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.
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 […]
A fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Tim Tszyu continues to simmer and, the way in the fighters are framing, it seems like it’s easy to make and easier to sell. Australian boxer Tszyu, who recently beat Denis Nurja at middleweight, told Brian Custer that a prospective fight with the former unified welterweight would follow […]
Unified super welterweight world boxing champion, Xander Zayas, wants to make Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis pay by taking his heart when they collide in one of the summer’s best showdowns. It’s all because he feels Ennis is overlooking him ahead of their Saturday, June 27 bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Ennis is revered […]
Controversial TikTok creator HSTikkyTokky, real name Harrison Sullivan, “would have been a massive star” in boxing had he dedicated himself to the crossover element of the sport. That’s according to Misfits Boxing promoter Mams Taylor, who, on the Fred Talks Fighting show on YouTube, talked at length about one of the focal subjects on Louis […]
Claressa Shields, ringside for Lauren Price’s most recent fight, is eager to welcome the Welsh fighter to America for a middleweight bout. The 31-year-old southpaw advanced her career to 10 wins (2 KOs), remaining undefeated, with her lopsided, 10-round win over Stephanie Pineiro Aquino at Cardiff International Arena, not far from her birthplace in Newport. […]
A prospective light heavyweight fight between battle-tested Brit, Callum Smith, and Cuban boxer David Morrell on April 18 has been cancelled. The bout would have pitted the 6-foot-3 Smith, a former super middleweight champion with wins over George Groves at 168 pounds and Joshua Buatsi at light heavyweight, against Morrell, who is looking to extend […]
Caroline Dubois said she overcame illness on the day of the fight to defeat Terri Harper in their WBC and WBO lightweight world championship unification fight Sunday night, April 5, at Kensington’s Olympia in London, England. The lopsided decision win was the most meaningful of Dubois’s career, as she advances her record to 13 wins […]