elements of the sport, either, whether that’s influencer boxing, bare-knuckle fighting, or, in the case of Mike Perry […]
One of Tyson Fury’s closest friends and training partners, Joseph Parker — a prominent heavyweight in his own right — has lifted the lid on the Gypsy King’s training camp in Thailand, having spent weeks with him under the sun, to get him ready for his long-awaited return to the ring April 11. Fury fights […]
Regis Prograis has once again reiterated that he’s “fine” heading into his April 11 fight with Conor Benn at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. The New Orleans boxer had already addressed escalating rumors, which Eddie Hearn even commented on, that he was struggling with injury. But Prograis believes he knows why the speculation […]
Mark Habibi, a boxing manager from Wise Owl Boxing, told Ring Magazine on Friday the reason why his fighter Brandon Adams collapsed just one day ahead of a planned Saturday showdown against Caoimhin Agarako. Adams and Agarako were supposed to compete in a middleweight fight at The Chelsea theater inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. […]
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 […]